The number of words that come to mind for the letter F was astonishing. Food, feed, fiber, farms, FFA, and I had suggestions like floriculture from Thomas Marten (and I do love flowers) and Kim Parsell gave me lots of ideas — farm, fig, fence, fertilizer, feed, flax and fungicide. All of those are great words that are parts of agriculture… Read More
Historic City Market in Kansas City, Missouri Photo Walk
a slide show of more of the photos from my day at the Kansas City historic City Market [slideshow post_ID=13608]
Help Make Farmstead Cheese Available to More of Us
Buying products that clearly show which farm they originated on or even straight from the farm has become a driver for many Americans. To do that, many farms have been doing some creative things to help make those connections more common. DairyGoddess Cheese My friend Barbara Borges-Martin aka the DairyGoddess is one of the many farmers I’ve met through social media… Read More
Opening Day in St. Louis for Baseball & Farmers Market
One clear sign of spring is the start of baseball’s spring training, but opening day is a critical milestone! This year two big opening days came at the same time — Major League Baseball and one of the seasonal farmers markets in my part of the world. And what’s really cool, is I was able to enjoy both! After shopping… Read More
The Farmer who Grew the Greens for My Salad
Last Friday, I had a unique opportunity to learn about Hawaiian agriculture directly from an expert — a farmer from the windward side of Oahu! Dean took time to tell me about his farm on video. 🙂 And I wrote a blog post for the group hosting the meeting I was at talking about some of a program Hawaii has in… Read More
Memphis’ Cooper Young Fest Embraces Farm Booths
A few photos and perceptions of the latest Cooper-Young Festival in Midtown Memphis