Heirlooms: Food, art, or both?
From music festivals to art auction blocks, heirloom vegetables are showing up in some unusual new places this summer.
Chefs down on the farm
Chefs get down on the farm at a RAFT Grow-Out Field Day at White Barn Farm.
Eat it to save it!
Chefs and farmers get together to save endangered heirloom varieties like the oh-so-tasty Jimmy Nardello's Sweet Italian Frying Peppers through the RAFT heirloom vegetable Grow-Out.
Praise for “Righteous Porkchop”
"Righteous Porkchop: Finding a Life and Good Food Beyond Factory Farms," by Nicolette Hahn Niman, should be on the must-read list of anyone who cares about a sustainable food supply.
Chefs, Farmers and Seeds!
Over the past week, Chefs Collaborative hosted kick-off events for 27 farms and 30 restaurants participating in the 2009 Renewing America's Food Traditions New England Grow-Out in Providence, RI; Portsmouth, NH; and Cambridge, MA.