Daily Challenge: Share Your Challenge Via Social Media Food of the Day: Fennel Gonna have to make it quick today; I’m behind on my work! (This is why daily blogging is nearly impossible for me… I’m supposed to be blogging elsewhere!) I had fennel on my shopping list since Day 1 of the NOFA-NY Locavore … Continue reading
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Locavore Challenge: Day 3
Daily Challenge: Grill Local Meats and Veggies Food of the Day: Watermelon Day 3 of the NOFA-NY Locavore Challenge coincided with Labor Day: A day that the rich and privileged get to take off while celebrating the rest of us who have to work! I wanted to take the day off, but it wasn’t practical. … Continue reading
Locavore Challenge: Day 2
Daily Challenge: Make a Locavore Shopping List Food of the Day: Eggplant Day 2 of the NOFA-NY Locavore Challenge was the anti-meat day. Following Pig Island and all that yummy pork, I didn’t even consciously choose a vegetarian day. My body just wasn’t looking to eat meat. Things may have been different had my timing … Continue reading
Locavore Challenge: Day 1
Daily Challenge: Register for the Locavore Challenge Food of the Day: Bacon Today was Day 1 of the 30-Day NOFA-NY Locavore Challenge. I did not have a perfectly locavore day. For one, I had to go to work at 6 a.m., and I was not about to forego my coffee because the java and/or cream … Continue reading
Why I’ll Fail The Locavore Challenge
There are certain routines in our lives that are so ingrained that it’s easy to forget about them. These habits may be good or bad, but they often get in the way of the best made plans. Take, for instance, my morning routine. This includes a cleansing process of 1/2 squeezed lemon in hot water. … Continue reading
Taking The NOFA-NY 30-Day Locavore Challenge
One of my favorite farmer advocacy groups, Northeast Organic Farming Association (of New York), is launching a locavore challenge for the month of September. From their website: The NY Locavore Challenge is a first of its kind, month-long campaign aimed at engaging consumers across the state in actively supporting the local organic food movement. The … Continue reading
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