Press Release:
Citizens Urged to Sign Petition of Support for Family Farmers
Supporters Urged to Attend Citizens Assembly on January 31

Press release: Louisville Farm to Table introduces a new workshop: Farm to Campus: Local food comes to the halls of higher education.

Over this last year we have been providing our community workshops. We are holding a workshop in January that is much boader based than past workshops. This workshop is dedicated to facilitating farm to higher education. In an effort to spread the word we are reaching out to organizations like yours that may have people in their database that have and interest in sustainability/farm to campus. We have received a grant for this workshop so the cost of the workshop is free. We have an amazing line-up.

Press Release: BC Tavern Chef Team and Tipsy Texan Mixologists Set to Deliver Special Six Course Dinner & Cocktail Pairing on the Farm!

What’s not to like about farm to school programs? If you’re not familiar with the term, it means just what it sounds like: programs that bring farm-fresh, local foods to public and even private schools so that kids can enjoy great nutrition. The programs also offer excellent educational opportunities, bringing students to farms, and chefs to classrooms, while at the same time giving local farmers a great place to sell their products. Read on, and we’ll take a look at 10 farm to school programs that are doing a great job.

Press Release: Charity Food and Cocktail Pairing Event to Feature Two Chefs + Two Mixologists and a Special Five Course Dining Experience

Austin, Texas based charity supper club A TORRID AFFAIR will hold its November dinner event on Wednesday, November 16 at Urban Roots (www.urbanrootsatx.org).

Cleveland, Ohio was founded in 1796 at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River where it emptied into Lake Erie, and it grew, slow and steady, until the years leading up to World War II. The city’s population boomed during and after the war as people moved to the northern industrial states from rural areas in the south and Appalachia. Today, the city has some definite challenges. Many residents and businesses have moved to outlying areas, and it has been widely impacted by the foreclosure crisis, leaving a much smaller tax base to keep things running.

Along with its challenges, the city has some good things on the horizon. One of the more positive changes going on in the city is the establishment of urban farms in blighted areas. Where once there were abandoned and boarded up homes or empty lots due to the foreclosure epidemic, there will now be lush plants, and a much-needed local food source. Innovative programs aimed at involving the community in the process while also producing healthful foods. Churches and neighborhood gardens have been around for many years, but these new urban farms are large-scale operations that will grow crops to sell in local markets.

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) announces its fourth annual Growing Green Awards to recognize individuals who have demonstrated original leadership in the field of sustainable food. Through this national award, NRDC will recognize extraordinary contributions that advance ecologically integrated farming practices, climate stewardship, water stewardship, farmland preservation, and social responsibility from farm to fork.

Press Release: Charity Food and Cocktail Pairing Event to Benefit both the Dell Children’s Medical Center and the Sustainable Food Center

Austin, Texas based charity supper club A TORRID AFFAIR has announced plans for its October dinner event, set for Monday, October 24 on the beautiful grounds of East Austin’sSpringdale Farm (755 Springdale Road).

Press Release: East Side Urban Farm to Partner with Slow Food Austin, Sustainable Food Center, A Torrid Affair and More

East Austin’s Springdale Farm has announced a host of upcoming fall events set to take place on its beautiful grounds at 755 Springdale Road. The just-released event schedule will see the fast-rising urban farm partner with numerous local food organizations including Slow Food Austin, the Sustainable Food Center and charity chef’s table supper club A Torrid Affair.

Right now my younger brother is sweating bullets. Why? Something you have probably never heard of before called boar taint.

Let me explain.

Boar taint is a really disgusting smell and taste that comes from male hogs. It is really nasty. Trust me, I know.

Generally boars are castrated during week 1-3 of their lives. The removal of the testes guarantees the removal of the possibility that they hog will have boar taint. This is done in all the gamuts of hog production. Factory farms do it, family farms do it. Nobody wants to take the chance.