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Time For An Indoor Market?

January 3rd, 2010 · 6 Comments · Sustainability

How do you keep the cider hot when the mercury reads 20 degrees and the wind is gusting 40 miles per hour? Today was the first day of winter season hours for the Dupont Circle farmers market here in the District of Columbia. Most markets in our area closed shortly after Thanksgiving and won’t be […]

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Have Grain, Need Market

December 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Sustainability

It was bound to happen sooner or later. Someone has started growing and milling grain again close enough to the District of Columbia that you can buy it at the local farmers market. That would be Rob Moutoux, representing the third generation of Moutoux farmers famous for their orchards, formerly at Seven Corners in Fairfax […]

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Grassfed Pot Roast

December 18th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Recipes, Sustainability

I hadn’t really known until recently, but the best reason to purchase grassfed beef over conventional may be pot roast. This big piece of chuck was delivered from our dairy, South Mountain Creamery in Middletown, Maryland, which keeps a herd of beef cattle in addition to its dairy cows. The first thing you notice is […]

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