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Ode to ugly vegetables: Turnips, rutabagas
Original at BurlingtonFreePress.com
• Fri, Nov 27
The famously sweet Gilfeather turnip, a Vermont heirloom that has been selected to the Slow Food Ark of Taste, is actually a rutabaga. ... and more »
Local Farms: U-pick tradition still strong in Brentwood
Original at Contra Costa Times
• Fri, May 22
CA The Blenheim apricot, grown in Brentwood since the 1920s, has been honored with a place on the Slow Food Ark of Taste. In July and August, peaches, nectarines, pluots and plums hang heavy on the trees. Brentwood's famous sweet corn, heirloom tomatoes, ...
Ark of Taste Dinner Benefits Denver Market
Original at The Lincoln Tribune
• Mon, May 18
The dinner was sponsored by Slow Food—Carolina Piedmont Chapter with Cassie Parsons of Grateful Growers Farm serving as the primary facilitator of the event. She and Natalie Veres of Grateful Growers have not only created a very special farm in Pumpkin ...
For this city dweller, joining a CSA is the best way to bring ...
Original at Aurora Beacon News
• Wed, May 13
IL Many of the varieties being grown at Harvest Moon are from heirloom seeds, many of which are listed with the US Ark of Taste, an offshoot of the grassroots Slow Food movement. The Ark program keeps a list of various foods on the brink of extinction . ...
Program brings farm-fresh bounty to city home
Original at Chicago Sun-Times
• Wed, May 13
United States Many of the varieties being grown at Harvest Moon are from heirloom seeds, many of which are listed with the US Ark of Taste, an offshoot of the grassroots Slow Food movement. The Ark program keeps a list of various foods on the brink of extinction . ...
Take action for good, clean and fair food -- The Food Chain from Slow Food USA
Original at community.icontact.com
• Sat, Jan 17
The Food Chain, the e-newsletter of Slow Food USA Click here to read this email online. Contents Take action to support sustainable agriculture Terra Madre Spotlight on Bread Baking Ark of Taste Product Spotlight: Turnip-Rooted Beet International Food and Film Festival this May