Nourish The Spirit » local food http://www.nourishthespirit.com Nourish The Spirit - Food for Mind, Body & Soul Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:19:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Local, sustainable food becomes patriotic http://www.nourishthespirit.com/local-sustainable-food-becomes-patriotic/ http://www.nourishthespirit.com/local-sustainable-food-becomes-patriotic/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:10:19 +0000 Vera http://www.nourishthespirit.com/?p=838 “I don’t know about you, but I think our national holiday deserves better than barbecued mystery-meat and ater-flavored beer.” That’s what Roger Doiron says on the Kitchen Gardeners International website, the folks behind Food Independence Day this 4th of July, the first eat local campaign on a national holiday. I want to participate but can I . . . → Read More: Local, sustainable food becomes patriotic]]> “I don’t know about you, but I think our national holiday deserves better than barbecued mystery-meat and ater-flavored beer.” That’s what Roger Doiron says on the Kitchen Gardeners International website, the folks behind Food Independence Day this 4th of July, the first eat local campaign on a national holiday. I want to participate but can I still eat watermelon?

The best tool I’ve found to find what’s local near me is from Sustainable Table, and I think they got it from NRDC. It gives you a breakdown by season and location. But then of course, I can just walk over to my farmers’ market and see what’s available too.

Here’s a list of all the things that can be found locally right now for me below. Fortunately that includes avocados, apricots, kale, strawberries, and a lot more. But I do love watermelon and I’m sure that might be coming from as far as Mexico. Yikes.

Maybe I can eat watermelon in summer in exchange for not driving and trade my emmissions. But maybe I can find watermelon grown closer to home or I’ll just enjoy the strawberries.

What’s Fresh

California (Southern): Early July

  • Apples
  • Apricots
  • Artichokes
  • Asian Pears
  • Asparagus
  • Avocado
  • Basil
  • Beets
  • Black-eyed Peas
  • Broccoli
  • Cabbage
  • Carrots
  • Cauliflower
  • Celery
  • Cherries
  • Collards
  • Corn
  • Cucumber
  • Eggplant
  • Figs
  • Grapefruit
  • Grapes
  • Green Beans
  • Green Onion
  • Kale
  • Kohlrabi
  • Lemons
  • Lettuce
  • Melons
  • Mushroom
  • Mustard
  • Nectarines
  • Okra
  • Onions
  • Passion Fruit
  • Peaches
  • Pears
  • Peppers
  • Plums
  • Potatoes
  • Raspberries
  • Sapote
  • Spinach
  • Strawberries
  • Summer squash
  • Tomatoes
  • Turnips
  • Valencia Oranges
]]> http://www.nourishthespirit.com/local-sustainable-food-becomes-patriotic/feed/ 0 Tours for foodies http://www.nourishthespirit.com/tours-for-foodies/ http://www.nourishthespirit.com/tours-for-foodies/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:23:19 +0000 Vera http://www.nourishthespirit.com/?p=744 Just read about a farm tour in Asheville this summer and thought it sounded great. For 20 bucks, you get to visit 38 farms and partake in things like yarn making, milking cows, or tapping for maple syrup. And there’s plenty of tasty things to try on the way like fresh bread, honey, and produce from an edible . . . → Read More: Tours for foodies]]> Just read about a farm tour in Asheville this summer and thought it sounded great. For 20 bucks, you get to visit 38 farms and partake in things like yarn making, milking cows, or tapping for maple syrup. And there’s plenty of tasty things to try on the way like fresh bread, honey, and produce from an edible garden. You can learn all about it on the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project site, which collaborates on this with the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, Organic Growers School, Slow Food Asheville, and True Nature Country Fair.

I loved learning about beekeeping at the San Diego City College farm during the Food Justice conference I attended recently. But visiting 38 farms in a one day tour? A foodie’s dream. I must find one on the west coast. Only thing that comes up on my first try is typical one day tours like this.

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