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Written by Michelle Collins
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 The best thing for a food bank to do when they are running out of food is to grow it themselves. That’s exactly what the New Hampshire Food Bank decided to do three years ago when they were short on donations. They started a Production Garden, and set it up in front of the Youth Development Center in Manchester. Jason Rivers was put in charge of managing the plot. “I did the Culinary Training Program – I was unemployed,” Rivers said. “They liked my work ethic…[but] I don’t think they knew how much I loved gardening.” |
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Written by Jane Ward
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 We made the trip to Shelburne Farms, on the banks of Lake Champlain, for the 2010 Vermont Cheesemakers Festival. Covering over 400 acres of land, this farm consists of a whole lot of green – lawns, woods, gardens, hills, grazing pastures – and not a lot of man-made structures outside of the inn, a working dairy and some barns. After a three and one-half hour drive, the last couple of miles on dirt road, this felt like the back of beyond; we hardly registered that Burlington, the state’s capital city, is not far away on the opposite shore of Lake Champlain. Shelburne Farms, created in 1886 as an agricultural estate and summer home, became in 1972 a working conservation and environmental education estate, a not-for-profit enterprise. The Farm’s mission directs that they “cultivate a conservation ethic…practice rural land uses that are environmentally, economically and culturally sustainable…sustain healthy agricultural practices that maintain fertile soil into the future.” |
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Written by Lara Zelman
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 This year in the Boston area we were lucky to have a year round opportunity to visit farmers markets. But nothing can top the excitement of the coming of spring and the start to the full market season. Just take a quick look at the listings here in The Markets, and you can see that there is almost no excuse not to visit a market during the spring and summer. There are more than 200 markets in the state this year. My spring market season kicked off with the Copley Square Farmers Market. The market is open Tuesdays and Fridays from 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. They stay open through the week before Thanksgiving, so there is plenty of time to stop by, meet the vendors, and support the local food economy. The first market of the season brought many familiar faces, but also some new culinary delights that my co-worker and I enjoyed during a delightful lunchtime outing. |
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Written by Jon Ross-Wiley
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 Some days you just want a good cheeseburger. I had one of those days recently. It was bad. Nothing was going to come between me and this cheeseburger. But where to get the goods? I have a few "go-to" spots where I know I can count on an excellent array of cheese choices and top-quality, grass-fed beef. On this day, though, I was alerted to a farmers' market going on in Waltham that I hadn't yet attended. (See Michelle Collins' piece directly below for more information on the market.) I thought I'd try my luck. And lucky I was. |
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