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Category Archives: On the Farm
Suburban Farming, Self-Sustainability, and Reclaiming Domesticity: Yummy Tummy Farms
For many Americans, the front yard is a prime piece of real estate, in fact, many newer neighborhoods in larger cities are doing away with front yards and decreasing the size of backyards in favor of increased indoor living space. … Continue reading
Welcome to the Community of Kookoolan Farms
“Really, we’re unqualified to be farmers,” Chrissie Zaerpoor confesses before she delves into the story behind Kookoolan Farms. She and her husband Koorosh have backgrounds in physics and engineering, which many would write off as unhelpful to the field of … Continue reading
An Ode to Goats: The Unsung Hero of American Farms
If you poke around on the Real Time Farms website and peruse recent adventures of the Real Time Farms Food Warriors, you’re bound to see some recent attention on goats. blank This is no accident. As the Food Warriors explore … Continue reading
300+ Organic Crops – Simply Because They Want To
The preschoolers who visit Anne Berblinger’s farm won’t just wander in and pick out an anonymous pumpkin. Instead, they will claim their own particular prize, the future jack-o-lantern that they chose as a seed, nurtured as a sprout, and later … Continue reading
Muscovy Duck is unlike any “duck” you have eaten
Muscovy Duck tastes like a veal duck, or a duck veal, or perhaps it tastes like Muscovy Duck. David Beemer, of OmniUnum Farm, decided he wanted more control over his food supply. In lieu of purchasing Michigan peat and compost, … Continue reading
A Very Pumpkin Weekend
This post is from one of the interns in the Real Time Farms Food Warrior Fall Internship Program. These interns are in Asheville, Austin, Nashville, Portland and San Francisco, collecting data, pictures, and video on the growing practices of our nation’s farms, gathering … Continue reading
A New Type of Renaissance (Wo)Man: The Farmer!
This post is from one of the interns in the Real Time Farms Food Warrior Fall Internship Program. These interns are in Asheville, Austin, Nashville, Portland and San Francisco, collecting data, pictures, and video on the growing practices of our nation’s farms, gathering … Continue reading
Posted in Food Warrior Interns, On the Farm
Tagged Bluebird Farm, callie herron, food warriors, north carolina, pig garden, Real Time Farms
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Home Economics: Planting Sunflowers is a Good Investment
Sunflower sprouts are delicious, nutty, and full of flavor – you can sauté them with soy sauce and toasted sesame oil, put them fresh in salad, or put them in a sandwich. You can make butter out of the seeds, … Continue reading
A visit to the Amish collective Path Valley Farms
Last week I visited three of the 20 Amish farms that comprise the Path Valley Farms collective, serving nearly 60 DC restaurants. In this enchanting place food is grown by those who ride in buggies to serve the needs of … Continue reading
Drake Family Farms: Where Every Goat Has a Name
This post is from one of the 16 interns in the Real Time Farms Food Warrior Summer Internship Program (our Fall 2011 Food Warriors have started and will be blogging soon!). These interns collect data, pictures, and video on the growing practices of … Continue reading
Posted in Food Warrior Interns, On the Farm
Tagged cheese, chevre, dairy, drake family farms, food warriors, gina buccolo, goat cheese, goats, Real Time Farms
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