It’s that time of year again for another delicious recipe from Sally we all love so much! This time, it’s a recipe passed down from her mom. Sally said, “My mom was a very good cook. Her recipes were nothing fancy, but she always made very tasty stuff made from scratch with seasonal ingredients like any good [...]
Archive for April, 2010
Crew Call
Posted in Crew Call on April 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle Farm and Garden Crew-Call Come one, come all! This Wednesday will be the last Crop Circle lunch until late summer but don’t worry because we’ll hold our first farm/community garden potluck of the season in May; details to be included in next week’s Crew Call. And…have you heard the news?! [...]
Gov. Bev Perdue Planted A Row for the Hungry – AGAIN!
Posted in Plant A Row for the Hungry, tagged Executive Mansion, Governor Bev Perdue, Logan's Trading Co., Plant A Row for the Hungry, Raleigh, The Garden Writers, Three Sisters Crop on April 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last week Governor Bev Perdue joined the Food Shuttle and Logan’s Trading Company once again and pledged her commitment to the Plant a Row for the Hungry campaign! This spring she is growing what is called the “three sisters crops”: corn, beans and squash at the Executive Mansion! Gov. Perdue recruited the aid of [...]
“A Cultural Exchange and Meeting of Minds”
Posted in Sun's Blog, tagged crimping, Food Shuttle Farm, Monsanto, No-till agriculture, Roundup Ready, Rye cover crop on April 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By: Sun Butler Monsanto sent a work group to the Food Shuttle Farm last week for their annual volunteer event. After a quick tour we got down to work turning compost, mulching rows and crimping rye. Rye cover crop is an important part of no-till or conservation tillage. Rye and clover are planted in the [...]
5 reasons to attend Crop Circles!
Posted in General, tagged crop circle, Farmhouse Pizza, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, local foods, Raleigh, Steven Horton on April 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Every Wednesday at noon, folks meet up at Farmhouse Pizza on Hillsborough Street in Raleigh to mingle, eat lunch together and discuss topics surrounding local foods and agriculture. What’s so special about it? The Communication Dept. at the Food Shuttle went out last week to add a little compost to the fields of our minds. And boy [...]
Crew Call
Posted in Crew Call, tagged Crew Call, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, Volunteer on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle Farm and Garden Crew-Call Come to one of the Food Shuttle community gardens this week and put your roots down in celebration of Earth day (can’t we make EVERY day Earth Day?!). We are NOT hosting a Farm work day this Saturday but there’s a lot of other great [...]
Steven reflects on Will Allen’s visit
Posted in Steven's Blog, tagged Alliance Medical Ministry, Community Gardens, Raleigh, Steven Horton, Will Allen on April 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I know that Thanksgiving comes after Easter in the calender year, but I did not realize that it comes this early. The past month has brought me an overwhelming amount of support to be thankful for. It all started at Longview School where I did a seed tray demonstration for Mr. Patrick Faulkner’s horticulture class. [...]
Crew Call
Posted in Crew Call, tagged Community Gardens, Food Shuttle Farm, Plant A Row for the Hungry, Volunteer on April 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle Farm and Garden Crew-Call . We’re participating in Raleigh’s first community garden summit, Dig In this Saturday, 4/17. Please join us at the this great event – visit www.advocatesforhealthinaction.org to register (it’s free!). *Please note Katherine is almost ready to have her baby and will be going on maternity leave soon. [...]
Ripe Recipe – Springtime edition
Posted in Ripe Recipe, tagged Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, Logan's Trading Co., radish butter recipe, vegetable pancake recipe on April 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle and Logan’s Trading Company teamed up again at their Spring Fling last weekend! Chef Terri was there for a cooking demo, teaching everyone how to use their fresh herbs and vegetables for cooking. Whether or not you were there in person to smell the delicious aromas, Chef Terri gave us her secret, [...]
Crew Call
Posted in Crew Call, tagged advocates for health in action, Alliance Medical Ministry, Community Gardens, Crew Call, Food Shuttle Farm, Volunteer, Will Allen on April 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle Farm and Garden Crew-Call We’ve had a busy week with Will Allen in town and learned a ton. Come join us this weekend as we put a few of his tips into practice at the farm. We will not have a crew call next weekend (April 17th) due [...]
