(A late-night email to a local co-worker in the Food Movement)Wow, It's roll-time. I am amazed every day by this blossoming movement of which we are part. This morning I met with the campus chaplain--visiting-- from my Alma mater. She tells me that her aspiration (at 44) is to go back to school or apprentice under a food activist because she wants to be integral to feeding people; she tells me...
Tallahassee DemocratThursday 20th, 2011Dear Editor-On a routine trip to Ro-Mac Lumber and Supply [map] last week, I saw a handwritten door sign: "All Sales Final: Going Out of Business." With disappointment, I shook my head. Not Ro-Mac.Two years ago, I started Tallahassee Food Gardens with $300 and a pickup. My mission was to enable "wannabe" food gardeners, network local food and community garden...
A Few Words on Herbs: Rosemary, Garlic, and Tumeric by Jorge Lopez
Jorge Lopez cooking- more info on Jorge down below.
Sometimes I find that the ordinary and everyday becomes dull and unexciting. Unlike a child’s world view of adventure and discovery, as I get older I have found ways to light my passion for the simple. I find often that to ignite the beauty in the everyday I have to set out and...
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"2011 Thriving, Beyond Sustainability Workshop"Featuring Growing Powers’ Will AllenDATE:  March 06, 2011HOURS:   Noon- 6:30pmLOCATION:  FAMU Center of Viticulture and Small Fruit 6505 East Mayhan Drive (Hwy 90)Tallahassee. FAMU StateWide Small Farm Programs, local small farmers, and a coalition of sustainable food advocates including Tallahassee Sustainability Group, Man...
Last June, I got an email from Marcy Rosner, a native of Tallahassee that had been-- for a handful of years-- living in Oakland. She was back home for the month and hoped to find some volunteer opportunities with community gardens or some other volunteer urban ag project in Tallahassee. Eventually she linked up with Shelby Stec, an awesome FSU student that coordinates a garden at the Salvation...