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With so much of the food now available traveling hundreds of miles, or packaged and processed and preserved, being a locavore is becoming increasingly important for foodie moms. Local food is about sustaining your community and local farms. It's about supporting your family's health by eating what is fresh, local and in season. Most of all, local food is about eating delicious food.
Local Food editor: Colleen Levine
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Local Food
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Written by Colleen Levine
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One of the exciting aspects of eating more locally is becoming more attuned to the seasonal changes in what’s available, and the anticipation of what’s coming next. The early days of seasonal farmers markets often feature leftover winter items like apples and potatoes, and hardy greens like kale. Purple-tipped asparagus stalks are one of the first harbingers of spring, and the market springs to life soon after with the first summer berries, strawberries. Early plantings of zucchini or tomatoes further tease the taste buds with promises of summer bounty to come. Of course, seasonality can also pose a challenge as week after week of zucchini abundance trudges on.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 29 June 2008 )
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Local Food
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Written by Sheri Reed
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As in most ordinary families, getting the right amounts of fruits and vegetables into our kids (let alone in me and my husband) is always a daunting task. Lately, I've been letting the farmers do some of the work. After all, they're the experts, right? Here are a few "farmish" things that have actually worked lately in this regard.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 28 June 2008 )
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Local Food
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Written by Colleen Levine
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From locavores to raw foodists, there are many variations of eating fresh and local. It’s easy to get confused by the buzz words, and the “rules” may be intimidating to those curious but unfamiliar with these food trends. Here’s a quick guide to what the various terms mean, and how to dabble in them to find your families’ own eating style.
Tags: eat local healthy eating locavore |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 22 May 2008 )
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Written by Michael Gokey
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Buy your own cheap plastic planters for home, a couple of different cheap bags of garden soil, fertilizers, and amendments, and Do It Yourself and teach the kids in the process, how to shop and grow. Here are instructions on how to build your own great square foot tomato garden.
Tags: urban gardening square foot gardening tomato garden how to make your own garden |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 21 May 2008 )
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Local Food
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Written by s t
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 Getting started with composting can be confusing and complicated. There are a ton of resources available online and in print, but the amount of information can be overwhelming. This is a simplified guide for easy composting, plus resources for more information.
Tags: composting 101 beginning composting |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 15 May 2008 )
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