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Chicken Scratchings from Karen
I was thinking about writing this as follows: State of the Chicken Address by Buruck Buruck Bantama My loyal cluckers. Let me tell you the state of affairs here in Chicken City We’ve got Feed and that’s Lousy. Lousy with a capital L. Yes I’ said Lousy. Right here in Chicken City. Okay I can’t remember the words exactly but here’s the story. Chickens need food whether they’re free range or not. There’s a lot of details that go into the care and feeding of your chicken so that you can eat him or her. A number of people are getting into the business and finding that getting good feed is also a limiting factor. Everyone asks why organic cost more, “They don’t use chemicals, What’s … Read entire article »
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A Somber Tome to Spring
It’s been an eventful week. Spring is here. All my pet projects are starting their transplants. 4 Seasons City Farm has gotten a good start on setting up their gardens, Bella Cafe has their first salad pots ready for distribution to their host food pantry and Food not Bombs had their first seed starting party. Good things to come from all. This weeks research included looking into the urban chicken movement and the lack of local organic chicken feed. I even read a blog on how to raise my own grubs as a necessary protein component of chicken feed. Soy has been incorporated into most mixes but isn’t the most preferred protein, just the cheapest. I even watched a video about slaughtering … Read entire article »
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Shout out for help growing local food.
I’m calling this post the shout-out post. We’ll probably refine it after it’s initial try out but here goes. Do you need something for gardening like share a load of compost or mulch. Is renting a trailer in your future for moving a rototiller or some such large equipment? Well let’s work together and save some money or barter our services. This week’s topic is a little out there for local food but here goes. On OEFFA direct today there was a lot of talk concerning the limited availability of chicken feed. There’s only a couple farmers in this region that produce organic feed for the growing local chicken industry. I think I could grow some of the corn, beans, flax, millet and amaranth for … Read entire article »
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Musings about Market Associations
Hey there friends and fellow foodies. I posted the some of the following on a new website in Columbus called Edible Landscape Network. It is very progressive and is giving good voice to the possibilities of permaculture. … Read entire article »
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Giving Garden Gala at Cafe Bella
Giving Garden Gala Fundraiser to Build a Greenhouse & Provide Healthy Food to Low-Income Families/Sat. Feb. 28 from 2-10 p.m. Do you like helping local causes? Want to be involved in bringing healthy, nutritious food to local families in need? Here is a worthy fundraiser! The greenhouse is intended to provide produce and plant starts to give to the local SDA CHOICE food pantry on 80 S. 18th St. The project seeks to get fresh produce into the hands of low-income poeple, and also to teach them how to grow and prepare simple nutritious food on their own. Please consider volunteering at the Giving Garden Gala at Café Bella, 2593 N. High Street. Volunteers can expect to work for two hour shifts from 2-10pm (later for clean-up crew) coordinating admissions, (wo)maning … Read entire article »
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musings from Karen
It’s been a busy week and I have a cold. Here’s what’s new. The mobile processing meeting happened at OSU. Much promise here for new farmers having opportunities to enter the competitive chicken industry. I left my take in a blog on the localfoodsystems.org site. There was an article in The Lantern at OSU about a student farm having problems starting. The students want to go organic. The professors/advisers want to include pesticides as part of the course being developed. Check the Lantern blog site to lend your support for their endeavors. I did. 4 Seasons City Farm met this week. They need volunteers. There are openings on the board and anyone who wants to garden can sign … Read entire article »
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New Year New Gardens
Food glorious food. I first wrote this several months ago as an inivitation to meetings at the infoshop. Today I use it to herald in the new year after being at several inspirational retreats and planning sessions for gardens around the city. Drop us a line and we’ll connect you up. Create your own project and you can post it here. sincerely kareng I seem to indulge in eating as a hobby every day. But it’s much more then that. Where would we be without food. That’s a major issue facing people every day now. Seems we can’t live without it. Then there are the quality issues and the availability issues. It’s got a lot of people worried. Here’s what I think … Read entire article »
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OEFFA happenings
The next capital city chapter of OEFFA will be meeting on mon jan 26 at 7pm. all invited to the OEFFA main office at 41 Croswell Rd. just north of Whetstone Park, west of High St. There will be a group order of Fedco seeds. All welcome. Find out about membership and about the upcoming conference in Granville on Feb 21st and 22nd. for more info call 614 421-2022 … Read entire article »
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musings fom kareng
Pay it forward with food It pleases me to see how active people are being with food on so may levels. The small family farmer is on the march. They want more services from farm organizations. The factory farms are on notice that their business modle doesn’t work for the greater good of society. Activists are organizing to reach many different segments of our society. Groups such as Food Not Bombs and the freegan societies point out the inherent waste that happens through corporate control of food while reaching some of the most destitute in our country. Food Bank farms have been created to assist those less fortunate and create a sustainable food economy at the same time. Their methods of saving and sharing … Read entire article »
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working committees
This is an invitation to get active. There are a number of projects I would like to spearhead. Such as: an inner city production greenhouse and spin garden, a foodcoop for neighborhoods such as Broadmeadows Blvd, Old Town East or Yours. local foods dinner parties and events. My personal interest is a farm retreat in London, Oh. Any one interested? Please drop us a line. … Read entire article »
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