Free Screening of FRESH: The Movie Saturday August 22, 2009 at 1:00 pm Hollywood Branch Library 2600 Hollywood Blvd.Hollywood, FL 33020 A brief Q&A to follow movie. Taste local flavors from farmers in SFLA, and Pat of Yummy Yard will discuss ways to transform your yard into an edible garden. For more information please contact [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Free Screening of FRESH: The Movie
Posted in farm, food, people, tagged movie, Urban Oasis Project on August 20, 2009 |
Green Needs to Be Seen and Heard
Posted in csa, farm, farmer/grower, location, locavore, politics, tagged avocado, county budget, county commissioners, Extension, laurel wilt on August 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Did you go to the county commissioner budget meetings to state your case? No? You have several more chances. There are Budget Conference Committee (BCC) meetings on Aug 24, 25, 26 and 27 at commission chambers downtown. The commission will hold final budget hearings on Thursday Sept 3rd at 5:01 pm and Thursday Sept. 17th [...]
Diversify! Marketing for Small Farmers
Posted in agritourism, chef, csa, farm, farmer/grower, food, locavore, tagged Bee Heaven Farm, Margie Pikarsky, Mise en Place, Redland Organics on August 17, 2009 |
Still have a few more posts about the Small Farms Conference. There was a lot going on, but I focused on attending sessions where members of Redland Organics were presenting (or if there was a focus on local food systems). Here’s notes from Margie Pikarsky’s presentation on marketing. Diversify! was Margie’s main theme, as in [...]
Extension (and farmers) need your help!
Posted in farm, food, politics, tagged commissioners, county budget, Extension, laurel wilt, UF/IFAS on August 16, 2009 |
Originally I didn’t plan on this blog being political, but it looks like I’ll have to dip a toe in those waters… By now you’ve already heard about the new proposed county budget that Mayor Carlos Alvarez presented to the county commissioners. There was much debate about what to cut, how much to cut, and [...]
JUMBO avocados!
Posted in farm, food, fruits, photo, tagged avocado on August 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today we were picking avocados for the Saturday summer orders, and we came back with several well over 3 pounds. This one weighed in at a whopping 4.06 pounds! Oooh, mama!! A 4-pound avocado!
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