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Find Home Gardening Resources at City Folk’s Farm Shop

 Classes, plants make the most of this growing season in Columbus Gardening and preserving season is underway! City Folk’s Farm Shop is once again supporting home gardeners, cooks, and chicken…

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Kale Cool Weather Greens

Kale is a versatile green. Treat it like spinach and create your own recipes. Here are some ideas to get you started. Kale Chips – This simple preparation of kale…

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Central Ohio Farmers’ Market List

It’s that time of year when the farmers pull the greens from the earth and bring them fresh to the market. Columbus Underground does a great job of listing all…

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New Investment Fund Provides Capital for Sustainable Farms

OEFFA in partnership with a group of socially-motivated local investors who are making $500,000 available to launch a groundbreaking initiative: the OEFFA Investment Fund. The purpose of the fund is…

Food Myth: we need industrial farming to feed the world

Big agri-business spends obscene amounts of money to promote the myth that we need industrialized farming with its pesticides, pollution and factory farms to be able to feed the world. Well, it’s just false. Take a look at the video.

Commercial Kitchen for Rent in Columbus

Commercial kitchen resources for new food businesses in Columbus.

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Local food and fun at the Ohio Fish & Shrimp Festival

Celebrate the bounty of Ohio’s local food at the Ohio Fish and Shrimp Festival.  Sept. 14th, 15th and 16th, 2012.  There will be music and lots of food, activities for…

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How big a yard do you need to live off the fat of the land?

I was surprised at how little land this info-graphic says you need for a family of four. 2 acres is better than none, but hardly enough to provide most of…

INVITE: Ohio Grown: Local Food Creating Local Opportunities

Come learn about changing policies to support local food economies, local food financing, and more on August 9 in Columbus with US Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan. You are invited!…

PBS Series on Urban Farming

Food Forward: Urban Farming is the pilot episode spotlighting the people who are on the edge of growing food where the consumers are, in our cities. The idea of growing…