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LocalHarvest Newsletter, May 27, 2010
Welcome back to the LocalHarvest newsletter.
Over the last 12 months, nearly 5 million people have visited LocalHarvest! We
love to see our traffic grow, and are always looking for ways to keep people
coming back. This month we built a new comments feature, allowing readers to
comment on our newsletter articles. This one has been on the To Do list for two
years, and we are so happy to finally have had time to put it together.
In our main article this month I write about the many small decisions that going
into feeding ourselves, and how taxing those decisions can sometimes be. Local
or organic? Grass fed and hormone free for $6.99/lb., or certified organic for
$9.99? Cage free or Omega-3 fed? It's enough to make your head spin, and of
course there's no one right way. We'd love to have you put our new comments
feature to good use and tell us how you feed yourself and your family.
Also this time, one of our member's recipes for rhubarb pie. Hooray for Spring!
As always, take good care and eat well,
Erin
Erin Barnett
Director
LocalHarvest
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Local or Organic?
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At our house, this is the hardest season to find anything good to eat. The
freezer, stuffed to barely closing last October, is almost empty now, as are
the canning shelves and the makeshift root cellar. Thankfully, it was a warm
and early spring here, so we are eating garden salad greens to our heart's
content. To be honest, though, my heart is content with just a few salads a
week, which leaves a lot of other meals to plan and not a lot of food in the
house around which to plan them. Consequently, I have been giving a lot of
thought to the question of what to eat.
(Read more).
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From the LocalHarvest Store:
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If you're ready to fire up the grill and would like to try
something new, you might like to try one of our more interesting grass
fed and pastured grill-ables: we have
elk strip steaks,
buffalo burgers,
emu steaks,
and much more
Want to grow some of your own food this year? There s still plenty time to
tuck a few seeds
into the ground. Have plenty for your family, and find your green thumb still
twitching? You can plant a row for the hungry: learn more here.
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Announcing: Product Reviews!
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Before I buy anything online, I read the reviews. Occasionally funny, sometimes
illuminating, reading other peoples' experience is almost always helpful before
making a purchase. The better to help LocalHarvest shoppers make their
decisions, we have just added product reviews to all items in the LH catalog,
and we are pleased as punch about the new feature. Have you bought something
from the LH catalog? Whether you absolutely loved it, did not, or have an idea, you now
have the chance to tell others' about your experience. It's simple: just
find the product you want to review, and click on the
reviews link. Go ahead! We all want to know what you think!
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Slow Money's Second National Gathering
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Here’s a reminder for all you Slow Money fans. The
second national gathering
will be held on June 9 - 11 at Shelburne Farms in Vermont. Farmers, activists,
investors, donors, and entrepreneurs are welcome. You can find details and registration
info on their website. All
LocalHarvest members receive a 20% discount. (Enter the discount code
"localharvest" to register for the gathering and "localharvest+dinner" if you
also want to attend the Friday evening Farm Table Dinner.
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Food from the Farm: Lena May’s Rhubarb Custard Pie
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The appearance of rhubarb marks the arrival of spring in many part of the
country, and its arrival is a celebrated event. Rhubarb crisps, sauce, cake and
pie all make their way to the table, and rhubarb recipes are often passed down
through families. This month we are pleased to bring you a family favorite of
Dennis Duncan from High Altitude Rhubarb Organic Farm.
(Recipes and More...)
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