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I think your enthusiasm is well placed; spring parsnips are delicious, and reward those with patience to wait out the winter as these powerful roots convert starch to sugars. So sweet and tender for something thats been underground for almost a ye...
Early Spring parsnips are freshly dug. They are sweet and buttery, even before you add the maple syrup and butter! Simply boiled, they need little to dress them. They are also great additions to any dish calling for potatoes. The best Shepherd's...
I'd be interested to know by what measure you consider me to be one of the "big boys." It must have been a comment about my weight, because it is certainly not an accurate representation about the size of our farm. :)
OK, let's stop pretending th...
Tom, you and I have GOT to get together for a beer. Thank you very much for your thoughts.
What’s missing so far, is any definition of what Maine Street Marketplace is intended to be. What was presented to us at the meeting in Portland is that the goal is to make an internet based ordering system backed up with a distribution network of...
Grange Halls exist in most towns, and Portland: North Deering on Washington st across from Quaker Meeting House (outer Portland) as well as one on Forest, the Presumpscot Grange Hall. These organizations are desperate for new members, and the agri...
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- Where in Maine do you live and eat?
- Scarborough
- What issues are you and/or your group interested or expert in?
- other
- Are you a food producer? If so, what types of food do you produce?
- vegetables, berry fruit, cheese and dairy, grains and bakery, eggs, meats
- If you produce foods of some sort, please choose one of the following:
- I produce foods for sale to others
- If you produce foods for sale, where or how can Mainers buy them?
- CSA
- Other info about Me (please mention any food, fishing, agriculture, or community groups you are affiliated with):
- I eat a lot of eggs, sometimes a half dozen before noon.
- Website (if any):
- http://broadturnfarm.com
- Website 2 (if any):
- http://broadturnfarm.blogspot.com/
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Early Spring parsnips are freshly dug. They are sweet and buttery, even before you add the maple syrup and butter! Simply boiled, they need little to dress them. They are also great additions to any dish calling for potatoes. The best Shepherd's Pie I have ever had was topped with spring-dug parsnips. (Stacy warns me that my enthusiasm for the roots is more related… Continue
Posted on April 4, 2009 at 9:08am — 1 Comment
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Here is a link to the Maine Food Policy Council at the Dept of Ag.
I went to one of their meetings and it was really interesting.
My question, though. is whether there has been any thought of forming a Public Food Policy Council, one not tied to...
In light of climate change and peak oil, more of us might be having these discussions...since our current methods of food production assume a certain a) accessibility to fossil fuel inputs and b) a certain "reliability" of weather patterns and con...
2nd Annual Maine Farmers' Market Convention at The Hutchinson Center
January 29, 2010 to January 30, 2010
MFMC 2 - Save the Date.pdf
Thanks for posting Laura. What's the best way for Portland people to support this? If we subscribe could we get our shrimp through Crown of Maine delivery (to the buying clubs?) perhaps?
All things Mead and generally Maine.
My absolute favorites are Foraging New England by Tom Seymour (of Belfast):
http://books.google.com/books?id=Lre_ox0daocC&dq=tom+seymour+maine+forage&source=gbs_navlinks_s
And The Neighborhood Forager:
http://www.librarything.com/work/2217859
mmm...
10th Anniversary of Maine Farmland Trust at Frontier Cafe
November 16, 2009 from 5pm to 9pm
10 YEARS OF FARMLAND PRESERVATION
We invite you to celebrate with us!
5-7 PM - RECEPTION
with farm-fresh food, Maine-brewed beer and local wines, good company, fun music, a short presentation by John Piotti, and a silent auction of fine Maine ar...
Lovely team...
Hi Marjolaine,
I've found The Forager's Harvest by Samuel Thayer to be a great resource. It's not specific to Maine, but rather tries to include plants that are fairly ubiquitous.
Arthur Haines is an instructor with Maine Primitive Skills School...
We have about 60 delicious whole chickens available. They are 4.50/ lb. all are frozen and between 5 - 7.5 lbs. These are a pasture breed called Le Belle Rouge that are excellent foragers. Our family of 5 gets three meals from one bird! Delivery t...
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Wild mushroom book signing by David Spahr in Rockport ME at Farmer's Fare
November 12, 2009 from 4pm to 6pm
David Spahr Book Signing/Slide Show/Talk
"Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms of New England and Eastern Canada"
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