Baby bok choy stir-fried with lots of chopped garlic, hoisin sauce, soy sauce and rice wine and sprinkled with fried garlic. Photo courtesy of ^-^ liz Jennie Pearce from the Algoma Farmer’s market sent in this list of local produce you can take home and enjoy. This week you can take home broccoli, bok choy, [...]
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Smiling faces at Family Day at the Market last week Jennie Pearce from the Algoma Farmer’s market sent in this list of local produce you can take home and enjoy: Lettuce Radishes Spring onions Spinach Peas Strawberries Beets Swiss chard Be sure to get there early! The demand is greater than the supply, especially after [...]
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First off, congratulations to Suzanne Hanna and the people who organize the Allard Street Community Garden. They received a grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to replace the deteriorated wooden retaining walls and paving slabs around the existing raised garden plots in order to improve accessibility and safety for users. I heard the new fence [...]
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This Saturday, July 12 is Family Day at the Algoma Farmers’ Market. There will be face painting, children’s crafts, live animals and live music for all the family to enjoy as well as fresh vegetables (including strawberries) and locally produced goods. Jennie, the AFM coordinator tells me there will be lettuce, radishes, rhubarb, spring onions, [...]
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Come and meet local farmers and obtain fresh local produce grown right here in Algoma district. Besides vegetables, you will also find a variety of baking, crafts, honey, maple syrup, cheese, preserves, and local fruits in season. Support local farmers, healthy foods, and local food security. The market is open on Saturdays from 8 am [...]
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Learn about how local beef farmers have organized together to survive the global market for beef by marketing to the local community. Response has been great so far, which is no surprise – local, organic meat is going to taste far better than anything trucked in to the grocery store. There is also something attractive [...]
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This is a great event. Bring the kids – they’ll enjoy looking at all the incredible variety of plants. Be sure to bring cash or a cheque book, though or you’ll be begging the neighbour you bump into there for a $20 bill. I’m hoping to pick up some tomatoe plants, maybe a few garden [...]
The Red Cross has a community kitchens program. It’s a great way to share the work of cooking and meet other people at the same time. Meals are cheap (only $5 for the event) and good for you. The recipes come from the fun Looney Spoons and Crazy Plates cookbooks, which we use at our [...]
Lee Ann Chevrette, the queen of local consumption and organizer of the Algoma Food Network sent me information about a local beef operation having a grand opening this Saturday: Penokean Hills Farms invites you to join them for their Official Launch on Saturday, May 3, 2008 at the Algoma Co-op AG Centre in Echo [...]
Frank posted this on the Rocks and Trees mailing list today. If anyone knows who may be interested in fresh farm eggs please let me know. My mother has a farm at St. Joe’s Island and wants to sell some of her eggs – she says her hens are laying like crazy and needs to [...]
