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Sweet Potato with Caramelized Onion & Herbs

We had a farmer friend, Sean Stanton from Blue Hill Farm in Western Massachusetts visiting last night. We invited a few farmers and neighbors, pulled out a whole leg of pig, picked some wild watercress, and made this sweet potato dish. For dessert I made a batch of ginger cookies and the kids rolled out [...]

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Sunday Night Suppers 2012 – Update

The fundraiser in Washington DC for Martha’s Table and DC Central Kitchen was a success — shared in this post by Tim Carman from The Washington Post on January 25, 2012: Sups and Sips raise $200,000+ for charities If you missed it, read all about my experience as a participant here in Sunday Night Suppers [...]

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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 [...]

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Ambassador, Crusader, Rebel and Lunatic Farmer

Joel Salatin with one of his flock Joel Salatin is a rebel with a cause, a lobbyist against “food laws and bureaucratic decisions for the food industry that don’t make sense.” He is one of the most influential farmers in America. He is an advocate of holistic, natural farming and a crusader of being a [...]

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