January Happenings

Joe — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:23:36 +0000

Despite the hibernation-friendly weather, there are a few local-food related items to report from this past weekend.

Made it to the NOFA Winter Conference on Saturday. Highlights for me included historical perspectives from farmers with 25+ years experience growing organically in the region, (re)connecting with a great bunch of folks, and a 400-person potluck lunch. Man, these organic farmers know how to have a good time.
Here’s a reportback on Saturday’s pig butchering workshop at Lionette’s, from chefs study blog. Sounds like it was educational, and delicious.
Kerry Bodine dropped me a note about her new blog, Wicked Flavory, “A blog for folks in New England who think about where their food comes from.” It looks great, too — check out the blue cheese photo on the current top post. Added to the feed reader.
Technically this was a few days ago, but the website for the Real Food Challenge had its “under construction” launch. Though they’re not going to be up to full speed until the start of the ‘08-‘09 school year, there’s already some good resources in place, and the beginnings of a powerful coalition of colleges and universities.

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