You may find yourself wondering what to do with the abundance of local foods from one CSA (community supported agriculture) box or one morning at your local farmers’ market. Well, here’s an idea: embrace it! The Fall issue of Edible Piedmont includes a great article, Fearing a CSA Box in a 30-Minute Meal World, on…
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Interested in Local Food and Farming?
While it may not be likely that you’ve been to an agricultural conference in the past, this just might be the year to do it! Western Wake Farmers’ Market Manager Kim Hunter and President Juliann Zoetmulder will be among the panelists on Saturday, December 4 at the 25th Annual Sustainable Agriculture Conference hosted by Carolina…
Tour Triangle farms
The Eastern Triangle Farm Tour is set for September 18 and 19. The tour features more than 20 sustainable farms in Harnett, Granville, Franklin, Wake, Johnston and Chatham counties. The farms are open to the public from 1 to 5 p.m. both days. Tickets cost $25 in advance per carload or $30 at the farms…
New businesses make it convenient to eat local produce
From farm to fork has long been the rallying cry of the eat local movement.But getting the food from the farm has been a barrier for some consumers who don’t have time to shop at farmers markets or find community-supported agriculture programs, better known as CSAs, inconvenient.Enter a new breed of business – a middleman…
