“If you think I am going to make A sexual joke in this poem, you are mistaken.” So says Robert Hass, in his playful poem, dryly titled “Poem With a Cucumber In It.” The poem contains etymological musings on “cumbersome” and “encumber,” musings on the Berkeley sky, memories of travel, and a rough recipe for [...]
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Cucumbers, Part I: Poetry
Posted in Philosophical, Poetry, Trends, Vegetables, tagged "The Task", "The Task" cucumber, Amy Campion, Cowper cucumber, cucumber poetry, cucumber salad, eating locally, food culture, good food movement, growing cucumbers, hothouse cucumber, local eating, locavore, modernization of food, Robert Hass cucumber, Robert Hass cucumber poem, roving locavore, William Cowper on July 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Thistle Hill
Posted in Cheese, Dairy, Trends, tagged artisanal cheese, organic cheese, Tarentaise, Thistle Hill Farm, Vermont cheese, Vermont dairies, Vermont farmers' markets on July 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I spent the morning in the Pomfret, Vermont hills among cows and affable, talkative farmers happy to have me help to spread their gospel: eat locally and sustainably, and preserve the traditions of good food and respect for the land. I’ll save Cloudland Farm for another post, because my visit to Thistle Hill Farm was [...]
Strawberry Festival
Posted in Fruit, Ice Cream, Sweet Things, Trends, Whimsical, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, Cedar Circle Farm, eat locally Vermont, locavore, organic strawberries, roving locavore, Vermont locavore, Vermont organic strawberries on June 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Strawberries were the totems of childhood today, at Cedar Circle Farm’s 7th annual strawberry festival. Of the milling, stooping, picking, licking population, about two-thirds were fewer than four feet tall. Many wore the totem on their shirts, hats, or cheeks. The folks at Cedar Circle make this day as much a celebration of childhood as [...]
Poet-Intern-Farmers
Posted in Philosophical, Trends on May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a great little article in the New York Times today about liberal arts undergrads getting summer internships on organic farms. I like how Kim Severson, the NYT food writer, commends the idealism and willingness to act of this “new generation,” but also winks ironically about the ways in which undergraduate idealism and willingness to [...]
The Market Is There
Posted in Eggs, Philosophical, Trends, Vegetables, tagged Alabama locavore, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, Auburn Alabama farmers' market, conventionally grown peaches, eat locally, local food, local peaches, locavore, organic peaches, pesticides peaches, roving locavore, Southern peaches, Vermont locavore on May 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We went to the first farmers’ market of the year at “Ag Heritage Park” today in the drizzle. I and everyone else there seemed to be wondering the same thing: why aren’t there more farmers around here? The line for the most varied vegetable selection was almost thirty minutes long. The berry farm stand ran [...]
oh, great.
Posted in Trends, Uncategorized on May 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Frito Lay and Pepsi Co. are attaching the adjectives “local” and “sustainable” to their products and practices: Here‘s the NYT article.
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