This week in Columbus will be eventful. The American Community Gardening Association is holding they’re national conference at Franklin Park on Aug 6, 7 and 8. They are bringing in a lot of high power activists to meet and speak about many of the happening things out there. Spin gardening, rain barrels, [...]
This is my running blog about chickens. Attendance is up here at LFC. Thank you for checking us out. Food. Inc tells a gruesome story about the state of food and meat in America. It shows the gruesomeness of factory chickens vs. the professionalism of a country farmer , who knows what [...]
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 [...]
The city of Flint, MI is promoting urban agriculture and urban ecology as means to transform Flint’s urban blight into an aesthetically pleasing, functional, and sustainable metropolitan landscape. Read the article…
The side bar on the article had some interesting arguments that we should consider for our own municipalities here in central Ohio.
Flint Journal extras Regulating [...]
Hello,
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 [...]
Chef Matthew Prokopchek of Trattoria Roma Restaurant on Grandview Ave. gives a cooking demonstration at the May 16th Urban Farmers Market on the various uses of Fennel.
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 [...]
