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Week 3 (May 31, 2008)

This week's share includes: arugula, dill, kale, lettuce, spinach, turnips, garlic scapes or radishes or lamb's quarter, strawberries

John and Nick had some helpers this weekend ...Ella and Nathan

Spinach

All of our spinach (the second half of week 1, and all of week 2's) went into this spanikopita, along with week 2's turnip greens.

Week 2 (May 24, 2008)

In this week's share: Arugula, Kale, Lettuce, Radishes, Spinach, Turnips, Strawberries

1 lb of spinach.

So what are you doing with your pound of spinach? We put half of ours into a torta (potato base and sides, eggs and feta filling). If you have any good spinach ideas, please add them in the comments!

Gas Prices and Food Shopping

Kathleen asks this question ...

Is the price of gas affecting your food buying decisions?

A recent Newsweek article looks at the effect of gas prices on Americans' food shopping habits. Many of the people in the article lament that in order to save money, they have been choosing to buy produce from local farmers who farm with chemicals. There is a school of thought that "organics is the private school of the food industry", with higher prices making it hard for ordinary folks to stay true to organics. What do you think?

Week 1 (May 17, 2008)

We're off and running! In this week's share you'll find kale, tatsoi, spinach, lettuce, a few radishes and a choice of either garlic scapes or baby red onions.


The brave, the few. (Only 6 hens remain after the flock was attacked by foxes.)

The UN and King Corn

Last week a UN-sponsored four year study on the global food crisis concluded. The resulting report calls for a departure from "business as usual" agriculture. Less reliance on GM-foods and a return to sustainable, diverse, small-scale agriculture. Could this be the beginning of something? Biotech companies pulled out of the list of contributors to the study becuase they felt their views were being ignored....brings a smile to my face.


Also last week, the documentary King Corn debuted on the PBS series "Independent Lens". It follows two recent college grads who become concerned when they learn that their generation may be the first to have a shorter life span than that of their parents. Feeling that food is the cause, they set about to grow an acre of corn to try to follow it from field to plate. They grow their corn the same way as the majority of the corn in the U.S is grown: with Genetically engineered herbicide-resistant seed that produces corn that must be processed in order to be edible. The farmer they are renting land from refers to it as the worst quality junk ever grown. Check listings online, it should be re-aired several times.

Growing Your Own Garden ...

... to change your mind. Michael Pollan at the NYTimes.

Foods Unknown in the Middle Ages

At How To Cook Medieval.