OK, right off the bat, this is super late getting posted and I know it! The beginning of the month exploded on me with a last minute trip to visit family in Missouri that wasn’t planned until late June! So, while I was able to record our Farm Tour for July the morning we hopped on a plane (July 3rd),…
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Welcome to our final installment of the Local Perspective series! This series has been such an inspiration to me, as I hope it’s been for you! Our final piece is brought to us by Tatiana of Mama Philosopher, who I hope you are all familiar with through her Books Worth Reading post that started us off in April and her…
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Welcome to Week 14 of our Local Bite Challenge and our 14th Mini Challenge! Can you believe we’ve intentionally eaten as locally as possible for almost 100 days?! We’ve eaten one local item that was new to us, sown some seeds, prepared one fully local meal, and enjoyed Restaurant Week! We’ve researched U Pick Farms, swapped one non-food item, investigated local Community Supported Agriculture opportunities, and looked…
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At the height of summer, when the chickens are laying well and providing an abundance of eggs, I often find that we have way too many eggs hanging around waiting to be eaten. Now, we have friends and family who will take a dozen here and there, and we have one friend who purchases a few dozen every few weeks,…
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I am honored to introduce you all to Alok Appadurai as our Local Perspective today! Alok and his Partner Jade are to founders of Fed By Threads, a clothing company based in Arizona , are strong advocates for all things local and sustainable. Through their company and their daily lives, they truly strive to be the change they wish to…
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Welcome to our Thirteenth Local Bite Mini Challenge! Can you believe that it’s already been 13 weeks?! How are you doing with your personal challenge to increase your local eating habits? Are you feeling great? Confident in your ability to eat locally on a regular basis? I sure hope so and know I am! Speaking of which, onto this weeks challenge!…
