This week in Columbus was a busy one for food activists. Food, Inc. is showing at The Drexel in Bexley. A well documented overview of the destruction of the American Dream by corporate food interest. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and all that. I think the Amish have it [...]
It’s been a busy week for 4 Seasons. We had a lot of Mennonite volunteers sprucing up the gardens. We welcomed the Directions for Youth program, who will be working with us on a regular basis as well as several young people from the Godman Guild youth programs. The Main Street Farm [...]
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There are two movies coming up that might be of interest: Polycultures: Food Where We Live and Food, Inc.
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Polycultures: Food Where We Live will premier in Columbus premier on July 11 at Studio 35 – http://www.studio35 .com/
It will be a matinee screening and the guys who made the film possible, David Pearl, Tom Kondilas [...]
The following was sent out to the list serve of Slow Food Columbus. This is a big deal for Columbus. I hope that this really comes together and brings a lot of people to the table to talk about and take action in creating food systems that work towards bringing quality food to [...]
Food production is in full force in central Ohio. The pick-your-owns are finishing up on early strawberries and asparagus, newly created community gardens are full of leafy greens and more gardens are added every day. For those really into local food, you could even plan a trip to a produce auction in Amish [...]
A Food Chain Meeting that will take place early the morning of July 16th in Bellville. It will be at the Dutch Heritage Restaurant just off of Interstate 71 (four exits north of Polaris). This bi-monthly meeting has proved to be a great networking opportunity for growers, processors, buyers, and others to meet. The topic [...]
Hello to people who like to eat. Tis the season to be full. Gardens are turning green all over. And more are being started every day. 4 Seasons City Farm has been harvesting leafy greens for several weeks now. We’ve supplied several local community feeds with some scrumptious salads. Cafe [...]
This weeks Ethicurean Chew on This site featured a story about North Market. I hope I lifted the right part for you to get there and read it. Here goes.
Nourishing Ohio’s downtowns, through community-food partnerships
by Guest @ 12:40 pm on April 25th, 2009.
North Market in Columbus, Ohio. Creative Commons/Flickr photo by TheeErin.
The Organic [...]
I’m way overdue in writing something. I’m in Florida dealing with some personal stuff. Haven’t forgotten local food though. Here we have Worden Farm of Punta Gorda setting up twice a week. The Florida season is practically opposite to that of Ohio. Many migrant workers go from here to Ohio [...]
Hi I finally did it. I wrote up my futurescape article for Columbus. I’ve yet to read Solartopia by Harvey Wasserman. But this is the green farm jobs version of his alternative energy dreamscape.
Here’s a new write-up that I would like to do more research on. Please let [...]
