As you might already know, we raise backyard chickens in order to have fresh eggs and because, quite frankly, I enjoy having chickens in the yard. Its also old news that most of the poultry we consume comes from birds we’ve raised ourselves, including chickens, turkeys and surplus roosters which are quite tasty when made…
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{FSC SWAPPERS} A Place for Healing
Food is social. Food connects people, strangers, friends, co-workers and family. Everyone eats. Food Swaps are a vehicle to bring all that is food and community into one place. Sometimes I forget that. To be honest, I’ve been starting to take the our food swaps for granted. We hit the year mark back in April…
{giveaway & event} Alana is coming *back* to town!
GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED. THE WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY. -Christina I’m excited to announce that due to Leah’s smart thinking, Alana Chernila voice of Eating from the Ground Up and author of The Homemade Pantry, is coming back to the area for a book buying-n-signing at the Delmar Farmers Market THIS SATURDAY, JULY 7th, 9-1pm. …
{recipe} Kohlrabi, Apple & Fennel Slaw
So it seems we’re on a mini-salad kick… a few weeks ago it was Radish Slaw, last week it was Breakfast Salad, this week its cold chicken salad from Alexis and now a serious Summer Slaw. Who doesn’t love a good slaw? Some of my favorites around the Interwebs are: Kaela over at Local Kitchen…
{summer farm tour} Meet Our Dairy Farmer
{Meadowbrook Farms Dairy, Clarksville, NY} Christina (FSC’s editor) had it right in Saturday’s post (Meet Your Meat Farmers): “I can’t stress enough how important farm tours are to customer education & enlightenment, customer-to-farmer relations and community ties. To actually see & hear, in detail, up-close, how your food is grown or raised is an empowering…
{Juicing Journey} For Health & Beauty
A few weeks ago my husband Jeff and I felt like enjoying lazy time on the couch watching a movie, so we took a chance on Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. It was recommended by a friend who loves food as much as we do. The film follows the journey of a guy named Joe…
{recipe} Chicken Salad: Cool Food for Hot Nights
Sunlit, muggy evenings late in June are the time to introduce chilled foods for dinner. Some of my favorites are green beans, plain potatoes and soba noodles, all delicious when eaten straight out of the refrigerator. Cold artichokes and roasted vegetables are good too. On days when you can’t bare to turn on the stove…
{interview} Mark Izeman of the NRDC
A few months back Jillian and I got to participate in a webinar put on by Mark Izeman of the Natural Resources Defense Council and Laurie David, author of The Family Dinner, Great Ways to Connect to Your Kids, One Meal at a Time. The webinar focused a lot on food and the environment and…
{weekend recipe} Salad For Breakfast
Make this or something like this! Tomorrow morning or Sunday morning! PRONTO! You see its been hotter than the surface of the sun here for the past two days: 100+ and humid. I know I know, its summer get over it! Well, I got over ‘it’ with this salad. Seriously. The salad came together because…
{how to} Dehydrator Swiss Chard Chips
My cold weather crops are currently in full swing and I have buckets and buckets of lettuce, kale, swiss chard, rhubarb chard and rainbow chard. I needed something to do with all of the chard, other than freezing and plain dehydrating. Last year my kale chips were a big hit with the family so I…
{diy treat} Homemade Magic Shell, Demystified
Editor’s Note: Our ‘community voices’ series rolls along with swapper, and now FSC Academy teacher, Leah A. who is back with another hot swap item, Homemade Magic Shell. Food Allergy friendly w/ only three pantry staples- you bet I’m making this asap!-Christina We eat a relatively healthy, no fast food, freshly-made, organic-when-possible diet and have…
{community voices} No-Fuss Slow Cooker Beans
Editor’s Note: One month ago today, Gina M, a local blogger at ModSchooler and a guest contributor at Albany Kid, mentioned the idea of cooking dried beans in a crockpot in a comment. She mentioned it in response to Alexis’ wildly popular piece about White Bean Burgers. The moment I saw the comment I JUMPED.RIGHT.IN….
{FREE DOWNLOAD} Let’s Plan It!
The summer growing season is in full-swing now, and that means veggies might start piling up in your fridge! It makes you moan and groan and feel all guilty but you know it’s true. If you get a CSA share or are an avid gardener, pretty soon you are going to scowl when you realize…
{Gluten & Dairy Free} Strawberry Lemonade Muffins
{It’s strawberry picking season and I couldn’t be happier} My favorite thing about the summer months is picking fruit: strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries, peaches… It is the thought of summer days, picking fruit, that gets me through the winter months. Each dreary winter day is one step closer to having a fresh, ripe berry…
{kickstarter campaign} Building Soil w/ Pedal Power!
Food Cycle is a Kickstarter campaign that is close to my home and near to my heart. Troy Bike Rescue and Collard City Growers are two great projects happening around the corner from where I first lived. I learned to ride a bike in the driveway of my house on Second Avenue. The first self-portrait…
