EAT LOCAL

It’s Not Too Late to Sign Up for a CSA Share

July 1, 2011

Grant Farms is still accepting members, and if you sign up now, you’ll get 4 weeks of eggs free with your order. CSAs are a great way to eat local and healthy. You can even sign up for a preserving share and eat local all winter long. As always, please put Cheryl Spencer in the [...]

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October 10, 2010 Farm-to-Table Dinner

October 7, 2010

On Sunday, October 10, 2010 there will be a Farm-to-Table dinner at The Market at the Garden of the Gods Gourmet in Old Colorado City, at 2528 West Cucharras. Grant Family Farms is providing the produce for the event, and the menu looks fabulous. If you want to support local food in Colorado Springs, this [...]

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Weekly Round-Up August 27, 2010

August 27, 2010

Here are some of the best gardening, cooking and local food related blogs, stories, etc. that I’ve come across this week. Gardening: Simply AMAZING photos of flowers taken with X-ray photos. Water Use and Other Pointed Subjects from Ken Druse’s Real Dirt podcast. Real Dirt is a recent addition to my podcast listening. So far, [...]

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Preserving Green Beans

August 18, 2010

I received my first preserving-share item last week: 21 pounds of organic green beans. Here’s a couple of pictures of the little beauties: -Sorry about the quality of the photos, I had to use my phone to take them, so they’re not so great. How I processed the green beans: I blanched and froze all [...]

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Weekly Round-Up August 8, 2010

August 8, 2010

Here are some of the best gardening, cooking and local food related blogs, stories, etc. that I’ve come across this week. Gardening: How and When to Water Your Garden Confused about how much to water? Want to make sure you’re not wasting water? This article will help you to give your plants the right amount [...]

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CSA SNAFU & Great Customer Service

July 30, 2010

This week, my Grant Farms veggie and egg CSA-shares went missing. I showed up at the pick-up sight, and the only thing left were two fruit shares — no eggs or veggies! — Some CSA member took the wrong shares. This wasn’t the first time this happened, two weeks ago, my fruit share was not there. I [...]

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This Week’s CSA Shares: July 28, 2010

July 28, 2010

Here is what we received in this week’s share, and how we used it: 1 dozen eggs: went into various baked goods, and made hard-boiled eggs (egg-salad sandwiches) 1 bag salad greens: washed and bagged. Ate these quickly, as they do not last long. Used in salads. 1 bag English peas: shelled and froze the [...]

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Is Cheap Food Worth the Real Cost?

July 28, 2010

I just read a piece in High Country News by Mike Callicrate from Ranch Foods Direct called “Our cheap food comes at a high price.” Americans are eating more and more “food-like substances” — as Michael Pollan likes to call processed food — without thinking about the health implications, or why food has gotten so [...]

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CSA Preserving Share: Drying, Freezing and Canning 2010-Part 2

July 20, 2010

Planning and Preparations If you read my recent post on preserving for 2010, you know that I’ve signed up for a preserving-share from Grant Family Farms. I really want this endeavor to be a success, so I am planning everything as much in advance as possible. I have canned before, so I have most of [...]

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What To Do With the Kohlrabi You Got in Your CSA Share

July 18, 2010

We got a small kohlrabi in our CSA share last week. It weighed about 6 oz. This can be the challenge of your CSA share – getting one lone vegetable, and an unusual one like kohlrabi. As I considered the options, I thought it might make a good cold salad, if it was shredded. As [...]

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