Killing Chicken(s)
I was born and raised vegetarian, and take a practical approach to my decision to continue the practice of selective eating: I learn how to kill animals. Simply put, if it makes me feel bad, and then I continue to not ...
Happy Thanksgiving, green home Chicago!
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. During college, I spent the holiday in a vegetarian household in Park Slope with my best friend’s family. In years past, I’ve worked the Wednesday Union Square Greenmarket, selling produce to harried day-before shoppers, then headed upstate with friends the next day to eat surrounded ...
Cheap Date
Listen up! Heritage Radio’s “Cheap Date” (a delightful show hosted by Cathy Erway) just put a farm-friend, Michael Grady Robertson of Queen’s County Farm, on the same wavelength as yours truly and Katherine Goldstein of the Huffington Post. We ...
Growing Chefs on Martha Stewart
As a local foods advocate, the first thing I noticed when I walked into the studios at Martha Stewart were the beautiful winter squash placed as stage decor. I’ve been farming on a television/movie sound-stage ...
Nasturtium Pesto
Nasturtium are beautiful plants, spicy and multi-purposed in the garden. Aphids love them, so if you plant them make sure you plant them as a border crop. You’ll notice aphids gathering on the undersides of the leaves in thick clusters as ...
Growing Chefs tour de farms
This past Saturday and Sunday, I had the great pleasure of bringing seven fellow urban agriculturalists who’d worked the ...
Hometown Women in Agriculture!
This time of year–particularly around Thanksgiving–I get homesick for Chicago. Fortunately for me, this week’s visitors to Rooftop Farms included Ruth Katz (‘78) and Amanda Zrust (‘04), fellow graduates of Evanston Township High School. Amanda is now ...
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