Market News
Holy Shit: A Manure Renaissance!
Manure Renaissance? Why a Fertilizer Crisis May (Thankfully) Make Farmers Ditch the Chemicals for Old-Fashioned Poop
By Gene Logsdon at Chelsea Green Publishing
as seen on Alternet
People talk about Peak Oil, but we're also at Peak Fertilizer. Without plenty of some kind of fertilizer, there will not be enough food to go around.
December 17, 2010 |
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Harvest Thanksgiving Market
Thanksgiving eSS Harvest Market
Sunday November 20, 11-4pm
Waterfront Park, under the BIG Tent!
Heap high the board with plenteous cheer
and gather to the feast,
And toast the sturdy Pilgrim band
whose courage never ceased.
~Alice W. Brotherton
edible South Shore Harvest Market,
Sunday November 20th , 11am-4pm
Meet over 30 local farmers and food-makers and kindred spirits as you [...]
A Hot Dogger Cooks Organic
Friday, June 11, 2010
Day 337: A Hot Dogger Cooks Organic
By Sue Gedutis Lindsay who is a Plymothean, a Musician etc.and local food eater, sometimes.
This excerpt is from her blog about daily practice and the musical life: www.sueandstevelindsay.blogspot.com
Let me begin by stating that yesterday's lunch was a hot dog and Kraft mac & cheese in Sponge [...]
The Anatomy of a Farmers’ Market
Anatomy of a Farmers Market
Edible Boston, Summer 2010
Part 2: To Market, to Market
By Sara Corbon Porth
Read what it is like to prepare for arriving at the farmers market…from the farmers point of view. Amazing fortitude is required!
Check out these photos taken at member farm Plato's Harvest as they prepare for market season and then for [...]
Jewelweed a Local Remedy
Jewelweed, a Local Remedy
Identifying and Harvesting
Edible and Medicinal Plants
in Wild (and Not So Wild) Places
BY WILDMAN Steve Brill
Local Green Feather Herbs
tells you more about its use for healing poison ivy and other uses
The Passion to Farm
The Passion to Farm
Author: Anne Morgan
Lilipoh Issue: Summer 2009; Farming & Gardening – Issue 56, Vol. 14
One woman’s story of why she works so hard
I married into agriculture. Still processing his near-death experience in Vietnam, Dewane could only say, “I need to farm organically.” I was young, in love, and uncertain of my personal [...]
Earth Day around Plymouth
Celebrate Earth Day
At Plimoth Plantation
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Wherever we roam, the Earth is our home! Come celebrate Earth Day at Plimoth Plantation with a great composting workshop and hands on gardening. Also, a living history of heirloom and Native plants! Discover age-old tips on conservation, recycling and being more earth friendly too. Try [...]
A bit of History about Billingsgate Farm
Pembroke farmer shows his magic touch at Marshfield Fair
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You may see Farmers Pete and his beautiful crops at
The Courthouse Green Market each Saturday
Alice Elwell photo
Farmer Peter Reading of Pembroke won 17 prizes for his crops at this year’s Marshfield Fair.
By Alice [...]
Big Food vs Big Insurance by Michael Pollan
Big Food vs. Big Insurance
By MICHAEL POLLAN
Published: September 9, 2009
The New York Times
TO listen to President Obama’s speech on Wednesday night, or to just about anyone else in the health care debate, you would think that the biggest problem with health care in America is the system itself — perverse incentives, inefficiencies, unnecessary tests [...]
