Posted on 03/16/2010 by Ariel
If you think bees are something to avoid, then you might not understand why Section 161.01 which bans keeping animals that are ”wild, ferocious, fierce, dangerous or naturally inclined to do harm.” being amended to allow bees to be kept within the city is so exciting. Before today, beekeepers in NYC could be fined up [...]
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Posted on 03/04/2010 by Ariel
According to its Wiki, the Food Network was founded in 1993, though food television as a genre had been around far longer and was actually a very memorable part of my TV laden childhood, right alongside Bob Ross’s happy trees.
As a child I had a few cartoons that I liked, maybe the Smurfs and a [...]
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Posted on 03/04/2010 by Ariel
This is the brunch I made this weekend and described in my last post. Would you like to know how to make baked eggs? If so let me know.
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Posted on 02/28/2010 by Ariel
This year I took advantage of the summer bounty and learned to can. In case you are not familiar, canning at home means preserving food in jars. In my opinion its an art and one in which I had never dabbled.
I followed my roommates lead, she had canned before, and the sage advice found within [...]
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Posted on 02/14/2010 by Ariel
A Speech to the Garden Club of America
by Wendell Berry from the September 28, 2009 issue of the New Yorker.
(With thanks to Wes Jackson and in memory of Sir Albert Howard and Stan Rowe.)
Thank you. I’m glad to know we’re friends, of course;
There are so many outcomes that are worse.
But I must add I’m [...]
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Posted on 02/04/2010 by Ariel
Is it even possible to grow grains and beans in New York soil? New to the Greenmarket, Cayuga Pure Organics proves the answer is undoubtedly yes. The first vendor selling locally grown grains, beans and flours in New York, Cayuga’s liaison to the world, Tycho Dan talked with me about the business of beans and [...]
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Posted on 01/24/2010 by Ariel
Welcome to Stay Local Food News
Stay Local Newsletter will focus on sustainable food, what it is and what it is not, and how to get some on your plate. My goal here and (in life, it seems) is to attract people to and inform them of the specifics associated with creating and sustaining a local food system [...]
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