The beauty of strawberry season! Raspberries are just around the corner…
Tag: food
Out of touch with reality…
As I was not following the hockey finals I only just heard that game seven existed, but I didn’t bother watching it. After seeing the photos and comments posted on facebook by my friends in Vancouver of the rioting last night I can only shake my head. Are people really …
Organic Certification
This week at the market a woman came up to our booth and asked me why the farm wasn’t certified organic. She was concerned about accountability and the verification that being organic certified gives to her as a customer. I have now worked on two farms that don’t see a …
How Does Your Garden Grow?
With the past week being sunny and hot I was able to get the garden going! So far squash, beans, carrots, cucumbers and beets are all seeded and tomatoes, leeks and peppers are transplanted. I’m planting a winter storage and preserve garden this year. I hope to ferment, jar, pickle, …
Food Co-ops For the Future
The Ottawa Valley Food Co-op was the first of it’s kind in Canada. Borrowing ideas from the Oklahoma Foods Co-op, members pay a fee and can choose from a variety of food products listed by local producers online. Every month they can make an order. They pick up the products grown, raised or made close to home. The money they spend stays in the local economy and supports farmers directly. The Co-op has helped start up a few more in Canada under the same model. It brings communities closer together and stronger- essential for the future of food.
Traveling
Spring time is finally here. In the past few weeks my first spring harvests have been jerusalem artichokes, wild leeks, and fiddleheads-all from different parts of the province. I love the fact that I didn’t have to do any work but harvest to obtain these crops. With spring I have …
Transition Time
The last week of culinary school coincides with me flying home to Ontario and in just a few weeks changing my lifestyle dramatically. Back to a farm-where the soil will speak to me again. Food will still be my central focus though, it being the main topic that goes through …