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• Beets of Burden

  Published: September 14, 2007, 8:19 am

  Tags: Food Drink, Beets, Cooking, Csa, Food, Recipes

  beets at the bottom of her CSA farm box. She writes: "At first, I think, "Beets!" I start mentally rummaging through the variations on beet salad I could make ... Then, a few days pass while my beets sit quietly in the crisper drawer. Every time I open the refrigerator, I know they're there, just waiting. I start to resent them. My bag of

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• Data Feed

  Published: September 27, 2007, 8:43 am

  Tags: Charts, Forex, Futures, Lifestyle, Psychology, Stocks, Technical Analysis, Trading, Enr, Nwre, Tef, Cop, Sbux, Mot, Bsc, Urbn, Celg, Pwi, Amr, Intc, Pep, Nvt, Pos, Xto, Bte, Wfc, Exm, Fnly, Cpo, Pyx, Rose, Age, Bwld, Grmn, Sam, Swsi, Lry, Csa, Rrc, Dhr, Nstk, Gyi, Gdi, Rio, Gbbk, Lphi, Shf

  approvals. Cogdell Spencer (CSA) will replace Republic Property Trust (RPB) in the S&P REIT Composite after the close of trading on a date to be announced. Republic Property is being acquired by S&P MidCap 400 and REIT Composite constituent Liberty Property Trust (LRY) in a deal still pending final approvals. BBBY Bed Bath & Beyond

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• The Real Dirt on Farmer John film 10/21/07

  Published: October 6, 2007, 4:24 pm

  Tags: Food, Organics, Activism, Film, Local, Community Supported Agriculture, Csa, Huntington, Slow Food

  Green Thumb CSA - Huntington The Real Dirt on Farmer John depicts the life and times of John Peterson, AKA Farmer John. Director Taggart Siegel, a friend of John’s from college, began working on the film as a labor of

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• Outta Space: Canadian Astronaut Reveals What Happens to Space Poop

  Published: October 8, 2007, 8:52 am

  Tags: Astronauts, Csa, Gadgets, Nasa, Outta Space, Poop, Space, Toilets

  The question of how astronauts go to the bathroom has been answered before (vacuum, thigh clamps, peen tube, in-bowl camera — sounds like a night out at my favorite after-hours) but do you know what happens to the, ahem waste product? Well, according to Col. Chris Hadfield from the Canadian Space Agency, it gets recycled as a shooting star.

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• Restoration Farm: Local, organic farm opens in Nassau

  Published: November 4, 2007, 5:40 pm

  Tags: Environment, Food, News, Organics, Ecology, Sustainability, Sustainable, Vegetarian, Community Supported Agriculture, Csa, Farm, Nassau County, Old Bethpage, Vegetables

  supported agriculture (CSA). This project was begun by friends of the Wilders who were previously part of the team at Sophia’s Garden. For more information, please contact Restoration Farm through their web-site at www.restorationfarm.com or e-mail info at restorationfarm dot com.

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• Now's the Time to Invest in a Yarn CSA. Or.. do you know where you're fiber's from?

  Published: January 21, 2008, 7:00 am

  Tags: Business Career Personal Finance, Green Eco Conscious, Hobbies Crafts Diy, Csa, Knitting, Spinning, Yarn

  not martha asked: "We have CSAs for produce directly from farms, so why not for farms that raise animals for fiber?"  According to Wikipedia, a CSA is Community-supported agriculture Community-supported agriculture (CSA) is a relatively new socio-economic model of food production, sales, and distribution aimed at both increasing the

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• Food for thought: Community-supported agriculture

  Published: March 2, 2008, 8:00 am

  Tags: Community Supported Agriculture, Communitysupportedagriculture, Csa

  we should participate in a CSA -- community-supported agriculture -- this summer. While CSAs aren't a new idea, they are gaining in popularity as people begin to pay more attention to how and where the food they eat gets from the farm to their tables.The basic idea is this: at the beginning of a growing season, you buy into a share of a farm.

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• HEALTHY BRIDE, HAPPY BRIDE.

