Archive for the 'General' Category
The Doldrums of Winter
February 7th, 2008I have been thinking a lot recently about local and seasonal eating and what I am and am not willing to give up. I just read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, where she and her family spend a year growing most of their own food on their farm in Virginia, and buy what […]
Where’re the Farmers?
January 20th, 2008If you care to venture past the railroad yards in northwestern Birmingham, Alabama, and go north a block, you’ll find a conglomeration of food distributors along Finley Avenue. Buried in the middle of this is the Jefferson County Truck Growers Association, the only farmer’s market open this time of year in Birmingham.
Even with a […]