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Earth Mamas and Papas:...
8 members
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SW Gardeners
13 members
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I Could Ferment That!
22 members
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Aspiring Farmers
6 members
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SFBay
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Cornelia's Events
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The Art of the Butcher
March 5, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm – UC Berkeley Campus (location TBA)
Welcome!
Latest Activity
Hey! The sub-irrigated containers are working. I'm growing food! I'm very pleased. This is my first year gardening and wow, what wonderful results!
Trying to raise your little ones with an appreciation for good food and good land? Share your favorite tips, blogs, stories, recipes and more here.
Try what we did for father's day - Stuffed and LETTUCE wrapped Salmon
or do what the Chinese do: Briefly blanch clean lettuce leaves in boiling water, drain, and serve with a drizzle of seasame oil and soy sauce - it's really quite good!
Hey Taylor! I missed this when you first posted it. Looks great! Let us know how we can help.
bah, i guess we canadians do not need to hear from john cleese. I hope the british have better luck.
Check out the new video Dorothy posted "What's organic about organic beer?"
Profile Information
- What Kind of HOMEGROWN are You?
- Earth Mama
- A bit about me:
- HOMEGROWN Shepherdess
Any questions, concerns, ideas, volunteering can be sent to me here or at Cornelia at Farm Aid -dot-org
- Latest greatest meal cooked at home:
- Winter squash and garlic ravioli in brown butter with capers. Mixed baby greens salad with olive oil and red wine vinegar dressing - lots of golden raisins, dried cranberries and sea salt, too!
- Currently reading
- Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age Of Agribusiness
- Currently listening to:
- Bloodhorse
Generation X - Kiss Me Deadly
The new Thievery Corporation
The Essential George Jones Box Set
Peter Tosh Wanted Dread & Alive
- My latest DIY project:
- Planning a potluck country wedding - who needs wedding cake when your neighbor has a giant rhubarb patch: home made strawberry-rhubarb cobbler!!
- Web site I recommend
- http://www.msu.edu/~howardp/seedindustry.html
Cornelia's Discussions
Urban Farmers Unite!
Replied Jul 2
Cornelia's Photos
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Cornelia's Blog
Book: "Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer" by Novella Carpenter
Novella is a fearless and often hilarious Oakland city slicker, determined to achieve a respectable level of self-sufficiency while still reaping the rewards of urban life. Her book is a chronicle of how she did it, what went wrong and what went well. Here is the first chapter for free:
NYT exerpt
Here is a link to her farm… Continue
NYT exerpt
Here is a link to her farm… Continue
Posted on June 30, 2009 at 12:08pm —
The building of a potato condo
The Building of a Potato Condo
From GardenFreshLiving blog:
"This is bio-intensive gardening and vertical gardening at its best!
The idea is… Continue
From GardenFreshLiving blog:
"This is bio-intensive gardening and vertical gardening at its best!
The idea is… Continue
Posted on June 25, 2009 at 3:30pm —
Preacher Fred of the Church of the Heirloom Tomato - from Public Radio Kitchen blog
http://publicradiokitchen.org/2009/06/24/for-this-preacher-tomatoes-are-gospel/
An excerpt, below:
...In a cluttered front yard tableau that might be called American primitive, or uncontemporary casual, (in which Fred demonstrates his priority is growing, not prettifying), you can find a hundred and eighty varieties of genuine heirlooms. Let’s see, Fred’s got sungold, Brandywine, Yellow Brandywine, Black Brandywin… Continue
An excerpt, below:
...In a cluttered front yard tableau that might be called American primitive, or uncontemporary casual, (in which Fred demonstrates his priority is growing, not prettifying), you can find a hundred and eighty varieties of genuine heirlooms. Let’s see, Fred’s got sungold, Brandywine, Yellow Brandywine, Black Brandywin… Continue
Posted on June 24, 2009 at 3:49pm —
An intern's day on the farm - "the sowing holds the potential..."
From the Atlantic:
"So you do, in fact, reap what you sow. Eventually. The elaborate labors in between make that harvest possible.
In my second week on the farm, I learned, for example, to thin beets. Tiny beet seeds tend to cluster, so plants spring up in mini jungles that won't give anyone room to grow. Thinning means crouching--or, when your back aches, crawling--through baby beet beds to pluck out all but the healthiest plants, four fingers' width apart."… Continue
"So you do, in fact, reap what you sow. Eventually. The elaborate labors in between make that harvest possible.
