"I’d like to pick up my turkey Wednesday instead of Tuesday,” I said to the Hemlock Hills Farm store manager at the end of the phone line. “Is that all right?” I heard a tremulous note in my voice. Why did I feel so…uneasy? “That's fine,” the manager replied cheerily. “We ... [Read More] [2 Comments. Please leave another.]
In praise of suburban farmers: Westchester Greenhouse
My favorite produce stand is a suburban oddity: Westchester Greenhouse is a farm in the middle of Westchester County, a leafy suburb just north of New York City. Its 15 acres wedge into a corner plot of farmland girdled by homes and two-lane thoroughfares. To the west, ... [Read More] [6 Comments. Please leave another.]
Milking the karma cow: Why I switched to locally produced dairy.
I couldn’t sleep Monday evening. I was still awake at 2am, staring out at the full moon thinking about tomorrow's delivery. Next morning while it was still dark, I opened my front door and there it was, just like I pictured it: A zinc box filled with glass bottles of milk and ... [Read More] [Leave a comment]
Are You Afraid of Your Plastic Food Containers? Replace Them With Glass.
On a scale of 1 to 10, fear of plastic food containers is about a 5 for me. It certainly doesn’t induce full-scale panic. But it does add to my aggregated anxiety—along with the economy, cancer and those lines on my neck. While I can't do anything about Tim Geithner, cell ... [Read More] [76 Comments. Please leave another.]
Turn your Garbage into Gold: Compost with an Indoor Worm Condo
Part Two of a Copywriters' Kitchen two-part series: Worm Composting in 7 Simple Steps If you read yesterday’s Copywriters’ Kitchen post, you realize the positive impact your household can have on the environment—simply by composting your garbage. You discovered you don’t need ... [Read More] [2 Comments. Please leave another.]
