Our friend Lee in Virgin reports: Jeff Brown will be setting up Saturdays from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. with his Coalpits melons at the farm stand next to the Post Office in Virgin. Jeff grows “dry-farm” melons, which use far less water than conventionally-grown watermelons. For more information, click here.
Posts Tagged ‘local food’
Cedar City Farmer’s Market
If you haven’t done so yet, please come check out the Downtown Cedar City Farmer’s Market, held Wednesdays from 4-7 pm in the parking lot behind The Grind, Braun Books, and the Pastry Pub. This week found the market offering a wide selection of vegetables (including locally-grown tomatoes), peaches, cantaloupes, figs, pecans, local honey, fresh [...]
Five Steps to Eating Local
On EatLocalChallenge.org, Jennifer Maiser offers tips for those getting interested in local food: five steps to eating local. They are: 1. Frequent your farmers market. 2. Choose five foods that you can source locally. 3. Sign up for a CSA. 4. Pickle, can, freeze or dehydrate! 5. Can’t find locally grown? Try locally produced. Read [...]
Find our cheese at Apple Annie’s
Looking for our cheese in Brian Head? You can now find it at Apple Annie’s Country Store at 508N Hwy 143, not far from the Grand Lodge. It’s a very fun store – stop in and check them out!
Utah Launches AgriAdvocates.org
“In the war to prevent our dependence on imported food, this is the front line.” The State of Utah launched AgriAdvocates.org this week in support of local farming. Its theme: local food promotes self-sufficiency, a healthy economy, and a better environment. Amen!
Eat Local Food: Grow Sprouts
If you can’t plant a garden– or even if you can– you can still grow sprouts. Sprouts are easy to grow, are ready to eat in 3-5 days, taste great, and are very nutritious. Best of all, you can grow them in almost any glass jar– an old pasta sauce jar for example. Almost any [...]
Eat Local Food: Plant a Garden
It’s easy to plant a garden. All you need is a few square feet of space and some decent soil. Even on a balcony you can use a planter box and buy soil at almost any store. It’s already August, and residents of colder climes may be thinking that the first frost is only weeks [...]
Summer Recipe: Garden Pasta Salad
I’m not crazy about most pasta salads, but here’s one that emphasizes the flavors of the summer garden. To save time, you can prepare the other ingredients while the pasta cooks. The flavor of the tomatoes is important, so use garden-fresh tomatoes, not store-bought ones. If they’re not in season, you could substitute sun-dried tomatoes [...]
Summer Recipe: Apricot Chicken
Here’s a marinade I created for barbecued chicken, inspired by the fresh ingredients we had on hand. The amounts are flexible, make it to your own taste. But beware: it’s tasty– People sometimes eat it by the spoonful! 1 cup apricots, pitted 1/2 stalk rhubarb, chopped 1 jalapeno pepper, or to taste 1/4 cup apple [...]
Summer Smoothies
Summer fruits and summer heat– what better reason to make a smoothie! I avoid sugar, so ice cream and most flavored yogurts are out. I make mine with ice, fruit, apple juice, milk, and little else. Here’s an example: 1 cup ice cubes 1 cup pitted apricots 1 banana, peeled 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup [...]
