Today, my two overwintered crops returned to the great outdoors. You could practically hear them sigh with relief to breathe the fresh air and feel the light breeze across their leaves. I placed them on my back porch and situated them so that they shouldn’t get much, if any, direct sunlight for a while. They [...]
Entries from April 20th, 2008
Weeds are the stuff food is made from
April 19th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Environment, Food selection
(Note for feed subscribers: This corrects title of Nabhan and Kindscher’s paper.) I need to know more about weeds. All stars are pointing that direction. First, there were Ed‘s and Jennifer‘s blog posts about their foraging for food. Then, I looked into what Gary Nabhan is all about in advance of his upcoming talk Tuesday [...]
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Corn free, as free as the grass grows
April 18th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Environment, Food in the news, Healthy eating
Can I go a day without corn? Well, sure. I did it yesterday—at least I think I did—and it wasn’t even hard. Not sure I’d want to do it for an extended period of time, however, as I’ll explain in a minute. But first, you may wonder why I did it in the first place. [...]
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Getting groceries, making contact
April 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Food selection, local food
When I was at the Merc this morning for a few groceries, I reached into a freezer case and pulled out a pound of MJ Ranch‘s ground beef. A voice near my elbow said, “Thanks for buying our meat!” I turned and met the speaker, Joyce Williams, co-owner of MJ Ranch, a beef cattle operation [...]
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Roundup: CSAs in area listed
April 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Farmers markets, Food in the news, Roundup
It’s a short roundup after a long hiatus, but an interesting bunch, if I may say so. CSA listing. Don’t know how I missed it last month, but anyone in the area interested in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs may find this roundup in the Kansas City Star’s food pages helpful. Head of cattle. You’ve [...]
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Farmers market opens with a chill
April 12th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Farmers markets
Twenty-five hardy vendors set up today for the 7 a.m. opening of the 33rd season (if I’m counting right) of the Downtown Lawrence Farmers’ Market. There to greet them were a 36-degree temperature, 14 mph winds gusting to 25 mph and dull, gray skies. Before the market closed at 11, intermittent snow showers said “hello,” [...]
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