Posted in AnnArbor.com, Farm to Fork, Oh Say Can You CSA!, Watch & Listen on March 22, 2010
Tom Zilke’s passion and excitement for the second year of his vegetable growing enterprise is palpable and communicated. “My thing is, I like putting a seed in the ground and I like growing it. If I can do that, I am happy. I’m very content. Extremely happy doing what I am doing.” His face crinkles [...]
Posted in AnnArbor.com, Farm to Fork, Oh Say Can You CSA! on March 14, 2010
At a recent dinner of my parents’ friends, no one at the table knew what a CSA was, and I, still addressing the “adults” as “Mr & Mrs,” attempted to enlighten them. “CSAs are shorthand for Community Supported Agriculture. You purchase a share at the beginning of the season and then receive bushels of whatever [...]
Posted in AnnArbor.com, Farm to Fork, Oh Say Can You CSA!, Vision, Watch & Listen on March 3, 2010
Over 200 people attended the HomeGrown Local Food Summit at U of M’s School of Natural Resources & the Environment. Photo by Dave Brenner, School of Natural Resources & the Environment I started out my day at the HomeGrown Local Food Summit talking about turkeys (with John Harnois of Harnois Farm in Webster Township) [...]
Posted in AnnArbor.com, Farm to Fork, Farmers Markets, Oh Say Can You CSA! on January 27, 2010
Two Creeks Organics began four years ago when Amie and Mark Sanford purchased land in Manchester. When Mark could no longer work as a full-time carpenter, he turned to Amie and said, “I am going to start an organic farm.” Many people looking for a second career would not turn to such physical labor, but [...]
Posted in AnnArbor.com, Oh Say Can You CSA! on December 16, 2009
Berry compote made with Locavorious CSA frozen berries on top of French Toast. Corinna Borden | Contributor I don’t think I’m alone in not always jumping for joy when I open my holiday gifts (my zenith was at age 14 when I unwrapped a festive box to find Latin vocabulary flash cards). I was recently [...]