  Published: April 25, 2008, 1:49 pm

  Tags: Delriobotanical, Bride, Localharvest, Fresh, Csa, Community Supported Agriculture, Healthy, Local, Green

  to join the same farm's CSA. This way we can rotate being the pick-up person weekly and minimize the travel used in the process. I'm very excited with our farm choice, as Del Rio Botanical supplies most of the chic midtown Sacramento restaurants with all of their delicious produce. They offer CSA members Gourmet CSA Boxes weekly.This Del

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• Harvesting & Storing Herbs

  Published: April 25, 2008, 12:00 pm

  Tags: Community Supported Agriculture, Csa, Farmer S Markets, Food Dehydrators, Freezing Herbs, Harvesting Herbs, Stockpiling Fresh Produce, Storing Herbs, Wildcrafting Herbs

  Here are a few links to some articles I’ve written on how to collect, harvest and store herbs for both long-term and short-term storage. Freeze Herbs in Ice Cube Trays; How to Process Fresh Herbs for Long-term Storage Harvesting and Storing Spices; Nutmeg, Ginger, Celery Seed and More Short-term Herb Storage; Preserving

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• WHAT I'M UP TO.

  Published: May 6, 2008, 3:13 pm

  Tags: Crayola, Dermal Clay Cleanser, Moving, Hershey S, Dermalogica, Markers, Kaolin, Water Pressure, Shower, Bold, Oily, Slow Food, Csa, Stress, Mini, Chocoalte, Holly S Inbox, Sustainable Living

  up for the Del Rio Botanical CSA program with some peeps from work, I've been rather enjoying the fresh, tasty local produce from the Peabody Ranch. The CSA movement is a great one, allowing the consumers to take control over the veggie market by cutting out the middle man and encouraging us to support our local farmers. I think that sustainable

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• The Toronto Star in 60 Seconds: Mango, Swine, and Muslim Diets

  Published: May 27, 2008, 9:01 am

  Tags: Ataulfo, Chenin, Csa, Fiddleheads, Fois Gras, Foisgras, In 60 Seconds, In60seconds, Kara Mia, Karamia, La Torilleria, Latorilleria, Pigs Feet, Pigsfeet, Toronto Star, Torontostar

  Filed under: in sixty seconds Forget the usual Tommy Atkins mango, all tart and stringy, and invest in some creamy smooth Ataulfo. Two chenin wines hit LCBO shelves, plus a few others: a classic chianti, a cabernet sauvignon, chenin blanc, and rasteau. Sometimes it's easier to just let the professionals make it -- especially if it

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• CSA Week 1: A mountain of greens

  Published: June 11, 2008, 3:27 am

  Tags: Eat Locally, Community Supported Agriculture, Csa, Local Roots Farm

  Today was our first CSA delivery of the season from Local Roots Farm. A brand new farm at last year’s new Queen Anne Farmers’ Market, Local Roots quickly became a favorite of ours, not only for the gorgeous greens and beans and super sweet cherry tomatoes, but for the obvious pleasure that farmer Siri and her husband Jason took in

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• Parents, Eat Fresh

  Published: June 12, 2008, 11:07 am

  Tags: Parenting, Csa, Eat Locally, Farm, Food, Free Range Eggs, Healthy Eating, Locavore, Pregnancy

  We’ve joined a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program, and contracted with a local farmer for 9 free range eggs per week. Last week, we got to tour the farm, and our daughter got to meet the chickens first hand. Since then, she’s been extremely excited about eating her eggs for breakfast each morning. Whether

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• The Toronto Star in 60 Seconds: Kensington fish to go organic

  Published: June 17, 2008, 10:00 am

  Tags: Csa Risks, Csarisks, Luminato Food, Luminatofood, New Seaway Fish, Newseawayfish, Peanuts, Sushi Breakfast, Sushibreakfast, The Toronto Star, Thetorontostar

  Blanc. The risks of CSA. Two Toronto chefs are heading for Europe. Foodie heaven: a 600 foot table of food at Luminato. The peanut fights back! It sounds funky, but would you really want to take a gastronomic trip through the eras? Sushi breakfast on Church St.! BBQ dangers. Organic milk pays off for

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• Local Flavors, Cookbook of the Day

  Published: June 23, 2008, 8:06 pm

  Tags: Cookbook Of The Day, Cookbookoftheday, Csa Shares, Csashares, Deborah Madison, Deborahmadison, Farmers Markets, Farmersmarkets, Local Flavors, Localflavors

  country, farmers markets and CSA programs are gaining popularity. This year my boyfriend and I are splitting a CSA share with a friend of ours and I try to get to at least one farmers market a week. However, I often come home with bags overflowing with food, only to be confronted with the challenge of how to best use these new fruits and veggies.

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