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Category Archives: Environmental
Pepper Festival returns with more pep than ever
Somehow, regretfully, I end up being out of town every year for one of my favorite events — the Pepper Festival in Chatham County, so please go for me! This year’s fest, on Sunday, Oct. 6, from 3 to 7 … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Chatham County, Environmental, Family travel, Farmers, Food, Orange County
Tagged Abundance Foundation, Piedmont Biofuels
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Dig deeper with Taste Carolina food-farm events
I got to hang out with some of my favorite food purveyors last night — Farmhand Foods, which distributes local, pasture-raised meats, and April McGreger of Farmer’s Daughter Brand, sweet-and-savory queen of all that is preserved or fermented. And I … Continue reading
Help fund farm on wheels — and youthful idealism
Not to be all middle-aged about it, but I do get a warm and fuzzy feeling when learning about cool projects that energetic young idealists are doing. One of those projects is the nonprofit Sol Food Mobile Farm, in which … Continue reading
Posted in Durham County, Environmental, Gardening
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Can you afford fresh food? Heck, yeah
I don’t always have an answer for people who say that eating organic, seasonal meals is too expensive. From now on, I’m telling them to check out Linda Watson‘s “Wildly Affordable Organic.” The book’s subtitle is key: “Eat Fabulous Food, Get … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Dining, Environmental, Recipes, Wake County
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Bee there, freshest fish, food tours and more
It’s time again for Quick Bites, a harvest of Farm Fresh news. How sweet it is: TONIGHT, July 27, at 6 pm (movie at 9:15), Market Restaurant in Raleigh will host a music and movie night in its parking lot, featuring … Continue reading
Posted in Bees, Books, Dining, Durham County, Environmental, Food, Food policy, Forsyth County, Guilford County, Orange County, Wake County
Tagged 10% Campaign, American Wasteland, CEFS, CSF, food tours, Jonathan Bloom, Local Catch, Market Restaurant, Ode magazine, Taste Carolina, Vanishing of the Bees, Walking Fish
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America’s most famous farm welcomes you
UPDATE for 2010: There’s now a tour fee of $10.50 for everyone age 13 and higher, and now more tours. Well worth it! Want a guided tour of, arguably, the country’s most famous farm? Well, it’s yours for the asking, … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental, Food, Poultry, Virginia
Tagged Daniel Salatin, farm tours, Food Inc., Joel Salatin, Michael Pollan, Omnivore's Dilemma, Polyface Farm, Staunton, Va.
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Food miles drive him to thinking
Virginian and “liberal curmudgeon” Stephen Budiansky had a piece published in the New York Times op-ed page last week about food miles that has, not surprisingly, riled up a lot of folks. Budiansky, who, raises his own lambs and most of … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental, Food, Virginia
Tagged food miles, locavore, New York Times, Stephen Budiansky
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Walk this way to way fresh seafood
Can you believe that even in coastal towns, most of the “fresh seafood” on restaurant menus isn’t even from this country, much less the county? Some 80 percent of seafood served in America is imported and much of it is … Continue reading
Big reward for little effort at Great Smokies
October is a peak season at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most heavily visited national park in the country, with more than 9 million visitors a year. Despite all those people milling about, it’s still amazingly easy to get … Continue reading
In the Smokies, a magical hike through time
A “step back in time” is such an overused phrase accompanying many a historic town or exhibit. But in the Cataloochee Valley of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina, it’s truly possible. The descendants of Cataloochee, who … Continue reading
A joy ride, complete with pain
At 74 years old, our beloved Blue Ridge Parkway has its problems. But it is still a glorious 469-mile joy ride along the Appalachian Mountains, from Virginia to North Carolina. Next year, during the 75th-anniversary hoopla, there will be the … Continue reading
More farm-fresh fun in North Carolina
While we don’t suggest that mere mortals try this, Wessel and I managed to visit 10 farms in five hours during the 14th Annual Piedmont Farm Tour in central North Carolina. That’s because we’re seasoned pros. When you’re researching a … Continue reading
Paint this hotel bright green
Below is a little ditty I wrote for “The Boston Globe” (it ran Feb. 8, 2009) about what could these days be called North Carolina’s most famous lodging: Proximity Hotel in Greensboro. The farm connection? Its Print Works Bistro menu contains lots … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental, Guilford County, Lodging, Triad
Tagged Greensboro, LEED, Print Works Bistro, Proximity
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