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Are you troubled by what you learned about our nation’s food system from Food, Inc., King Corn, The Future of Food, or The Omnivore’s Dilemma, and wonder what you can do about it? Concerned about the dependence of our industrialized agricultural system on fossil fuels for fertilizers, pesticides, farm machinery, food processing, storage and [...] There’s 2+ great articles in the Newburyport Current by Barbara Taormina about the idea of restoring clams and oysters to local waters once more. Basic summary: Its possible and would be a great benefit locally…and there remain issues to deal with including the need to continue using the Plum Island purification plant before sending clams [...] Dick Chase of Newburyport’s Arrowhead Farm dropped us this note after our posting last week on the science of house plants that remove VOCs and other indoor air pollutants. I’m here to say this morning that Andrew Zimmern, the crazy, will eat anything guy from the TV program Bizarre Foods is a unsung hero of Local Food. And while we’re at it…Anthony Bourdain the tough talking NY guy from TV Travel Channel’s “No Reservations” likewise encourages Local Food…even if the locality is Corsica or [...] Growing plants indoors helps condition our inside air by removing CO2 and other airborn chemicals. So in addition to our indoor winter herb pots – chives, basil, parsley, and cherry tomatoes, you might want to consider some of these plants which are identified today in “Science Daily” We were visiting friends in the Hudson Valley this past week for a few days and had a chance to tour the Culinary Institute of Americain Hyde Park, NY. Its right next door to Poughkeepsie NY and the campus of Marist College and has spectacular views of the Hudson. Truffles are of interest and my “Truffle Love” cooking class is sold out for tommorow night. Check it out…http://www.stonewallkitchen.com//school/SWK_classes.asp?type=eve&date=1106 . LFN was really happy to read confirmation of the great buzz we’ve been hearing about the Newburyport Farmers Market winter plans. Here’s a bit of the story from today’s Newburyport Daily News Newburyport owes a great big ‘thank you’ to organizer Shari Wilkinson and Tannery honcho David Hall…merci bien!! As you can see from our little note above, the Local Food Network of greater Newburyport is planning some changes. When we ran our on line poll and sought others opinions about the LFN we learned some interesting and valuable tidbits. So we’re going to be responding to those suggestions . The more I think about the culture and habits of the ‘Old Yankees’ of New England the more I become a ‘Yankee Fan’. I think environmental and Transition advocates might want to emulate the old Yankee ‘Foxes’. Here’s a slighly edited note I received this morning from a great local Yankee Farmer, Dick Chase of Arrowhead Farm: |
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