In my second week on the farm, I learned, for example, to thin beets. Tiny beet seeds tend to cluster, so plants spring up in mini jungles that won't give anyone room to grow. Thinning means crouching--or, when your back aches, crawling--through baby beet beds to pluck out all but the healthiest plants, four fingers' width apart."… Continue
Posted on June 22, 2009 at 10:33am —
NYT: “You can vote to change the system,” (the broken food system) “three times a day.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/opinion/21kristof.html
"Growing up on a farm near Yamhill, Ore., I quickly learned to appreciate the difference between fresh, home-grown foods and the commercial versions in the supermarket.
Store-bought lettuce was always lush, green and pristine, and thus vastly preferable to lettuce from my Mom’s vegetable garden (organic before we called it that). Her lettuce kept me on my toes, becaus… Continue
"Growing up on a farm near Yamhill, Ore., I quickly learned to appreciate the difference between fresh, home-grown foods and the commercial versions in the supermarket.
Store-bought lettuce was always lush, green and pristine, and thus vastly preferable to lettuce from my Mom’s vegetable garden (organic before we called it that). Her lettuce kept me on my toes, becaus… Continue
Posted on June 21, 2009 at 10:02am —
Comment Wall (64 comments)
- At 12:59pm on June 23, 2009,
Stefanie Wickstrom said… - Thanks, Cornelia. Any suggestions about how to find the critter-proofing info.?
- At 12:38pm on June 19, 2009,
Beth said… - Thanks for the welcome! Yes, I love animals. Right now I have some chicks hatching and we are all enjoying watching and waiting!
- At 10:17pm on June 17, 2009,
Mark said… - Hey Cornelia thanks for your comment on Urban Food Guy - you are quick! I was editing it as you wrote! So it's better now ;-) Thanks again.
- At 12:32pm on June 17, 2009, josephine curtis said…
- thanx cornelia,
can't wait for the fun!
- At 5:32pm on June 16, 2009, pat porte said…
- hi cornelia, it's been slow, but i'm trying to connect with local gardeners. i'd like to swap veggies and maybe rotate crops between gardens.- let's take food one step above the (great but expensive here) farmer's markets. in ct. there is a farm to chef website run by the doag. chefs post in a "need " list, and suppliers in a "have" list. i'm too small to be a supplier. maybe i don't know any gardeners because i spend all my time in...yep! there.
- At 3:02pm on June 9, 2009,
Allison said… - Unfortunately no! My attempts are much less artistic than this one I totally ripped off. Whoever did it definitely has some talent.
- At 2:18pm on June 8, 2009,
Heidi Marie Kooy said…
- hi cornelia - thanks for the greeting. how do i get my blog posts onto the member blog roll? thanks, heidi
- At 10:12am on June 4, 2009,
Michele Koenig Augeri said… - Hi Cornelia - thanks for the welcome!
- At 12:25pm on June 2, 2009,
Francis Metcalf said… - thanks Cornelia!
- At 4:54pm on May 23, 2009, Mark said…
- Thanks for the tip, but this is where it gets embarrassing, I haven't a clue how to do what you suggested. My blog is already RSS'd maybe I should check out the HELP page ;-) Thanks again
Mark
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Deeply Rooted: Farm Aid & Lisa M. Hamilton
Writer and photographer Lisa M. Hamilton focuses on food and agriculture, particularly the stories of farmers. Her work has taken her from castration time on a Wyoming sheep ranch to a meeting of radical plant breeders in Iowa; from dairy farms in the highlands of Bavaria to sacred rice paddies along the coast of Japan.She is the author of two books: Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness and Farming to Create Heaven on Earth. Her work has also been published in The Nation, Harper's, National Geographic Traveler, Orion, and Gastronomica.
On Wednesday, June 25 Lisa and Farm Aid teamed up for an event at Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Lisa read from her recent release Deeply Rooted and spoke about her connection to farming as well as how she began on her path as an author and photographer.
Carolyn Mugar, Executive Director of Farm Aid, was there to speak about Farm Aid's work advocating for dairy farmers, who are being paid less than half the cost to produce milk. In honor of Dairy Month, we had a milk tasting where we sampled three different varieties of milk from New England dairy farmers. Chef Peter Davis of Henrietta’s Table at The Charles Hotel provided delicious pig-shaped cookies! Read more about Lisa M. Hamilton on her website and catch up on Farm Aid’s work on the dairy crisis here.
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