Correction: The CNN report on the Roots in the City Farmers Market has been rescheduled and will air on Tuesday May 4 at 10 pm on the Anderson Cooper show. The media — most recently national TV news, along with local newspapers, TV and local food blogs — has been all over Roots in the [...]
Archive for April, 2010
The little market that could
Posted in events, market, media, tagged Roots in the City on April 27, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Food & Garden Festival
Posted in events, food, tagged Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens on April 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Food and Garden Festival at Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden Saturday, April 24, 2010 – Sunday, April 25, 2010 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM Several Redland Organics growers will participate at the Fairchild Food and Garden Festival. Look for a cooking presentation by Robert Barnum aka the Cantankerous Chef, and lectures by Margie Pikarsky and Gabriele [...]
CSA share: week 20
Posted in csa, photo, tagged csa on April 16, 2010 | 8 Comments »
This is it, kids, the final share of the season! I can’t believe that 20 weeks have flown by already. I’m going to miss visiting the farm every Friday and finding out what’s new, and taking this picture. My friends will miss hearing me complain that I can’t close my refrigerator door, and can they [...]
When cabbages fly
Posted in csa, farm, food, people, photo, tagged Bee Heaven Farm, csa on April 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, Farmer Margie told me that she was short-handed and needed volunteers to help pack shares. I offered to help, and rounded up my new buddy Nathan (who wants to be a tractor mechanic when he grows up), and he brought along his mother Tunie. Farm manager Muriel invited Christina, and we four volunteers [...]
Earthfest 2010
Posted in events, market, tagged Earth Learning, Redland Organics on April 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In honor of the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, Miami-Dade Parks, Earth Learning, and Expand the Love present the annual Earthfest 2010, an annual festival promoting all things ecologically sustainable, on Sunday, April 18, noon – 6 p.m., at Crandon Park Visitor and Nature Center, located at the north beach entrance of Crandon Park, 6767 [...]

