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Pumpkin Fest

Westminster Farmers' Market   -   Oct 21, 2010 - By Dean

Pumpkin Fest At The Westminster Farmers’ Market on the Town Common Pumpkin art contest grades K-2 and grades 3-5 Friday October 22,(rain date Oct. 29) 3 to 7 PM Pumpkins provided by and sponsored by Wiin Haven Farm ...

Pressure Cooked Galic Mashed Taters

Cookus Interruptus   -   Oct 21, 2010 - By Cynthia

(Cynthia snoozes while Jane mashes) Most of you probably have your own method of making mashed potatoes, but you can save time and intensify flavor by using a pressure cooker to make mashers.  Use small yellow finn or red potatoes and leave the skins...

Welcome back to the LocalHarvest newsletter. In college I dated someone whose response to ambiguous news was always, "Who's to say what is good and what is bad?" At 22 I thought myself an excellent judge of the good and the bad. Needless to...

Big Daddy

Cowmomma's Cupboard   -   Oct 20, 2010 - By Cowmomma

This year's calving season is running later than usual.  Most of the time, all our babies have arrived before the leaves start to turn.  We bred back more heifers this year though, which makes for a less predictable calving schedule as the young...

Marinated Black Bean Salad

Williamsburg Farmers Market   -   Oct 20, 2010 - By WFM

Chefs representing SHIP (School Health Initiative Program) demonstrated this recipe at the Williamsburg Farmers Market Chef Tent on Children’s Day, October 16, 2010. Ingredients: 2 (15 oz) cans black beans, drained 9 oz frozen yellow corn 1/4...

Folk Festival Winner Ron Fetner to Play Live at th...

Williamsburg Farmers Market   -   Oct 20, 2010 - By WFM

Saturday, October 23 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Fresh, local pumpkins, cut flowers, apples, bison, peanuts, fish, oysters, baked goods and beef are perfect for fall cooking and decorating. Ron Fetner , contemporary folk singer, songwriter and winner of...

2010 Winter CSA Week 1 with Recipes

Maplewood Organics   -   Oct 20, 2010 - By Hannah and Eric

Winter CSA Newsletter Volume 3 Issue 1 October 18, 2010 ? ______________________________________________________________ Week 1 Welcome to our third fall/winter CSA! Thank you so much for joining us in extending the local food eating...

We are in it for the health not wealth

Miolea Organic Farm   -   Oct 19, 2010 - By Brian_1

Our County promotes a weekend each fall celebrating farms and farming.  Frederick County holds Family Festival on the Farm.Family’s, that sign up ahead of time, get a CD with a map of all the participating farms and each farm has its own unique look,...

Kama Sutra Menta or the famous Jamaican wild Mint ...

Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Oct 19, 2010 - By Tony_1

Welcome to Sizzling Hot Florida.Now start sweating .Got mint? I had an encounter with the rare Kama-Sutra Mentha or The Famous and hard to find Jamaican Mint Tree like twenty years ago,I did not have a clue what does it represent until recently. A friend...

Christmas in October.

Growing Days   -   Oct 19, 2010 - By Julie_1

It's October, but it feels like Christmas. Look what arrived. Nope. It's not the kids' Halloween costumes. That was a different box. These are my treats. Garlic. Specifically, it's my...