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Lamb Ragout Recipe
This quick-cooking ragout offers lots of flavor and great versatility. Toss it with gnocchi or penne pasta; or treat it as a fancy "sloppy joe" over crusty peasant bread. This is also a good freezer item, which can be defrosted in the microwave oven without the sauce losing any of the fabulous taste.
1/4 cup olive oil
2 garlic cloves, chopped
1 tablespoon red chili flakes
2 bay leaves
1/2 pound coarsely ground lamb
1/4 cup red wine
16 0z can of peeled whole tomatoes
2 red peppers, roasted, peeled, seeded and julienned
1 pound spinach, washed and rough torn
1/4 ...
What do Food Certifications Mean?
Shopping for sustainably grown foods can be confusing because of all the different terms and jargon that companies use to market their foods. Some of their claims are backed by certification systems, and some aren’t verified by anyone at all. Here’s an overview of some of the major labels and certifications out there:
Certified Organic
Organic products contain no genetically modified organisms, and are produced without the use of pesticides, herbicides, or synthetic fertilizers, or any other prohibited substance.
Certified Naturally Grown
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The Pork in The Road – Part II
....Part II continued from May 16th.
Starting around 1950, the number of farms in the United States began to fall, from more than five million to the barely two million that are in operation today. For those farmers big enough to play by the new rules, however, output soared—and has continued to soar in the decades since. At the dawn of the midcentury agricultural revolution, farmers grew an average of 38 bushels of corn per acre each year. Today we manage to cram more than four times as much grain into the same amount of space. Back then, the country produced 1.4 ...
The Pork in The Road – Part I
Two paths are before us—but only one leads to a sustainable future of healthful, humane food production. Which one to take? (Hint: Follow the pig with the spring in its step.)Here, for your consideration, is a tale of two pigs. Pig One was bred to be lean and fast- growing. It lived its entire life inside a low-slung Iowa barn, shoulder to shoulder with 1,500 identical swine. It stood and slept on a slatted concrete floor that allowed feces and urine to dribble into a basement-like holding area directly below, where the excrement stayed for a year, filling the barn ...
Roswell Student Wins POP Club Logo Contest
The Roswell Farmers and Artisans Market Celebrates
the Power of Produce Club logo contest winner this Saturday, May 16th at 11:50 am.
Contest winner, Anthony Sutkus, will be the guest of the farmers market along with
his family and his second grade teacher, Mrs. Sarah Dunn of Mountain Park Elementary.
The award and prizes will be presented by Morgan Rodgers, Director of Recreation, Parks, Historic and Cultural Affairs. Among other responsibilities, Mr Rodgers oversees community programs benefitting Roswell children and is a long-time supporter of the ...
Make Strawberry Preparation Easier, Less Wasteful
Strawberry season will soon give way to peach season. To help speed up preparation with less waste, view this video from our friends over at Household Hacker.
15th Annual Flying Colors Butterfly Festival
The 15th Annual Flying Colors Butterfly Festival at the Chattahoochee Nature Center celebrates butterflies. Saturday, June 6 from 10am – 3pm and Sunday, June 7 from 12pm – 5pm. Festival showcases:
Live Butterfly Releases
Live Butterfly Encounters
Butterfly Garden Tours and Native Pollinator and Host Plant Sale
Crafts and Face Painting
Butterfly Costume Parade
Live Entertainment
Festival Food
Butterfly Sidewalk Art
The 15th Annual Flying Colors Butterfly Festival is a wild extravaganza focused on the beauty of butterflies at the Chattahoochee ...
You Be The Judge
What makes a great farmers market? Read on to see some of the features nation markets have that make them great ... then you decide for yourself.
Producer Market
A producer market allows very little re-selling of products. One of key benefits of shopping at a farmers market is developing a personal relationship with the people who actually produce or make your food. Really, it is....
all about trust.
A producer can speak directly and with authority about where and how the food item is produced. Nearly all markets make an exception for one or two items that ...
What is in a PLU Code?
If you're looking at produce and you want to know whether it's conventionally grown or certified organic, your grocery store should label them accordingly, but if not, the Product Look Up or PLU code on its sticker can tell you.
Many companies avoid using the 8 prefix on GMO produce because they're worried about backlash from customers (and because they are not mandatory.) If you're worried about GMO produce, buying "certified organic" is the only way to make sure you don't get it. PLU codes are universal, and one on the Gala apples at a store in ...
Why Good Cheese isn’t Cheap
Courtesy of Liz Thorpe at SeriousEats.com
In late January, Saturday Night Live guest Kevin Hart completed the trio of "Bushwick Boys" whose four-minute corner chat about changing neighborhood dynamics included, among other things, gluten-free muffins, $8 artisan mayonnaise, and cheese and wine pairings. If you haven't seen it, do yourself a favor and give it a watch.
I was pleased, if somewhat surprised, to note that mayo has become the new reference point for overpriced "gourmet" food. For the last decade it's been "artisan cheese."
Why, people ask me, is ...