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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 the [...]

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Synthetic Organic?

I have a friend in Washington DC who is a whistle blower and a policy analyst at the EPA and he sends me emails everyday. I found his most recent message regarding the new proposal about synthetic methionine in organic poultry production both interesting and utterly annoying:
The USDA will publish on February 6, 2012 a [...]

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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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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 steward [...]

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