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Farm Girl Faves: New England Food Spots

Written by Chelsea Bardot Lewis
I moved to the north shores of Massachusetts almost four years ago when my husband took a job at Green Meadows Farm in Hamilton, Massachusetts. I had been living in Somerville, Massachusetts, which I loved, and was a bit anxious about moving to the suburbs.
I was amazed at how quickly we

Eat Local… Meat

Written by Lise Carrigg
Today, while reading about Michael Pollan’s new book, Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual, I found myself nodding “yes,” in agreement with his message, which he succinctly summarized in In Defense of Food: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” Pollan is preaching to the choir with me, but I did still order

Pretty Things Beer and Ale

By Shelby Graham
“Eat local!”
“Eat your view.”
“Consume grass-fed, free-range, small batch, homemade foods.”
These are the battle cries that we have heard in recent years, and many of us have responded by buying produce at farmer’s markets and paying more attention to how or where our food is produced. Eating locally is equally great for the environment,

Pete & Jen’s Backyard Birds

Pete and Jen are on a mission, and this week they’re mission saved my belly, my pork belly.
As sustainable farmers and locavores, they raise chickens, pigs, rabbits and lambs in Concord, Massachusetts pastures where they can enjoy fresh air, grass and acres on which to roam. Their chickens are such highly regarded that the testimonials

T.W. Food Local Dinner

Locavores everywhere are jealous of anyone with a root cellar. A root cellar is an under-earth method of storing homegrown produce to make it all last through the non-growing season. I don’t have one, but a girl can dream. Without one, my squash, pumpkins and gourds sadly just don’t make it past November. Then again,

Friday Night Dinner, Garden at the Cellar

A few weeks ago, the husband requested my presence at a date in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the city in which our romance blossomed seven years ago. We both lived in the North Cambridge/Porter Square vicinity, a neighborhood fairly barren of fine dining establishments at the time, a little sweet pocket of Cambridge that just didn’t have

My Local, Not-So-Local Fruit Stand Makes Me Sad

I had quite an interesting exchange this evening. We had run out of vegetables from our farm share so I popped into the local fruit stand to pick up some salad greens and fruit. Calareso’s Fruit Stand is located in Reading, Massachusetts, and sells fresh vegetables, fruit, plants, flowers and baked goods. (During the winter,

Pot of Local, Heirloom Beans

I love beans. I grew up on beans. When most other families had rice or potatoes on the side, my Mom always had a big pot of beans on the stove, or packed up in the fridge, ready to go. My Mom is from Honduras and she said that as a child never a meal

ShoutOut: Green Meadows Organic Farm

It was almost 50 degrees in Boston today. The skies are clear and blue. The snow from earlier in the week is melting, preparing for the new layer of snow we’ll receive on Thursday. I ran out of farm fresh eggs last night while making eggnog for Christmas. I only bake with fresh hen eggs