Monthly Archives: August 2011

I was asked by the folks at FRESH the movie to write a few blog posts on seafood. Here’s the link to the first installment. www.freshthemovie.com/2011/08/30/life-as-a-restaurant-forager/

  I spent my July 4th visiting Martin on his farms in Salinas, CA. He rents some land from ALBA Organics and some other land from a nursery down the road. I was in the area over the weekend for … Continue reading →

Michael Kokas, one of the farmers, showed me around Paisley Farms in Tivoli, NY. I discovered that the land which surrounds his and Jan’s home is no longer farmed — too rocky and not as flat as they’d like. They … Continue reading →

Took a drive down to Paradise Hill Farm in Tabernacle, NJ. Mary Ann Thompson, the farmer, grows no spray blueberries and heirloom white and red cranberries. It’s unusual to find locally grown, dried fruit in the northeast. She offers dried … Continue reading →