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A Day In the Park
A Day In the Park with Karen I’m thinking of doing a performance art piece here today. I’m volunteering at the American Community Gardening Association conference at Franklin Park. So here goes. When ever I get a chance. I plan to plug in and write something. Kinda like a diary/instant blog. I will invite passersby to say a few words and do some short stories about the lectures and happenings. So please tune in. Haven’t learned how to do a live stream yet. But perhaps some day!!! Right now a group is meeting in the atrium that consists of some of the most influential garden activist in the country. The program list people such as Bill Maynard from San Francisco where they … Read entire article »
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Columbus update for Aug
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, rain gardens, city, state and national initiatives that are making a big difference in communities around the country. It’s expensive. $200 to $300. There are also side events happening in conjunction to this in the $20 to $30 price range, Check their website out for more details. OSU had there first farm market on Kenny road in Upper Arlington. Bravo to them. They also got a good article in … Read entire article »
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Chickens, Chickens and More Chickens
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 he’s doing to provide fresh healthy chicken. Yea!!! The film is currently at the Drexel in Bexley. I did not go into enough detail in my previous blog about how important this movie is. You must see it. Now! They have hosted two panel discussions so far which have been right on target and well received by the sold out audience in attendance. Things could change drastically with the … Read entire article »
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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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Flint to consider ordinance changes to enhance urban agriculture
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 Urban Agriculture Chickens and goats Why allow: Provide eggs, meat and dairy products. Inexpensive, high-quality manure compost replaces expensive synthetic fertilizers. How to regulate: Limit numbers and require permits for each animal. Require pens Require setbacks from property lines Restrict roosters Require notification and approval of neighbors Neuter male goats De-horn goats Hoop Houses Why allow: Extended growing season for extra production. Allows gardeners to prepare seedlings. Can grow cold-hardy varieties in winter without additional … 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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Urban Farmers Market
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. He prepares a delicious fennel dip for melon salad. Fresh and yummy. See the video The Urban Farmers Market was started by community gardeners to promote growing and eating of local food. Vendors will offer locally grown foods. There will be information on starting your own backyard garden or joining a community garden. The first was May 16th, 2009. The other three markets will be on July 25th, August 22nd and September 26th. FIND THE MARKET @ the corner of North 4th street and 18th. http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&q=4th+street+and+18th+columbus+OH+43202&ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=40.004952,-82.998576&spn=0.004224,0.009012&z=16&iwloc=A … Read entire article »
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