There’s a new post up over at the new MWV Local site: finding farms and orchards to visit this fall, plus a link to a baked pumpkin pudding recipe. Please head over and check it out!
Archive for the ‘Resources’ Category
17 Aug
Congratulations Rogue Creamery!
Rogue Creamery’s Rogue River Blue cheese bested 1,326 other entries at the largest cheese competition in North America to become American Cheese Society’s Best of Show for 2009.
Nom.
20 Mar
Getting Started
Yesterday I stopped at Noah’s for a decidedly un-local bagel and caught sight of a flier on their bulletin board for The Organic Homesteader.
The Organic Homesteader is a small local business that will come out to your home and install and maintain an organic homestead garden in your backyard. Their services are available in Corvallis [...]
10 Mar
Bread & Bakeries page added
I’ve added some new information to the Resources page under the Bread & Bakeries category.
I’ll have a few more updates later — many thanks to Nate Rafin of Living Culture for the e-mail alerting me to some great spots local to Salem.
4 Mar
NRDC: Eat Local
The National Resources Defense Council has an Eat Local section on their site with a search function that lets you see, generally, what’s in season in your state. They also show produce that may be available from neighboring states.
4 Mar
Ask yourself why you do this
In early February there was a blurb in the Seattle Times about a Salem man who called off his attempt to eat only local foods for a year because he realized he was causing more damage to the atmosphere by driving “around the state” to shop.
Well… okay. Driving around the state for your food does [...]
3 Mar
Seed resources added
I added a ‘Seeds’ category to the Resources page today. There are currently three Oregon companies listed. If you know of any more, send them my way!
25 Feb
What does that mean?
None of us want to be misled by greenwashing practices, so it’s smart to know what all those ‘eco-labels’ are really telling us and shop accordingly. Check out the Consumer Reports eco-labels center, where you can use their search tools to read their evaluations of labels on food, wood, personal care products, and household cleaners. [...]
17 Jun
The 2008 Locally Grown Directory is out!
I have been eagerly awaiting this.
From the website:
Locally Grown is a comprehensive directory of foods and wines grown, raised, and produced in Lane County and surrounding areas. Now in its fifth year, Locally Grown has become the “go to” resource for [...]
15 Jun
Laughing Duck Farm CSA
Laughing Duck Farm, located in Lewisburg, is still accepting applications for their CSA program, which started in the first week of June. Farmer Drew Mosher says he will pro-rate for the missed weeks and is looking at a lot of great stuff in the ground right now.
For prices and a list of products head over [...]
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