The food system is broken and we have to start a new food system. The way to do that is through urban farming. By growing healthy food, we also grow healthy people and communities. That’s essentially the message Will Allen gives in The Good Food Revolution, his new book that’s largely biography and part food [...]
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The revolution is here
Posted in events, food, people, photo, tagged Books & Books, Slow Food Miami, Will Allen on May 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Treasures in the weeds
Posted in csa, events, farm, location, photo, tagged Bee Heaven Farm, csa, Gleaning Day on May 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
CSA members gathered at Bee Heaven Farm recently for Gleaning Day. They brought potluck dishes to share, and bags and containers for their loot. Because on Gleaning Day, you’re allowed to forage for your veggies. The challenge is to find what’s left. To the uninitiated, frondy carrot tops look like the weeds that surround them. [...]
Bagging the beans
Posted in csa, farm, intern, photo, vegetables, tagged Bee Heaven Farm, csa on April 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Early on the last Friday of the CSA season, the sun rose steadily in the sky, and late season tomatoes in vegetable beds overrun with weeds glittered with the last fat drops of morning dew. Inside the big metal barn at Bee Heaven Farm, work had already started on packing the last shares of the [...]
CSA share: week 20
Posted in csa, photo, tagged cheese share, csa, med share, share on April 20, 2012 | 4 Comments »
This is the final share of the CSA season! Please return your carefully flattened box to Bee Heaven Farm on Gleaning Day, Sunday April 29th May 6th. Do not bring it to the pickup site. There will be occasional offerings during the summer season, starting in a few weeks, so keep an eye on your email.
Signs of the times
Posted in artist, market, photo, tagged Bee Heaven Farm, Pinecrest Gardens Farmers Market on April 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A couple months ago, a crop of fresh new market signs popped up at the Bee Heaven Farm tent at Pinecrest Gardens Farmers Market. The colorful creations were drawn by Rachel, farmer Margie’s daughter, who is studying illustration arts at SUNY Purchase. But hurry, you don’t have much time! This coming Sunday, April 15th, is [...]

