I’m glad Erin Byers Murray spent 18 months working on a New England oyster farm and then writing about it, so I didn’t have to. While it was entertaining to read Shucked: Life on a New England Oyster Farm,” her memoir about her transformation from the Boston editor of DailyCandy.com to Hunter boots-wearing worker covered in mud and oyster poop, I’d rather read about it than live it. Continue reading
Hundreds of avid Boston-area gardeners and volunteers gathered to share their extra perennials and pick up some new ones, get gardening tips, buy plants, take a tour, and meet their neighbors on Saturday, May 12, 2012 at the annual “perennial swap” held by the Boston Natural Areas Network at the City Natives community green space in Mattapan, Mass. Continue reading
Atlantic Mackerel is generally considered to be sustainable.
The process of figuring out what seafood is truly sustainable tends to be about as slippery as seafood itself. Continue reading
High-tech and medical device companies aren’t the only start-ups sprouting in the Boston area, hungry for capital to grow their businesses. Six exciting, innovative food-related businesses and nonprofits presented their concepts at a recent Slow Money Entrepreneurial Showcase in Cambridge, Mass., hoping to find the type of investors willing to put their money into concepts that are practically guaranteed not to make a large or fast return. Continue reading
Heritage Wheat Conservancy Display
Grains are the “missing link” in the sustainable food chain, according to Megan Browning, an intern with the Chefs Collaborative, a Boston-based organization that works with chefs and the greater food community to celebrate local foods and foster a more sustainable food supply. While a growing number of chefs and home cooks go out of their way to purchase local and sustainable produce, meat, fish, and dairy products, relatively few of us buy grains directly from farmers or know where or how they’re produced. Continue reading
It sounds like a Borsch Belt joke:
So, Yentl, what did you learn at the Jewish Food Conference?
They taught me how to grow latkes and catch gefilte fish.
While I don’t recall hearing any corny jokes, I did have a good time at the first ever Boston Jewish Food Conference on April 22, 2012. Continue reading
Farmers markets are great for shoppers — who get to buy fresh, delicious foods and support local farmers — and for farmers and food producers—who get to sell lots of product, make more profit, meet their customers, and build their brands.
As a shopper, however, sometimes schlepping stuff back from the market on the subway, the crowds, and especially, the prices keep me away. As much as I want to support small farmers and food producers, sometimes it’s hard to justify paying a lot extra for locally made jam.
Last week, I had the opportunity to hear the vendors’ perspective about selling at farmers markets. I went to a workshop for prospective vendors at Jamaica Plain’s own Crop Circle Kitchen, Boston’s only shared used use kitchen and culinary business incubator where food entrepreneurs, caterers, and food trucks prepare local delicacies. After hearing about what they go through, I’m surprised that anyone wants to sell at farmers markets!
As a kid, I complained bitterly about kneeling in the dirt–yuck!–to weed dandelions. Now that I want to know where my food comes from, planting a garden seems like the best way to find out, even if I do have to do some weeding.
At a recent two-day “Bionutrient Rich Crop Production” workshop in Boston, I learned that successful gardening is all about the dirt–or rather–soil. Continue reading
I temporarily changed my Twitter avatar to this tasty-looking lobster while the show was running.
I’m happy to announce that The PescoVegetarian Times has just won an award for overall coverage of the International Boston Seafood Show 2012!
