Wicked Local Sharon | Sign ups for Moose Hill's produce program now open Wicked Local Sharon SHARON—Mass Audubon's Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary is already gearing up for its 2018 Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) season, and the popular organic-grown produce program is expected to again draw hundreds of members from Sharon and beyond ... |
The Pointer | The Consumer Conundrum: Purchasing Meat The Pointer Ninepatch sells to area farmers' markets and businesses including the College of Professional Studies Café at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Tony Whitefeather, of Whitefeather Organics in Custer, is another local farmer. Although his farm is ... |
WJON News | Community Supported Ag: Know Where Your Food is Grown WJON News When you buy a CSA share, you're supporting local farms by ordering and paying for the food right there, even while snow is still on the ground. That way, the farm knows how much to plant, and ensures they have the means to do so. You then get a box ... |
Galesburg Register-Mail | Business briefs: Spurgeon Veggies award, Van Velsor achieves AAMS, Music Makers featured Galesburg Register-Mail RIO — Spurgeon Veggies of Rio received a 2018 Golden Beet Award from the Illinois Stewardship Alliance. The Golden Beets are a series of awards created by the alliance to highlight progressive local food practices and recognize the people who are ... |
Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog) | Partner With A Farmer Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog) This year, farms participating in Bristol include Laurel Brooks Farm (produce, baked goods, jams, and relishes); Willow Bend Farm (produce, eggs and honey); TNT Farm N Greenhouse (certified Organic transplants and vegetables); David Lay Farms (fruits ... |
Living Architecture Monitor magazine (press release) (blog) | Transforming German Cities Into Organic Food Gardens Living Architecture Monitor magazine (press release) (blog) In other cities like Berlin, Cologne and Kiel, similar food councils are introducing urban and community-supported agriculture, which includes the greening of new buildings and the transformation of uncontaminated industrial land into community gardens ... |
The Japan Times | Midori Farm: Finding earthy solutions in rural Shiga The Japan Times While organic produce familiar to Japanese consumers such as cucumbers, tomatoes and garlic sell well, others are tougher to move. “Squash is wonderful to plant,” Kayser, 47, explains. “It grows easily, keeps well and is cold-resistant. It's just not ... |
In 2004, Chuck Kayser faced a first-world problem: How to satisfy his craving for Mexican food in Kyoto? Japan in general and Kyoto in particular faced a dearth ...
ECM Publishers | Support local farmers during National CSA Day, Feb 23 ECM Publishers This Feb. 23 marks the third annual National Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Day, a day created by Small Farm Central to promote and celebrate local agriculture. This is the time of year when many people sign up for a CSA share from a local ... and more » |
Deutsche Welle | Transforming German cities into organic food gardens Deutsche Welle These urban agricultural spaces are intended to become focal points where food is produced, processed and traded. In Berlin — with its 3.6 million inhabitants and virtually no local agricultural land — the need for such initiatives focusing on high ... |
HamletHub | Norfolk Vegetable Farm Accepting CSA Subscribers HamletHub Husky Meadows Farm, an organic vegetable, herb, and fruit farm in Norfolk, is accepting CSA subscribers. CSA (community supported agriculture) is a program in which a community member buys a farm share and in return, receives weekly fresh produce ... and more » |
Capital Press | Land-grant universities reach out to bolster small farms Capital Press This year, the Newsoms say there is already a waiting list for their CSA. They credit the farm-to-table movement for educating consumers and driving demand for local, organic food. “It becomes a relationship with the community,” Nate Newsom said. “They ... |
Growing Produce | Future Looks Bright for Organic Produce Growth Growing Produce The farm, operated by Eva and Chris Worden, has a wide range of products for sale and a diverse way to purchase those items. Customers can purchase a membership to its “Organic Veggie Box” offering, which provides weekly delivery of eight vegetable ... |
KSFY | Deep Root Gardens thrives even in the winter months KSFY Deep Root Gardens started on a farm near Worthing in 2012. The farm is sustained through Community Supported Agriculture, or CSA, shares. Dyck says it's a way to connect closer with consumers. Each growing season 30-50 shareholders have access to ... |
On a frosty Saturday morning in February, Nate and Janis Newsom finished building two new hoop houses that will soon be used to grow *fresh*, certified organic ...
Phys.Org | How urban farmers are learning to grow food without soil or natural light Phys.Org The area is densely built, and there's no green space available to grow food locally. Plus, the Swedish summer is short and not always ideal for growing crops. Instead, the organisation aims to promote hydroponic systems among local communities, as a ... |
Greater Wilmington Business Journal | Farm To Island Market Replaces Sisters Organic In Surf City Greater Wilmington Business Journal ... from local vendors, the release said. The on-site coffee bar serves coffee roasted in-house, as well as coffees from a selection of roasters between the Triangle and the coast. A selection of organic, artisanal wines will soon be available ... |
The 4th Annual Washington, D.C. Food Tank Summit is just around the corner, and we're excited to hear from, collaborate with, and meet our member ...
Sam and Shawn Smith, owners of Sugar Island Bakery & Supplies in Surf City, have opened Farm to Island Market, a family-owned grocery focused on *fresh* , ...
MyAJC | Harness healthy properties of turmeric in lemonade MyAJC Terri Jagger Blincoe of Ladybug Farms in Rabun County grows a wide variety of vegetables and fruit for her farmers market and community-supported agriculture, or CSA, customers. Of the farm's 14 acres, she devotes three-quarters of an acre to growing ... |
