As millions of Americans spent their weekend crammed into the grocery store stocking up for Thanksgiving, I was hanging out on a nearby farm for turkey-butchering day. Some people would find that odd, while to others the thought of buying a factory-farmed, hormone-pumped frozen bird wrapped in plastic for $1 a pound - something that [...]
Entries Tagged as 'farmers market'
Turkey Day
November 24th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Tags: cooking · farmers market · green action · localvore · recipes
Harvesting January
January 28th, 2009 · No Comments
Everything outside is either dead or sleeping (well, except the chickens of course), but we are nowhere near empty here on our little urban homestead. The last year of canning, drying, freezing and cold storage has left us with tons of options still for eating local, organic produce. I wanted to share just a couple [...]
Tags: canning · cooking · farmers market · food forest · food preservation · localvore · recipes · urban homesteading
Buying 1/4 of a Cow
September 22nd, 2008 · 5 Comments
Typically we are selective about where we purchase our beef. This isn’t meant to come across as a lecture to people who are not concerned with how their meat was raised, but we choose to be more involved in this area. Things like being grass-fed on pasture, no antibiotics, no hormones, etc. are all important [...]
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The Joiner
June 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments
I have become quite the joiner this past week! Although I love the virtual community of gardeners, I have been searching for ways to join a community of gardeners here in Portland. It’s proven more challenging than I first anticipated.
I began the search with gardening clubs. To date, I have found only a couple gardening [...]
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Eugene Calling
May 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Eugene, Oregon, will always have a special place in my heart. I spent my college years there attending the University of Oregon and a few monumental things occurred during that time which have left me with fond memories of this little town. My work sent me down there Friday and a work connection hooked Jay [...]
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