The sign in the window says to expect a new grocer in Columbia Heights in “Fall 2009.” But fall is almost over and the big space in the DCUSA mall at 14th and Irving streets NW where Ellwood Thompson’s supermarket is supposed to locate is still empty. What gives? Ellwood Thompson’s, in case you’ve never heard, [...]
Tags: District of Columbia·grocery stores·local farming·local food·sustainable food
Under legislation introduced this week in the D.C. Council, the District of Columbia would become one of the few jurisdictions in the country to place a bounty on school meals that rely on locally grown foods. The bill mandates an extra five cents for school lunch meals containing fruits and vegetables that are locally grown and minimally processed, [...]
Tags: District of Columbia·farm to school·local farming·local foods·school lunches
Once again my pollanista cohorts are in a twist over the ravings of James McWilliams, the writer who argues that there’s something sinister about the local food movement. In a three part series of posts at the New York Times, McWilliams lately has been ranting that farmers markets are not only “elitist,” but actually sow [...]
Tags: farmer's markets·local farming·local food·Michael Pollan·Wendell Berry
We are engaging the concerns of a hungry planet--slowly--right here in our kitchen garden in the District of Columbia, about a mile from the White House.
What's in your turkey? We killed and butchered more than 80 birds on the farm of Mike and Michelle Klein in Prince George's County. Thankfully, Michelle did the gutting. Unfortunately, Mike bought his turkey chicks earlier than usual and they did not stop growing. Our prize for helping was a carcass that weighed nearly 40 pounds. It barely fit in the oven. Here, Mike is subjecting a slaughtered bird to the "magic fingers," a machine with a nubby, rotating barrel that removes most of the feathers. 
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