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Locavore Nation is a year-long effort to see what it takes to live by a regionally based diet.
Join us as 15 individuals from around the country share their experiences as they try to get 80 percent of their food from local, organic, seasonal sources and then incorporate it into tasty, healthy meals. Can they do it? Check back often as their stories unfold—and offer your comments on their actions along the way. Or follow along on-air as our participants check in periodically with Lynne.
Where Have I Been?
Dear readers, I am so sorry I have been absent for these past few weeks. I can't believe how busy my life suddenly became. I am very sorry I haven't posted, because I have been doing the coolest things! I... Continue reading
ALBA FARMS
I was able to attend the You Pick event at ALBA farms last weekend. ALBA, Agriculture and Land Based Training Association helps people, especially farm workers, grow and sell their own organic produce. I drove out to Old Stage... Continue reading
Mint and preserved lemons
The Saturday before last I was invited to dinner at the home of my fellow Morocco RPCV Michael W., his wife Ella A., and their baby Forest. It was a beautiful day. Unfortunately baby Forest was sick. He was... Continue reading
Stunned
Have you ever been so shocked that it made it difficult to return to the task at hand? That is what happened to us this weekend. We went shopping, doing our normal rounds before heading out to the baseball game... Continue reading
Tidbits
I am not sure where to start....it has been so long since I have written a post.....feel rather guilty, being a grown up and locavore is rather time consuming........as this poem nicely illustrates: The Continuous Life By Mark Strand... Continue reading
A Dazzling Debut: Our New Farmers' Market!
We did it. In just 24 days. We pulled off the first Farmers' Market in Texas Township, in my small community near Kalamazoo. How did this happen so fast? Township officials have been talking about a market project for 2009.... Continue reading
Apple Cider-Pressing Party
Yesterday a group of friends and family gathered at our farm for an apple cider-pressing party. It's been an outstanding year for apples, and we have several trees that were loaded with Golden Delicious, Grimes Golden, and a few mystery... Continue reading
End of the season?! Strategies for next year
I'm so disappointed that the farmer's market ends the first of October and the CSA just a couple of weeks after that. I guess I'll have to go back to the grocery for easy access to local apples and squash,... Continue reading
Pond Fishin'
We have a small pond in our yard. It's just a little pond, about a quarter-to-half an acre wide and four feet deep. It's a very young pond, too, only five or six years old. It's a lovely water feature... Continue reading