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Living Local MV

Turmeric – Take Two

Curry is good for you! Eat it three times per week. Turmeric is the spice that gives Indian curries that characteristic bright yellow-orange color and the benefits of turmeric seem endless.
<<Caitlin, at mermaid farm grew this turmeric. It is very difficult to find fresh turmeric outside the Chinese Grocery Stores. Don’t but it [...]

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OYSTERS

Oysters are truly a sustainable food  – they are having a significant impact up and down the eastern coast .
They are saving our ponds on Martha’s Vineyard where excess nutrients from septic systems and lawn fertilizers have been slowly killing the ponds’ ecosystems. With the introduction of oyster farming, our ponds are coming back and [...]

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No Poison Served…

I was in my son’s high school this week and I noticed a person drinking a diet soda. I became irritated that we allow this in schools. I remember my days when I was a school teacher and teachers smoked in the school lunch room and all around the school grounds. In only 15 years, [...]

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Deer Season!

I was in the parking lot of our local grocer yesterday when a hunter/butcher friend of mine called out to me.
We got instantly excited as we anticipate the upcoming meat processing week. It is mostly deer and pigs, but it could also be turkeys, cows, or sheep. Together we share several pieces of equipment (at [...]

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