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A local 4th of July feast

June 29, 2010

It’s hard to believe that the 4th of July is this weekend. Where did June go? Continuing our theme of eating local foods for the holidays, here are my thoughts on a locally-sourced Independence Day cookout: For the main dish, I personally am partial to burgers and will get the beef from Wolf Creek Farm [...]

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Local Flavors

June 15, 2010

I’ve mentioned here before that we here in my family are big fans of farmers’ markets.  Even though we have a good-sized garden just steps from our back door, we still like to head downtown on our bikes every Saturday and see what our local farmers have for us that week.  We invariably pick up [...]

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Are you a locavore?

March 8, 2010

locavore — n. A person who attempts to eat only foods grown locally. A hot topic these days is eating locally — instead of eating foods that were shipped from around the world, locavores seek out the local options.  Eating local food has a number of environmental benefits, not to mention the positive act of [...]

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