Tag: farming
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Famous Farm
My childhood home is a cover girl. Please excuse the egregious use of Comic Sans or something like it on the cover. It’s definitely not the first time the homestead has appeared in this publication; a couple years ago my dad was interviewed as part of a feature on high tech farms in the area.
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Dish Outtakes: Is It Still Local if It Came from Three Hours Away?
… I say yes, as long as it came from my parents’ farm or somewhere else in the Valley, and especially if I helped harvest it with my own hands. A couple weekends ago, I went back home to do corn. I didn’t decide I was going to go until the last minute, but ultimately,…
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30 Days – Day 29
Supper. I am almost daily uninspired about what to make for supper. And yes, I say “supper.” Dinner, to my farmer dad, is the meal that happens sometime around noon. Hence, supper. It is the eternal question. But I have a few go-to options. One of them is 4H Special, named such because my mom…
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30 Days – Day 10, or Country Roads
No matter how far I travel . . . . . . or how many different places I live . . . . . . this will always be the place I consider home.* *Home is people to me, too. Chad, and a select few other super close people, are also home to me. But…
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Food, Farming, Dinner Parties
Good posted an article today about 30 Project, an organization trying to bring attention and change to our food system. I find these food campaigns, though definitely necessary and educational for some, boring and redundant for me. I’ve grown up knowing exactly where the majority of my food comes from (often, my family’s farm). My…