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We’ve blogged about oysters a bit lately and we’ve learned that this summer in Massachusetts, NOAA and the Nature Conservancy have partnered with Massachusetts Audubon to restore oysters bed off the Cape. Oysters beds are like the ‘reefs of the northeast’ in that their complicated , craggy structures make home for lots of diverse sea life, [...] 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 [...] We’re actually Number 8. Newburyport, Amesbury, the Newburys , Salisbury, etc have voted to be the 8th most loved Farmers Market in the whole Nation, 4 votes ahead of the San Francisco Farmers Market. And being 4th of July week and all we should all celebrate with a nice [possibly indoor] picnic of fresh local food. Voting [...] She has become the patroness of Local Food and a Governor of Slow Food International. She’s been featured on TV programs like 60 Minutes, and PBS American Masters and she was singled out as an inspiration for the new White House vegetable garden. And….we’ve invoked her name in the cause of getting out the vote [...] Today is San Giovanni’s feast day – June 24 – and that particular saint’s symbol is the snail, for God knows what reason. To celebrate his feast day, Italians go crazy for snails. Its no coincident that the international symbol of Slow Food is the Snail. Many cuisines enjoy snails in recipes like this from [...] |
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