“I’m done with organic,”
by Jan on December 27, 2009“I’m done with organic,”
said my dear friend Clarissa when she and I were talking on the phone this week about our chickens. We were comparing what we feed them. The cost of organic grain, at $23 a bag, makes me clean out the fridge more often to feed the chickens. There is great pleasure in [...]
Stocking up: Pigs in the Freezer
by Jan on December 10, 2009We slaughtered our pigs this week. We raised two this year. They were brothers who were happy, easy going fellows; a cross breed of Old Spot and Tamworth. We had to take what we could get this year here on Martha’s Vineyard when it came to piglets. Since we prefer to get pigs bred here [...]
Read More »Giving Thanks to our food sources: Grateful for bringing local food to those that need it the most
by Jan on November 26, 2009Recently, a group of us got together and gleaned a potato field at Morning Glory Farm, the largest farm on Martha’s Vineyard. Gleaning is the collecting of crops left behind after the farmers have collected what they need or want. There are many reasons farmers leave the crops behind, but mostly it is driven by [...]
Read More »All eggs are not created equal
by Jan on November 16, 2009I was with my brother and sister last week when the subject of eggs came up. You’d think it was a fairly benign subject, right? Not so much. My brother, knowing who I am, was proudly telling us that he eats brown eggs. And me, being me and being the bossy older sister, said, “Well [...]
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