Tour samples alternative foods in the heartland (The Courier News)
The bus maneuvered some small country roads outside Congerville, past the corn and soybean fields, past the monoculture of commercial agriculture and on to the alternative voices of purslane, salsify, shiso and Stupice. Chef Sally Davis arranged the outing as a quest beyond mass production and fast food. ...more...A Tough Row to Hoe | Four beginning organic farmers plow through, plant and harvest their first season in Natrona ... (Pittsburgh City Paper)
Farming is pretty simple. Someone buries a seed in dirt; moistened by rain and fed by the sun, it grows until it's ready to sell. But standing where sunlight strikes earth on a hilltop near Natrona Heights, watching Greg Boulos kneel to pick a 100-yard row of peppers by hand, you begi... By Bill O'Driscoll....more... Heirlooms: sweet tastes of the past last well into the fall (Cape Gazette)
While many homegrown tomato plants have withered, Aaron Miller?s vines are still producing fruit. He is growing 63 heirloom plants at his Lewes home, and selling the fruit through local contacts at the farmers market....more... Free Times - Ohio's Premier News, Arts, & Entertainment Weekly (Cleveland Free Times)
YOU SPOKE, WE LISTENED. We were deluged with responses to our Readers' Poll, and the results are here: the best that Northeast Ohio has to offer, in the opinion of Northeast Ohioans....more... |