I can hardly believe it, but I only have about a month left of markets. I’ve been selling at the Thursday Ballston Spa Market, and this market was perfect for me for several reasons. For starters, the area I grow on is small. At most it’s about 500 square feet. This means I don’t have…
Tag: local farms
{NOFA-NY Winter Conference} pieces of the food puzzle
*I find it interesting that in the same week as I’m writing this post, our biggest local paper, The Times Union, ran a story on a local farm, Dharma Lea farm in Sharon Springs run by the Van Amburgh family, on the cover of their Sunday edition Business Section. Granted, we do have some great farmland…
{photo diary} CSA FAIR, Troy, NY
I had a lot of fun at NOFA-NY‘s first annual CSA Fair with Michael at the Kilpatrick Family Farm table. I answered basic questions from a share holder’s perspective; what is a CSA? How does it really work? Is the produce good? How is the selection? What if I can’t make it to pick up…
{weekend reading} local edition
WINTER MARKETS: SATURDAYS, 9am-1pm unless otherwise noted. Delmar Farmers Market: Bethlehem Middle School, 332 Kenwood Avenue. (LAST DAY!!!!!) Troy Farmers Market: Uncle Sam Atrium, Broadway @ 3rd. (through April) Saratoga Farmers Market: Division Street Elementary School, 220 Division Street. (through April) Schenectady Greenmarket: inside Proctors, State Street, (10am-2pm SUNDAY, through April) EVENTS Winter WonderLARK is…
{Dark Days} Week 1: Easy & Easily Local
Editor’s Note: This dish not only is our first meal in the Dark Days Challenge, but it’s also one of our quick, easy & delicious “Meals in Busytown”. -Christina Apparently I have fooled myself to believe that I buy mostly local and organic foods for my home, but when faced with having to restrict…
