catching up is hard to do

Yesterday, for the first time in weeks, I didn’t post anything — not even a picture. Shame, shame.
To make up for it, I’m going to post a ton of pictures today, and try to teach you a thing or two about my arch-nemesis plant: the tomato.
I’ll explain why it’s my arch-nemesis in a [...]

off the vine, onto the plate

Emmett here, with a photo of last night’s meal (my first helping of it, that is.)
Nearly everything came from our fields: basil and garlic for pesto; tomatoes for sauce; kuri squash and cherry tomatoes for a sweet & nutty squash dish; armenian cukes and mint for cucumber salad; and tomatoes, basil and garlic for bruschetta.
Most [...]

farm grace

For the latter part of our Wednesday “weekend” — I spent the morning freelancing for the Windsor Times, and Emmett spent it harvesting — Emmett and I have decided to indulge in a miniature Slow Food event of our own. After a lunch of four ears of fresh-picked corn (wormy ends severed prior to [...]

vive la green grocer

Farmflash:

A Merc reporter takes a Slow Food road trip along Highway 1, where the Pacific meets the Bay Area’s foodie culture.
A Post reporter documents Week Seven of her CSA.
Napa grapegrowers go organic.

Foggy River:
Here at Foggy River, we’re hittin’ it big. Our farm enterprise has moved beyond selling at mere farmer’s markets, forging ahead [...]

chicks taking off

They grow up so fast! Just a few days ago, they were in eggs that would have fit neatly into this box. (Now they’re really free-range.) Only six days old, the chicks are already stretching their wings. The brooder has become a runway: the girls take turns racing up and [...]

poor in pocket, rich in food

Farmflash:

The Canadian government supports organic food. (Don’t even get me started on our Farm Bill.)
Baltimore jumps on the local bandwagon.

Foggy River:
At the Windsor Market today, we made $100 less than we did last week, but right now we are wealthy in food. One awesome thing about the farmer’s market: the generosity of [...]

farmer’s market economics: late August

Farmflash:

Farming still dangerous, years after Robert Frost wrote “Out, out–”…
Meet Rise & Shine’s CSA in Rome.  (That’s Georgia.  And not the one with the Russia problems.)

Foggy River:
Change is in the air at the farmer’s market; the customers and the marketers both feel it, but in different ways.
Walking down the farmer’s market aisles, customers are overwhelmed [...]

growing fancy: chioggia beets

Farmflash:

Food = Expensive.
Kenya questions value of organics. (But did the study they cited test pesticide residue, or just nutritional content?)
Even England (not exactly renowned for its cuisine, and I say this with all due affection for roast beef and Yorkshire pudding) is jumping on the local food bandwagon: an author solicits help for a [...]

the chicks cometh!

Farmflash:

American man can keep farm in Saskatchewan, after all — although his children won’t necessarily be able to inherit it.
Prince Charles called GM foods the world’s worst environmental disaster; echoes in India agree. (Sad fact of the day: in the past decade, 200,000 Indian farmers have taken their own lives.)

Foggy River News:
At 7:45 [...]

farmer’s market etiquette

Farmflash:

Sonoma County’s Press-Democrat dives gradually into Slow Food.
In California, farmworkers continue to die of heat; OSHA law not helping workers due to lack of enforcement.
American man forced to sell Canadian farm that has been in the family for 99 years.

Foggy River Philosophy:
A word of warning: for a while, I’ve been debating whether or not [...]