by Dawn | Nov 19, 2014 | food, gratitude, sustainability
“Mom, I promise I’ll eat the bananas.” Declan put two large bunches in the cart. “Are you sure? That’s a lot of bananas.” He’s a picky eater, cycling through egg whites one week, apples the next, scoops of peanut...
by Dawn | Sep 16, 2013 | business
“I like what you’re doing to the place,” I say to the man working at the farm stand. I’m getting a couple of onions and putting in my order for B Grade tomatoes. It’s what I do. Forage, trade, find, and pick food, and then preserve it. I...
by Dawn | Sep 8, 2013 | family, food, gardening
Yesterday we went to the farm and got B Grade produce. B Grade produce is the best kept secret on the planet. Some, like peaches and tomatoes, are overripe, needing to be eaten or canned immediately. Others, like eggplants and apples just don’t look good on...