We'll be sharing several "food diaries" here this summer.
Here is Rex's from 2006.
What's locavore? Well, for one thing it's a word so cool that the New Oxford American Dictionary selected it the 2007 "word of the year."
To quote the word watchers:
"The locavore movement encourages consumers to buy from farmers' markets or even to grow or pick their own food, arguing that fresh, local products are more nutritious and taste better."
Since 2007, the word locavore has given way to the easier to explain term, "local food."
And that's the food TeamHammock is pulling together to support these days.
We'll be posting here about lots of local food related activities we're involved with. We'll be posting photos and videos of the gardens many of us are busy planting. And we'll also be posting videos and photos of the food boxes we receive by participating in a Community Supported Agriculture program.
For this post, I've embedded above a slide-show of my first (2006) effort at Square Foot Gardening. Well be creating several of these "Local Food Diaries" and posting links to them here on TeamHammock as we move through the planting, growing, harvesting, cooking and eating seasons.
And at least one member of TeamHammock, Lisa Ask, is maintaining a blog to chronicle her impressive garden. (Did I say impressive?)
Check back here often, as we're growing our gardens -- and sharing our ideas about local food -- rapidly.
As for now, here are some links to whet your appetite:
Find farmers' markets, family farms and other local food sources near you:
LocalHarvest.org
Nashville & Austin (Places that are local for TeamHammock):
Austin:
Austin Farmers' Market
Sunset Valley Farmers' Market
Edible Austin: A quarterly publication promoting local food in Austing and Central Texas. (Sidenote: Edible is a magazine franchise concept. Here is a list of other communities you'll find the magazine.)
Nashville:
Nashville Farmers' Market (On Twitter: @nashfarmmarket)
Local Table: A guide to food and farming in Middle Tennessee.
Our friend Carrington Fox's first Nashville Scene "Bites Blog" post about her "urban garden."
Comments (6)
Wow, Lisa! Your blog is awesome. And you have a MAP of your garden?! I need to see this thing in person!
Posted by Jamie | April 21, 2009 4:48 PM
Posted on April 21, 2009 16:48
My first CSA shipment arrives May 3, and I can't wait! Now if I can just get Barbara Logan to cook for me all summer I'll be set.
Posted by Megan | April 22, 2009 10:18 AM
Posted on April 22, 2009 10:18
I am having A LOT of fun! I will be bringing produce for show and tell...
Posted by Lisa | April 22, 2009 2:55 PM
Posted on April 22, 2009 14:55
Megan, I know you are a wonderful cook! What I've finally learned about a CSA is that it's all about having good recipes that make it easy to whip something up quickly from your share. It's also really helpful to recipe share- most weeks I check with my friends to see what they made with their veggies and what they would make again.
Posted by Barbara Logan | April 24, 2009 5:02 PM
Posted on April 24, 2009 17:02
Those looking for some natural fertilizer for their gardens - we keep horses and donkeys. 'Nuff said.
Posted by Hudge | April 28, 2009 1:35 PM
Posted on April 28, 2009 13:35
Anyone planning to grow these?
Posted by Bill Hudgins | April 29, 2009 10:00 AM
Posted on April 29, 2009 10:00