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This week in Columbus
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 right on a lot of issues, notwithstanding religious viewpoints. North Market hosted a panel discussion that brought together people such as Greener Grocer, Clintonville Community Market, Snowville Creamery Milk Company, the Restaurant Widow blogger and Wayward Seed Farm to present their concerns for food in our society. A very good start to reaching the public. Vote With Your Fork. I think this is a very important thing. Never … Read entire article »
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4 Seasons City Farm
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 Market is starting up this weekend. (Main and 18th) I am excited to share that 4 Seasons City Farm is currently featured in the Connect section of Columbus Foundation website. Please direct your friends, family, staff, board members, volunteers, and all possible donors to view the organization’s project at http://www.columbusfoundation.org/connect/pprojects.aspx during the month of July. Visitors to the Connect section have the opportunity to learn about a project at a nonprofit, view the portrait, and … Read entire article »
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Coming Attractions
Hello, There are two movies coming up that might be of interest: Polycultures: Food Where We Live and Food, Inc. Details below: -=-=-=-=- 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 and Brad Masi will be present to share their story. Below is a synopsis of the documentary and you can read more about it by following this link: http://web.me. com/blueheron55/ NAC_Site/ PolyCultures. html It was also featured at the 34th Cleveland International Film Festival last March: http://www.clevelan dfilm.org/ ciff_films_ find-details. php?fid=2899 AboutPolyCultures PolyCultures: Food Where We Live is a feature-length documentary movie that portrays the diverse communities around Northeast Ohio coming together to grow a more sustainable and local … Read entire article »
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Food Summit!!!
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 everyone’s table. Dear member of the Central Ohio food community, Thanks for expressing an interest in a food summit later this summer. While we had tentatively scheduled the event for July 2, a variety of considerations, including the availability of some of the groups that we hope to see there, the time-consuming process of broadening our network of contacts, and the need to ensure some lead time before the meeting, have prompted us to aim instead … Read entire article »
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What’s in your Future, Foodie?
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 country up north. Perhaps you would buy a pressure cooker or dehydrators. Units start at $30-$40 and are well worth the effort to put up scads of produce for winter when they are at their peak. From the commercial point of view, I foresee that as more farmers come into being, that more local produce auctions might spring up as side lines to farm markets that become more permanent in other parts of town. … Read entire article »
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Food Chain Meeting in July
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 next month is OSU’s Eat Global, Buy Local initiative, and the speaker is OSU Dining Service’s Sous Chef Patrick Murphy. Details are on the Flyer(pdf). … Read entire article »
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Food is in the Air
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 Bella reports having delivered over 700 potted and assorted greens collections to their host pantry. Frijolito farms is getting out their CSA shares for the first time. As well as the dozen or so other CSA farmers in central Ohio. The Slow Food Columbus people just started a registry for anyone and any organization to list with. This is in anticipation of having a Food Summit for active discussion of all … Read entire article »
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What’s the future of food in your Life?
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 Consumers Association also has a number of timely articles this week about the state of food in the country on a daily basis. Read these sites when ever you can. Stay informed. Support the movement. I think it’s wonderful that farmers markets are blossoming all over. I just picked up the list of 20 or so local farmers in the Sarasota, Fl area that have CSA’s, their own farm stands and/or set … Read entire article »
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What’s Local Doc?
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 following the harvest seasons. Never forget about these forgotten workers. The Coalition of Immokalee Workers is a strong and vibrant organization representing those who harvest the tomatoes on your tacos at Taco Bell and the sauce on your pizzas at Pizza Hut. Tell management they deserve a raise. We still need them in this transitional world. And they need our help in finding equality. For too long have the … Read entire article »
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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 me know if any of it strikes your fancy. Would you be part of a committee to take it to city council meeting or a funding group. I would dearly appreciate any comments and critique you could give me. sincerely Karen > Green City 2009 The following initiatives are suggested as ways to regain a vibrant and healthy food economy. They would lead to a massive greening of this and any city interested. So … Read entire article »
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