Courtesy Audrey Pavia Maddie the Cochin hen will soon be spending all her time indoors. When you keep livestock in the city, word gets around the office. I’m known throughout my department as someone who keeps chickens, and I’m occasionally posed with a question or two about chickens and their daily lives. But the other […]
It’s officially cyclamen season here, and there are thousands of the things planted around Rapallo these days.
Courtesy Hemera/Thinkstock As part of the Fruit and Veggie Rx pilot program, doctors prescribed coupons redeemable for fresh produce at farmers’ markets in addition to their patient’s regular medications. The results of the program’s effects on patient health will be released in February 2011. “Take two and call me in the morning” is a common, […]
It’s time to pull out, tidy up and harvest thoroughly for the last time. In the suburbs, our landscape is all soft greys and browns now. From my herb garden, I had sage and parsley for the Thanksgiving turkey stuffing and some rosemary for the carrots, but of course, the basil has already been frosted.
Courtesy MSU Extension Service/ Gary Bachman Window boxes placed on a stepladder-type stand is a verticle gardening technique that allows gardeners to water and harvest their plants without bending over. Some gardeners depend on the popular urban farming concept of vertical gardening not only to save space but to allow greater accessibility to their plants. As […]
The English language is full of references to chickens. I never really paid much attention to these expressions until I became a chicken owner. My flock as helped me understand the true meaning behind many of these terms—on a personal level.
Photo by Rick Gush After years living in the desert, I delight in living next to this waterfall. One of the things I really like about living here in Liguria, Italy, is having lots of water features near my garden. I lived in Las Vegas for 15 years before moving here, and I still get […]
Slightly higher-priced local-food menu options indicate a higher valued product to restaurant patrons. Not only are restaurant patrons willing to pay more for meals prepared with produce and meat from local providers, the proportion of customers preferring local meals actually increases when the prices increase, according to a team of international researchers. A recent study […]
Photo by Judith Hausman Around my house, we heap our latkes high with horseradish, sour cream and homemade applesauce. I argued with my kids for years about our latkes, the potato pancakes traditionally served during the Jewish winter holiday of Hannukah, because I tried to make them a) healthier and b) less labor-intensive. Latkes are […]
Courtesy Natural Resources Defense Council The third round of Growing Green Awards will be handed out in 2011. In 2011, the Natural Resources Defense Council will be handing out its third round of Growing Green Awards to recognize individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the field of sustainable food. Nominations are now being accepted for […]
It wasn’t easy getting Bobbi Jo over her bout with fowl pox. Unlike her niece, Baby Jo, it took her more than a week before I felt she was well enough to return to the flock.
Courtesy Stock.XCHNG Two New York developers have teamed up to take the city’s urban farming to a larger scale, and they’re paying attention to sustainability in the process. New York is better known for Times Square and Central Park than food production and urban farming, but two developers are looking to change that. Full Spectrum […]
