Ed Z and I came up a day early so we could sit in a coffee shop all day, drink coffee and stare at our laptops. Actually, thanks to Grounded Specialty Coffee it’s been a very pleasant day. The snow started about an hour ago. We’re warm and wired. This evening we’ll go register, then [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 25, 2009
Upper Midwest Organic Conference
Last year about this time I started this blog. One of the first things I did was try to live-blog from the Upper Midwest Organic Conference. Today, I’m getting ready to head back up to LaCrosse, WI where I plan to attend this year’s conference. I’ll be posting blogs on the spot when I see [...]
February 23, 2009
Check out the local beet
I’m adding this site to my blog roll. Looks very well done, a great resource for locavores in the Chicago area.
The Local Beet, dedicated to a practical approach to local eating.
February 17, 2009
How organic farming works
Gleaned from the “How Stuff Works” website…
How Organic Farming Works
How Farmers Markets Work
…and more, and some cool videos from the same source.
February 13, 2009
US adding farms
Now this is interesting. According to the new Ag Census just released by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), there are more farms in the US than there were five years ago…
The 2007 Census counted 2,204,792 farms in the United States, a net increase of 75,810 farms. Nearly 300,000 new farms have begun operation since [...]
