Archive for Food in the Pioneer Valley
Valley Bounty, August 10: Fresh Beans
Aug
10
2013
String beans —most often green, but sometimes yellow, purple, or striped—are the most common bean in local markets, but look also for fresh shell beans. Try them boiled until tender, then tossed with oil and vinegar, garlic, cherry tomatoes, and herbs. String beans are delicious and crunchy raw, but can also be sautéed, pickled, [continue reading]
Farm Laborers Get A Foothold With Their Own Organic Farms
Aug
7
2013
NPR
By Kirk Siegler
ALBA Organics Northern California’s Salinas Valley is often dubbed America’s salad bowl. Large growers there have long relied on thousands of seasonal workers from rural Mexico to pick , spinach and celery from sunrise to sunset. Many of these workers seem [continue reading]
By Kirk Siegler
ALBA Organics Northern California’s Salinas Valley is often dubbed America’s salad bowl. Large growers there have long relied on thousands of seasonal workers from rural Mexico to pick , spinach and celery from sunrise to sunset. Many of these workers seem [continue reading]
Urban Agroecology: A Lighthouse of Sustainability
Aug
5
2013
City farming illuminates a different paradigm
Earth Island Journal
By Maywa Montenegro
Image source:
Linda from Chicago, Wikimedia Rene Zazueta and I had crossed paths numerous times on the UC Berkeley campus. Since he rarely uttered a word in meetings we both [continue reading]
Earth Island Journal
By Maywa Montenegro
Image source:
Linda from Chicago, Wikimedia Rene Zazueta and I had crossed paths numerous times on the UC Berkeley campus. Since he rarely uttered a word in meetings we both [continue reading]
vegetable problems photo gallery
Aug
2
2013
Save this bookmark for later…here is the link to the PNW Veg Group’s photo gallery of vegetable problems:
http://mtvernon.wsu.edu/path_team/diseasegallery.htm [continue reading]
Heirloom tomato and bread salad
Jul
31
2013
Mass Appeal, July 31, 2012. Summer’s in full swing and our gardens are plentiful! Tim and Jeremy Barker-Plotkin from Simple Gifts Farm in North Amherst came on Mass Appeal to show us an heirloom tomato salad recipe. [continue reading]
wilderness is a feeling—that is a place
Jul
25
2013
guest post by Our Place ass’t teacher, Maegan Puzas!
A Fear of Hope or a Hope of Fear?
Have you ever taken a moment to think about the kinds of things that go through your mind before you set out on a hike? Have you ever paused and recollected on what the adventure [continue reading]
A Fear of Hope or a Hope of Fear?
Have you ever taken a moment to think about the kinds of things that go through your mind before you set out on a hike? Have you ever paused and recollected on what the adventure [continue reading]
Raising Dough: The Complete Guide to Financing a Socially Responsible Food Business
Jul
24
2013
Food-based businesses can solve our social and environmental problems — yet the majority of food entrepreneurs say lack of access to capital prevents them from launching or growing their ventures.
Raising Dough: The Complete Guide to Financing a Socially Responsible Food Business is an unprecedented guide to [continue reading]
Raising Dough: The Complete Guide to Financing a Socially Responsible Food Business is an unprecedented guide to [continue reading]
Oak & Acorn: Edible Summer Flowers
Jul
15
2013
This month in “Oak & Acorn: Forage, Farm and Feast with the Family,” Hilltown Families Contributing Writer, Leslie Lynn Lucio, writes about daylilies, the perfect perennial that is both edible and can grow (and thrive) in both cultivated and wild landscapes. Find out how she like to prepare them for her family… [continue reading]
What Does a New Garden Need Most?
Jul
10
2013
Skip using a water sprinkler to water your gardens…. sprinklers were meant for lawns, and for cooling off the kids! Here are some tips on how and when to water your newly planted garden, and how your kids can help! [continue reading]
No easy task to get across the river
Jul
7
2013
Guest post by Evan Hutton, Our Place 2013 coordinator and teaching assistant—
I’ve realized throughout my ‘river-walking’ training that even though rivers can be perceived calm, peaceful and tranquil from a distance, once you’re up-close and physically in a river, you learn they have a wild, dangerous side.
As we took [continue reading]
I’ve realized throughout my ‘river-walking’ training that even though rivers can be perceived calm, peaceful and tranquil from a distance, once you’re up-close and physically in a river, you learn they have a wild, dangerous side.
As we took [continue reading]
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