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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” Maybe its the rainy day here in Newburyport, but I realize that we’re coming to the end of summer growing season and figuring out ways to eat local without fresh from the field products. So what can a locavore do? Here are a few ideas: Patronize the winter markets in our region, like Portsmouth, Exeter, and [...] Yes, I think it did in a small way. BS you say! Well would it be less BS if our greater Newburyport Local Food Network blog along with tons of other web based food information, recipes, locavore content..including Gourmet Magazine’s own on line recipes cache. Made a difference. We hear every day that newspapers are dying, [...] The LFN appreciates the nice article by Katie Farrell Lovett that appears in the Newburyport Daily News today. Where and how food is grown makes a huge difference to our economy and our environment. What ever food we can grow locally is just that much less industrial polution created on mega farms and factories. Thanks to [...] We need more community garden space in Greater Newburyport. The opening of new community garden spaces behind the First Parish Church in Newbury this spring was over-subscribed and more folks told us of their desire to have one. So here’s a good question for our local City and Town officials. “Can you designate some community [...] Talking yesterday with old friends visiting with us from Connecticut at their cottage in York, ME when the topic of local food came up and she said that for her family, busy with twins and both mom and dad working, she enjoyed buying at “Dream Dinners”. This a shop/kitchen one goes to and, having planned on the web [...] Churches hosting new community gardens. Art and gardening get us back to New Eden. “Locavore” is officially a word [again]. In a NY Times story this morning Merriam-Webster put it in their dictionary. It means “one who eats foods grown locally whenever possible” Meeting tonight at 6:45 at Newburyport Library local food enthusiasts…now officially locavores…will welcome any and all who support locally grown and locally made foods. Info about “Amesbury First”, Farmers [...] With all the rain we’ve had the flowers in shop window boxes may be not doing well. If needed we hope they consider replanting with at least some herbs and edible flowers. |
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