What does Apple, Inc, the multinational corporation that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics have in common with north Florida local food efforts like Red Hills Online Market, the Frenchtown Heritage Market, and iGrow Whatever You Like?
A line to enter at the Apple Store in Miami's Southbeach
This past weekend (still traveling), my wife and I passed by this Apple store in South Beach,...
Greetings from Tucson, AZ. Yesterday, Mary Elizabeth and I visited the Mercado San Agustin.
The sign painted on the outside wall of the market
A central square surrounded by sidewalks, farmer/producer booths, and restaurants.
For-rent commercial kitchen for food-based businesses
backyard-gardeners consignment table ran by the Food Bank
There was a farmers market that was woven into the mosaic of a...
Tallahassee DemocratSunday, June 15th 2014Dear Editor,I’ve been growing food since I was 8, when I became known as “that boy with the garden.” These days, folks know me as the “Man in Overalls.”Though I like watching things grow, gardening for me has always been about more than aesthetics. It’s a survival skill-set against hunger and food insecurity, something — thank God — I have not truly...
Pecan trees gracing the D-Block skyline
A couple mornings before Christmas, my neighbor, Ms. Evelyn came walking by. She had her "grandbabies" in tow, two young girls probably 8 or 9. Ms. Evelyn, is-- my best guess-- probably 70, 75. Bending over every couple steps, she was picking up pecans as she was doing every morning for the past several months. Word on the street is that the "Pecan Man" is...
Good folks,
I've got a quick bunch of stories for you, a couple food garden pointers, and a (workshop) announcement.
1.) Stories: When I've got a book to write and only got a page
The challenge every time I try to write a newsletter or blog is whittling down the list of possible stories to share. Living amidst the Tallahassee Food Network(TFN), there is so much good work going on and so many dynamic...