First, a few calendar events:"Stories of the Food Movement: where we are and where we want to go" -- 6:30pm, Mon., Feb 28th at the Main Library. Nathan Ballentine, Man in Overalls with Tallahassee Food Gardens will co-present with Mark Tancig from Damayan & Tallahassee Food Policy Council and TJ Shaffer from Tallahassee Sustainability Group. Click HERE for more info.Will Allen, MacArthur Genius,...
(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...