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The Fall of Empires
Matt and I can get into some interesting discussions on the long drives to and from family visits. For instance, on a recent trip Matt was reading Cottage Economy by William Cobbett, an 1820′s book about household economy. (Get the … Continue reading
How to Eat Local: Meal Planning
Long, long ago in a blogosphere not-so-far away I promised to write a series of blog posts about local eating and then something came up and prevented me from writing the post. Namely, life. By the time I got around … Continue reading
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How to Eat Local (Without Going Broke or Crazy)
I was writing a response to Mrs. Q’s blog post about meal planning, grocery shopping, and pantry stocking earlier today. (If you haven’t been following along with Mrs. Q’s quest to improve school lunch, then get thee to Fed Up … Continue reading
Local on Vacation: Keeping Louisville Weird
I would be remiss if I didn’t at least acknowledge that this is the first blog post in 5 months. There – I did it. Can we all just move on now? No? Ok, but 5 months of update is … Continue reading
Local food finds: Coffee and Chocolate
Champaign county, Illinois may have some of the most fertile soil in the world but there are some things that just won’t grow around here, atleast not without a heated greenhouse and supplemental lighting. Coffee and cocoa fall safely on … Continue reading
Adventures in local eating: Kidding around
While doing our grocery shopping at the food coop Sunday afternoon we spotted a flyer for a baby shower. For goats. Prairie Fruits farm sells fruit and some of the best goat and sheep cheese around. I’m not just saying … Continue reading
Eating local in winter just got a little easier
Sadly our wonderous Farmer’s Market is closed for the winter. One of these days, when we a root cellar, a chest freezer, and a hoophouse for overwintering, we’ll be able to supply ourselves with fresh veg through the winter. In … Continue reading
Making butter in 9 ridiculously easy steps
We’ve never made butter before but after reading about how easy it is, we thought we’d give it a try. It really was as fast and easy as everyone says. Even more ridiculously easy than making yogurt. We made it … Continue reading
Locavores Anonymous
A few days ago a first year grad student posted a status update on facebook asking if anyone knew of a source of grassfed meat and raw milk in the area. the first few comments were about his imminent death. … Continue reading
Putting money in the local economy
“Put your money where your heart is.” This quip came to me a few months ago. You have to be willing to put money into the things you think are important. That means giving money to charities you believe in … Continue reading