Archive for the ‘Seasonal’ Category

Seasonal recipes for May

Okay, so May is almost over… but that doesn’t mean you can’t still enjoy some of the ideas posted in the comments section of this blog entry over at Mother Earth News!

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Seeking guest entry

I’m looking for someone who will write a guest entry to review the CSA program they belong to, and their first boxes for the year. I’ll also take more than one volunteer, if the boxes are from different CSAs. Please send an e-mail to mwvlocal at gmail dot com.

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One Week from Today

The Corvallis-Albany Farmers’ Markets open up one week from today, Saturday, April 19th. The market director, Rebecca Landis, has agreed to provide a gift certificate to us as a prize for a drawing to be held at the end of our challenge! As soon as I know the final details, I will post them here, [...]

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Starting the “to read” pile

Simply in Season
by Mary Beth Lind and Cathleen Hockman-Wert

Through stories and simple “whole foods” recipes, Mary Beth Lind and Cathleen Hockman-Wert explore how the food we put on our tables impacts our local and global neighbors. They show the importance of eating local, seasonal food—and fairly traded food—and invite readers to make choices that offer [...]

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What’s in season right now?

According to the really handy chart over at the Heavenly Harvest website, it’s leeks, lettuce and garlic for April. May will bring us more of that, plus herbs, mustard, radishes, and… mmmmm… strawberries!
By the way, that photo of the lovely purple cauliflower in the banner was taken at Heavenly Harvest.

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