Ohio’s own Warren Taylor, often called a milk evangelist, passionately promotes milk like it used to be 40 years ago. Warren, and his dairy are featured in this NPR story on Dec. 10, 2009.
Read the full story on NPR
A new WAPF Chapter has formed in Columbus. The first event will be on Raw Milk vs.
Commercial Milk: Dangers and Benefits. Join the Meetup and RSVP if you are interested in this or future event announcements.
Where are the urban farms in Central Ohio. Take a look at our map. Please support local agriculture.
The newly formed Columbus Weston A. Price Chapter is organizing. Meet others in the Columbus area and surrounding counties who want to become more educated on the nutritional benefits of eating whole foods and how to prepare and preserve them. This includes locally and naturally grown, organic meat, vegetables and dairy and where to find [...]
A new report by the French Agency for Food Safety (AFSSA) concludes that organic foods are better for you and contain less pesticides and nitrates, which have been linked to a range of health problems. Findings include:
Organic plant products are more nutrient dense
Have higher levels of minerals
Contain more antioxidants
Organic animal products contain more polyunsaturated fatty [...]
Ohio Department of Agriculture Eat Local Challenge Sept. 13-19The Ohio Department of Agriculture challenges you to eat local! This week, plan and prepare one meal every day using foods that are made, grown or raised in Ohio.
Click on your county to accept the Eat Local Challenge!
http://www.agri.ohio.gov/apps/eat_local/eatlocal.aspx
What does “local food” mean to you? As Bear wrote in SlowFood Columbus recently. As big food industry scrambles to redefine their products as “local”, we must keep in mind the values we embrace as we support local food.
The locavore movement arose at a time when “local” meant not just “from nearby” but also “made [...]
Local Matter’s Veggie Van will be making the rounds around town with their fresh local veggies in underserved neighborhoods.
See the schedule of Veggie-Van-Sites-Summer-2009 (pdf)
Frijolito Farm is offering a CSA this year running from the beginning of June through the middle of November. Vegetables, eggs, chicken, bread, sweets, and a limited selection of fruits will be available. For full details and to order online, visit the CSA page at frijolitofarm.com
I just read this article in thedailygreen.com about what the City and people of Columbus are doing to “go green”. In the local food arena it mentions:
The Tip Top Restaurant downtown that is committed to extremely local food: they grow their vegetables on the roof of their building.
Black Creek Bistro, a restaurant that [...]