by Toni | Mar 2, 2016 | Come Home, Farmer's Market, Green Decisions, Live Green
Late last year, my friend Mary Lynn sent me an article from The New York Times that she knew would spark my interest: “Getting Ugly Produce Onto Tables to Keep It Out of Trash Bins” (Nov. 24, 2015 by Jennifer Medina). Alongside the printed article, there’s a really...
by Toni | Oct 25, 2015 | Come Home, Farmer's Market, Green Decisions, Live Green
I really felt lost on Saturday. At 7:30 a.m. I should have been on my bike heading up my street toward the Land of Goshen Community Market, something I’d been doing every single Saturday since mid-May. But market season is over for this year. Luckily, I was blessed...
by Toni | Aug 26, 2015 | Let's Eat, Live Green, Vegetables
A few years ago, I took a class called Menu for the Future produced by the Northwest Earth Institute. I took this class with some amazing women, and we spent time studying the state of American agriculture, the precarious future of the family farm and the rather...
by Toni | Aug 19, 2015 | Come Home, Green Decisions, Live Green
I talk a lot about shopping local and supporting community businesses like a farmer’s market or an independent health food store because this is where a person can make her money really count. Shopping local is like an investment in where you live. All your...
by Toni | Aug 13, 2015 | Come Home, Eggs, Farmer's Market, Let's Eat, Live Green
Just a little note before we launch this blog officially: The first rule of shopping at your favorite local farmer’s market is to be there before the bell rings; otherwise, the good stuff is gone. The same can be true for blogging about your local farmer’s market....
