We work to live sustainably and eat healthily, but sometimes, those practices come into conflict with one another. A trend – not new, but newly popular – recently caught our… [Continue Reading]
Three of the Most Underrated Vegetables
If you are like friends of mine you like to eat fruits and nutritious vegetables. You can’t wait for the weekend to come so that you can go to the… [Continue Reading]
Mourning the Loss of Wood Ash as a Natural Fertilizer
Some of the fruits and vegetables you eat today have a far less nutritional value than the fruit your grandmother ate. It is my hypothesis that the majority of the… [Continue Reading]
What Life to Table Means for People with Dietary Restrictions
Often, it means choosing between one’s personal health and making exceptions for locally-sourced food. Pretty much by definition, farm-to-table food is seasonal. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be locally sourced. If you… [Continue Reading]
Five Money Saving Tips for Visiting the Farmers Market
Ask for seconds. Find recipes that use reductions. Sometimes called #2 produce, this is fruit and other produce that have blemishes or visual imperfections but which are otherwise perfectly good… [Continue Reading]
What Life to Table Means for Your Farmers Market?
As partial participants in the farm-to-table movement, we recognize many of the potential benefits that come with locally-sourced and generally wholesome foods. We’re also skeptical about the feasibility of the… [Continue Reading]
The Role of Our Food Systems in Climate Change
In a recent post, we talked about sustainable food: what it is, why it’s important, and how it relates to Life to Table. Food systems, including agriculture, play a significant… [Continue Reading]
What is Sustainable Food?
Sustainable agriculture, simply, is the production of food, fiber, or other plane and animal products that use farming techniques to preserve the environment, public health, human communities, and animal welfare…. [Continue Reading]