This post has been moved from Coffee Hero. It was originally written on June 17, 2009. Last week I had an opportunity to see a new documentary about food call Fresh. This was a feature film at STIFF, which stands for the Seattle True Independent Film Festival. After the movie the filmmaker Ana Joanes was [...]
Posts Tagged ‘farming’
Farm City
What would it be like to be farmer living in a ghetto? Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer by Novella Carpenter is a very entertaining book. It tells the story of how gardening in an abandoned lot in an Oakland ghetto expanded into raising bees, chickens, rabbits and eventually pigs. This book is [...]
South 47 Farm and Corn Maze
If my Seattle peeps need a fun way to spend an afternoon with the family, head out to Redmond and visit the South 47 Farm. They have crops you can pick, animals to pet and a huge corn maze. They actually carved up a full maze covering 5.5 acres in a corn field. The maze [...]
Deeply Rooted – Profiles of Uncoventional Farmers
After seeing the documentary Fresh, I wanted to learn more about the life of farmers. Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness by Lisa M. Hamilton is split into three parts. Dairy farming in Sulphur Springs, Texas Ranching in Abiquiu, New Mexico (like the film City Slickers) Diverse farming and gardening in LaMoure, [...]
21 Acres Farm Tour
Saturday morning I went out to Woodinville, Washington to check out the 21 Acres Farm. 21 Acres is a local, organic sustainable farm. About once a month they have a Sustainable Saturday, which includes a tour of the farm. I first learned about 21 Acres after seeing the movie Fresh. When the movie the ended [...]
