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Veggie-Traders Trading Homegrown Produce

Veggie-Traders Trading Homegrown Produce

By Linda Goin on 19 September 2009

Are you tired of wasting – or composting – perfectly good homegrown and organic produce? If you don’t have time to can or if you don’t have a bunch of hungry family members and neighbors, then you can shed that excess produce through the new Veggie Trader…

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My Problems with H. R. 875, The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009

By Linda Goin on 10 March 2009

This past weekend I had the pleasure to meet at least six people who are engaged in sustainable farming in Virginia. These individuals worked on farms for a number of years for very little money. Their pleasure was learning how to grow organic foods, eating the same foods and supplying others with their produce.

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Nutritionist’s Lecture Feeds the Mind to Help Nourish the Body

Nutritionist’s Lecture Feeds the Mind to Help Nourish the Body

By Jennifer McManamay on 17 February 2009

Liz Lipski, a board-certified clinical nutritionist and author, will present “Food as Information: How Alien Foods Change the Way We Feel” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 4 in the Boxwood Room at Sweet Briar College’s Elston Inn and Conference Center.

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Bud the Bad Good Example

By Bill Klein on 24 September 2008

Whenever I am on “vacation” here at the farm, it is usually only a matter of a day or two before I settle into a routine. Wake up at 7-ish, check my e-mail, feed the horses and then spend the rest of the day trying to avoid work and usually failing. Especially if my wife is around.

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