We’ve been in Michigan this week, specifically Pentwater, a small town northwest of Grand Rapids where my family has been vacationing for years. There’s lots of boating, swimming and dune climbing. But finding our kind of food has been more of a challenge. The nearest supermarket is in Ludington, 15 miles away. I hate to […]
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Drew Norman has been growing vegetables organically for 25 years and he’s still not sure “organic,” as currently defined, is the last word. I had a chance this week to visit with Drew Norman on the farm he started with wife Joan in White Hall, Maryland, north of Baltimore, when they were hardly more than […]
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The tables at the Sunday farmers market were groaning with early fruits and berries, especially cherries. Here’s the cherry display at the Dupont Circle market. Normally we would be out picking our own tart cherries–15 pounds or more to make pies and cobblers and freeze for the rest of the year. But somehow we haven’t […]
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