I’ve paid my debt to the sea.
edible stories
By Bren Smith
Eat Like A Fish
Hops, Maple Syrup and Sheep: Brighter Future Fund Helps Varied Farms and Ranches Thrive
From sheep to hops farmers, American Farmland Trust’s Brighter Future Fund supports small-scale farmers and ranchers in the form of grants to support critical business needs such as professional services and equipment and infrastructure costs. This contribution is a part of AFT’s mission to help farmers keep farming and to save our farm- and ranchland….
Farming & Eating to Fight Climate Chaos, and More
When I wrote Diet for a Small Planet fifty years ago, questioning a meat-centered diet built on large-scale, chemically addicted agriculture meant you were naive “back to the lander.” Since then, we’ve seen a revolution in awareness: Transforming how we farm and eat is increasingly recognized as essential—both to personal and environmental health. It is…
The Call of the Coals: Open Fire Cooking with Jason Michael Thomas
Unplug, get outdoors, and cook real food over a real fire this summer. I was first exposed to open-fire cooking at an early age. My father’s family waterskied and fished a number of Ohio’s lakes. I remember many fun-filled outings on Grandpa’s speedboat catching sunfish and bluegill from the dock at Indian Lake when I…
By Lucas Dunn
Freedom Farms & Greenhouse
“Literally everyone on the planet eats. If you want to get to know your neighbor, grow some food with them.” That is the distilled version of Ann Fleener’s philosophy as the Director of Freedom Farms & Greenhouse, which is a branch of the local non-profit Restore OKC. “Restore OKC started about three years ago out…
By Anne Dropick
Connecticut Hops
Ancient heritage is made modern. Most people think of hops as a bittering and aromatic ingredient in beer, but its original use was probably as a healing and preservative agent. Various sources document written evidence of hops for medicinal and other purposes at least by Roman times: Pliny the Elder (23-79 O.C.E.) describes hops as…