Every summer, the Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation Department offers a Farmin’ Fun camp at Salomon Farm Park. The program has three age groups, starting with ages 4-5. the oldest group, 11-plus, has a program called Farmin’ Fun FIT Camp. FIT stands for Farmers In Training. these kids get to help with the weekly farmers [...]
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This month, Corner Table takes you behind the scenes of some of the most unique, responsibly produced foods available in North Jersey. At Bobolink Dairy and Bakehouse, they like to say they turn sunlight and rain into cheese. You’ll taste the grass from the milk of grazing cows in the Frolic. The soft Amram surprises [...]
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For Carolyn Morris and other Squamish residents concerned about food security this isn’t looking like the year of the chicken. Morris, who manages the farmers market in Squamish, was pleased the members of Squamish Council support the idea of creating a community chicken coop. the members of Squamish council also seem to support beekeepers having [...]
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while picking up a bunch of beets at Bluegrass Farmers Market, a customer said to grower Kirby Overman: “Those are nice-looking radishes, but they’re awfully big.” Educating customers about common vegetables is as much a part of Overman’s job as dropping seeds into the soil. When it comes to beets, he usually has to tell [...]
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Chef John Cochran, whose brief stint at Shaw’s Tavern was overshadowed by the eatery’s liquor license debacle, has resurfaced in the kitchen of Big Bear Cafe in Bloomingdale. In his new gig, Cochran is helping to turn the coffeehouse into a full-service bistro with a veggie-centric menu in the evenings. A little background: Cochran, whose resume [...]
Anne Barrat said the Chinese Silkie, whom they named Gonzo, is “the nicest rooster in the world.” “It was blind luck,” she said. “he protects the hens. he is very homely, but he is the best rooster.” Vendors at the swap seem to have healthy, well-cared for chickens, Barrat said. This year, the family shopped [...]
Ian Kullgren | Kalamazoo GazetteStudents on a mission trip from Perrysburg, Ohio worked on the chicken coop, crop beds and landscaping at Tabitha Farm in Kalamazoo on Tuesday. KALAMAZOO, MI – TabithaFarm is something of a scrubby oasis, hidden by the houses and thick woods thatsurround it on a hilly dead-end road just off South [...]
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STILLWATER TOWNSHIP — a young Stillwater native and her fiancee are trying to make a go of a new heirloom produce and poultry farm they call “The Capable Carrot.” Since last year residents Joshua Rutherford and Olivia Johnson have grown 15 varieties of heirloom-pollinated tomatoes, salad greens and melons on Johnson’s family land, also raising [...]
We are deep into our chicken season and it seems like there is a chicken at every turn. This year we decided to raise and process 200 chickens. Hmmm, what to do with almost 200 chickens?! That is the question. For now we are going with the ‘if we build it they will come’ attitude. [...]
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Today is Thursday, and that can mean only one thing – the Discover Burien Farmers Market is open until 6 p.m. – and as usual, your original, dedicated, recently-awarded (“Best Hyperlocal Website” for the 2nd year) B-Town Bloggers will be are blogging live! Come on by Town Square Park (SW 152nd and 5th place SW) [...]
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