I just cut up the cantaloupe from Saturday’s farmers market this (Tuesday) morning as part of breakfast. The smallish, flawless melon passed the sniff test at market, giving off a faint perfume. Three days on the kitchen counter had magnified the scent; cutting it open confirmed the results. And the …
Over the 1999 spring semester, students enrolled in a sustainable development curriculum at Appalachian State spearheaded a project to collect food waste from campus food services. A year later, students in an Appropriate Technology curriculum track launched a pilot project, constructing an aerated static pile and composting about 18 tons …
Our Farmers Market seems to be falling into a steady rhythm of commerce and camaraderie, many Floydians making part of the Saturday ritual. As the cool of the morning gives way to the heat of the day, all stays cool under the shade of the Community Market Pavilion. I do …
This seems like a pretty good starting point in facing Floyd County’s future. Do you see “rules” you disagree with or others with which you could both agree and contribute? Wendell Berry is a strong defender of family, rural communities, and traditional family farms. These underlying principles could be described …
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…Rob Gardner, a Chicago- based locavore and editor at large for thelocalbeet.com, believes some critics have created an extreme caricature of the locavore as someone who forbids the consumption of any non-local food to suit their arguments. “I don’t think anyone is advocating such extremism,” said Gardner, who still drinks …
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With our pre-season warm-ups complete, it’s time for the Big Game Day at the Floyd Farmers Market. Our Grand Opening Celebration is this Saturday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. sponsored by the Floyd office of Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance in a great show of support for the market and …
About 35 Blue Mountain School (BMS) students, along with several BMS teachers and parent volunteers, spent a recent morning planting potatoes as part of Floyd’s Farm to School Program (FTS). The planting, supervised by the Five Penny Farm farmers at their fields on Shooting Creek Road, was the latest step …
I like the word. It conveys the sense of having enough but not in excess, an emphasis on need, not want. I heard the author, Juliet Schor, interviewed on NPR recently. I stopped what I was doing because this lady was making good sense and was saying things I’ve heard …
Starting this Saturday, the Farmers Market will run from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. instead of 8 a.m. until noon. This one-hour shift comes from an acute observation after two weeks of the market: there is just not much going on in downtown Floyd at 8 a.m. Saturday morning. Lunchtime …
A weekly column published in the Floyd Press related to the Community Market. I hope you had a chance to catch the first of our weekly mini-festivals this past Friday evening in downtown Floyd. The scene was just as I had pictured it with many folks on the streets, music …
The new Floyd Community Market OPENS in May under the beautiful new Floyd Community Market pavilion in downtown Floyd ! ~ Artisan’s Market on Fridays from 4 to 8p.m. Grand opening MAY 7th Just in time for Mother’s Day. Come out to find that perfect gift. Many items crafted by …
Shifting from feedlot farming to rotational grazing solves several environmental problems, says Bill McKibben in Orion Magazine. We’re flat out of predators in most parts of the world, and it’s hard to imagine, in the short time that we have to deal with climate change, ending the eating of meat …
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