Souper Bowl eBay Auction – Time is Running Out!
By Nancy Baron, on January 28th, 2010
We have the final two pairs of tickets up on eBay. The lucky auction winners will walk in the door with two of the hardest tickets to get in the Valley, with a handful of raffle tickets to start off their evening. I just checked this morning and both auctions are sitting very close to cost,
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Waterbury Winter Farmers Market – This Saturday!
By Robin McDermott, on January 22nd, 2010
Waterbury Winter Farmers’ market Saturday, 10 – 2
Waterbury Winter Farmers’ Market at TBPS Cafeteria on Sat., January 23rd
Vermont farm products, prepared foods and crafts will be sold at the Waterbury Winter Farmers’ Market on Saturday, Jan. 23rd at the TBPS cafeteria from 10am to 2pm.
The acoustic folk-rock duo, Dan Haley is Mr.
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Learn about Vegetable Fermentation this weekend at the Capital City Farmers’ Market
By Robin McDermott, on January 14th, 2010
LEARN ABOUT VEGETABLE FERMENTATION: DEMOS – UNUSUAL KRAUTS, AND KIMCHEE-MAKING DEMO FROM NOON TO 1:00 PM
Contact person: Carolyn Grodinsky, 223-2958. manager@montpelierfarmersmarket.com
Come to the Capital City Farmers market on Saturday January 16th and learn from the experts about different ways to ferment food. From small-scale, first-time beginners to larger-scale commercial operators making food in big
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Sandor Katz Wild Fermentation Video Now Available!
By Robin McDermott, on January 8th, 2010
Hey you fermentation fetishists…check out this fabulous video of Sandor Katz doing a fermentation workshop right here in the Mad River Valley. Many thanks to Chelsea Green for this fabulous information and for bringing Sandor here to the valley.
Curious about how Sandor’s Kimchi turned out? You can taste it at the Souper Bowl – but
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2009 – A good year for locally grown food in the Mad River Valley!
By Robin McDermott, on January 7th, 2010
Originally appeared in the Valley Reporter, December 23, 2009
Despite the devastating late blight disease that wiped out just about every tomato plant in the Valley this summer, Localvores should be feeling pleasantly satiated with the increasing availability of locally grown food that 2009 brought to the Mad River Valley. This year, the Mad River
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Lazy Lady Cheese Featured in the New York Times Magazine
By Robin McDermott, on January 1st, 2010
Here is a great article about Vermont’s own Lazy Lady cheesemaker Laini Fondiller.
Happy New Year Everyone!
~Robin McDermott
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Ending Waste in the Kitchen
By Robin McDermott, on December 22nd, 2009
This is a great article about using absolutely everything in the kitchen from a chef’s perspective. I like the way that the chef says that kitchens that use commodity products get them so cheap that they can afford to be wasteful. Because he uses expensive, high quality products, the only way that he can compete
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Special funding Available for Hoop Houses!
By Robin McDermott, on December 21st, 2009
Thanks Caitrin Noel for sending this info to us to pass along to our farmers friends!
AVAILABILITY OF LOCALLY GROWN FOODS
3-Year Project To Verify Effectiveness Of High Tunnels In Natural Resource Conservation
COLCHESTER, VT, Dec 18, 2009 – On December 16, 2009 Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced a new pilot
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Important News for Environmentaly Conscious Localvores Who Can’t Give Up Ocean Fish
By Robin McDermott, on December 9th, 2009
There was an interesting Op-Ed piece in the New York Times today about – GASP – the environmental virtues of frozen fish over fresh.
Hint: Frozen is the better way to go from a carbon footpoint standpoint and the authors claim it is just as good.
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