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LocalHarvest Newsletter, April 25, 2008
Hawkeye apple, Slow Food Ark of Taste.
One of the best parts of my job is getting to talk to farmers. This afternoon I
called Ber-Gust Farm in western Ohio and talked with Rick Kabara while he
planted potatoes. (He had already put in 1208 hills when I called, and had
another 600 to go for the day.) Like many LocalHarvest farmers, Rick and his
wife Joanie grow a number of heirloom foods. In this issue of our newsletter
we're announcing our new effort to promote "endangered" foods, so I wanted to
ask him why they make a point of growing unusual varieties. Rick was quiet for
a minute and then he said, "The biggest reason we like to grow old-fashioned
varieties is that, well, I love food." It doesn’t get any more honest than
that. He went on to talk about how he sees that so many people have forgotten
what good food tastes like because they have gotten so used to "grocery store
food." Rick likes to tell people who join their CSA, "You're going to learn to
enjoy food again..."
We're making that our wish for all of you this Spring – may you find beautiful
heirloom foods locally this year, food as it was meant to be. And may you learn
to enjoy food again...
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LocalHarvest Partners with Slow Food USA
We at LocalHarvest have long felt an affinity with the Slow Food movement, so
we were delighted when the opportunity arose to develop a partnership with Slow
Food USA. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Slow Food, it is an
international organization dedicated to promoting truly good food – food that
is, as they say, "good, clean, and fair." We like that. And like us, they
believe that small scale farms are the lifeblood of sustainable food systems.
We like that too. (Read on...)
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From the LocalHarvest Store:
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So far this month, LocalHarvest farmers have sold over 1700 orders of seeds
through our online catalog. Think of all those happy gardeners, and all those
luscious little seedlings that will soon be poking up out of the soil! We have
a great collection of seeds for your garden.
Take a look!
Want to send your Mom some
organic flowers
for Mother's Day? If you wait until May, they may be gone. Grown by
Marc Kessler from Chico, CA, these are
extraordinary bouquets, and they always sell out early. Do your Mom proud and plan ahead.
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Video: An Evening with Carlo Petrini
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In honor of the new LH-Slow Food USA partnership, we bring you the founder of
Slow Food himself, Carlo Petrini. Mr. Petrini speaks eloquently (and in
Italian, no less!) about the globalized food system and the richness of its
alternatives. Many thanks to Cooking Up a Story for sharing this video with us.
(Watch the Video...)
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Member Reviews: Who Do You Love?
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This week we launched a member review feature on LocalHarvest! We get lots and
lots of emails telling us things like, "This farm is great!", or "This market
is a fake," or "We recommend this farm's pork chops." We love hearing from you
all, but we wanted to have a place for you to share this feedback with
everyone. Now you all can share your opinions about individual farms through the
member reviews.
Writing a review for a LH member is easy: just
go to your chosen listing
and click on the review link under the farm name. You'll be asked to
log in (or register) and then you'll be on your way! Check it out - we love to
hear what you think.
What we really want is for everyone to be talking about small farms and good
food. In addition to sharing your opinions through our member reviews, you can
also talk about local food and farming topics in the general
LH Forum, launched last year.
Coming soon: product reviews for the items in our
catalog.
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Nancy's Nutrition Corner: Awesome Almonds
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Many people worry that almonds, and nuts in general, are too fatty to eat on a
regular basis. They couldn't be more wrong! Current research reveals that
almonds are not only the most nutritionally dense nut, they actually decrease
one's risk of weight gain. (Read on...)
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Recipe Corner: Almond Joy - By Lorna Sass
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Almonds don't have the immediate snack appeal of pistachios or walnuts, but boy
do they make a fabulous nut butter. I don't remember the first time I tasted
almond butter, but I do remember pushing the peanut butter to the back of the
pantry shelf from that moment on.
(Recipes and More...)
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