Check out this article by Wylie Harris: Lawn to Farm: Suburbia’s Silver Lining.
More than with the article itself, which is pretty good, I’m impressed with the number (24 as of today) and content of comments posted by readers. More evidence that local food is becoming a mainstream topic all across the country. And look how […]
Posted on January 25th, 2008 by fulvio
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It’s been raining cats and dogs today, relentlessly. I went to the Farmer’s Market to stock up on the staples of my new diet (celery, carrots, radishes, kale, cauliflower, broccoli, onion, pears, apples, pluots), once I break my 10 day water-only fast. The lady at one of the stalls said: “you people are […]
Posted on December 2nd, 2007 by fulvio
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I had a little excitement today at Ken’s Market on Phinney Ridge. Shopping for flour, sugar … some other staples not on the OHMD, things that we eat alot less of now, but….. not even looking for it …….
I found NW sea salt!
Apparently, Bob’s Red Mill is now producing it. the […]
Posted on October 14th, 2007 by jenny
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This is kind of random:
One of the things I miss in the OHMD is rice milk, of which I previously was a voracious consumer. Of course, my rice milk is produced in New York state and even if there were a local producer, the rice itself certainly is not grown within 100 miles. […]
Posted on August 18th, 2007 by fulvio
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1/2 day into vacation and my first meal away…thai! definately not local. While we aren’t sweating the details on vacation, I was hoping to find a local foods restaurant in Portland but didn’t get it together ahead of time. It’s always the preparation that gets us. Chloe was clearly excited at dinner to see her old friend rice as she tossed […]
Posted on August 15th, 2007 by Melissa
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I was chatting about OHMD with the owner of Dandelion Botanical Co., and mentioned that one thing I miss a lot is salt. So she gave me a sample of dried Kelp from the San Juan Islands. mmmm… my tastebuds were in salty heaven! I was having kinetic visions of surfing in the ocean, foam […]
Posted on August 12th, 2007 by fulvio
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I was looking at my garbage today, and noticed that after 12 days of 100 mile diet its composition is probably at least 80% compostable. I’m disposing of so much less packaging than normal, since most of my food comes home with me straight from the farmer’s market stall in canvas bags, and the occasional […]
Posted on August 12th, 2007 by fulvio
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I decided I need a pressure cooker, after it took me about two hours to cook the farro, never mind the instructions say it should take one hour, which is still an ungodly length of time to cook something. But the thought had occurred to me before. Shorter cooking times = less greenhouse gas emissions […]
Posted on August 11th, 2007 by fulvio
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Just came across this story in the Organic Consumers Association newsletter. Buying Local: If it’s local and out of season there may be better options. Local, Organic & Seasonal, what else should we add to the list? Well, of course, there are plenty of other things to be aware of, if you […]
Posted on August 11th, 2007 by jenny
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I dropped in on the Phinney FM at the Phinney Neighborhood Assoc. building, running into Jenny and found that Port Madison Farms from Bainbridge Is. sells out of yogurt pretty quickly! The vendor told me that PCC sells it, so perhaps I’ll stop to get some the next time I’m biking the Burke-Gilman […]
Posted on August 10th, 2007 by artemis
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