In the latest Local 20/20 column in the Port Townsend/Jefferson County Leader, Eco-dietician Mary Purdy discussions ways we can minimize our impact on the environment with our eating choices.
Saving the Planet with your Fork
By Mary Purdy, MS, RDN
While not everyone always has a choice in what they eat and buy, for those who do, what goes … Read the rest
Meghan grows a lot of vegetables and also preserves a number of foods. Click here Hopscotch farm to see what Meghan is doing and how to access her products. If the link doesn’t work, use this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8utC8oqiRXs in your browser window.
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Here is Local 20/20’s latest column in the Port Townsend Leader that summarizes the amazing work of the Quimper Community Harvest team! Thank you PT Leader!
Quimper Community Harvest Wraps Up the 2021 Gleaning Season
By PT Gleaner coordinators: Seth Rolland, Suzanne Wilson, Gabrielle Vanwert, Kathy Darrow, Mary Hunt
Beginning with luscious cherries in June and finishing up with … Read the rest
The local Farmer’s Markets are closed for a few months, but we can still use food from the markets and local farms that we preserved for our winter meals. Did you freeze local berries? Do you have apples, pears, cabbages, squashes, onions, garlic or potatoes in cold storage? Here are some great recipes using these foods. You will recognize some … Read the rest
Continue to join us online for the Eat Local! Campaign. For details, links to resources, farm-finder lists, and unique Thanksgiving recipes using local foods go to http://l2020.org/local-food/eat-local
And don’t forget that the Farmer’s Market in Uptown Port Townsend is still open through early December. You can find delicious fall and winter produce – squashes, pumpkins, onions, potatoes, kale and much … Read the rest
Is it possible to get beyond boiled & buttered veggies? How much meat would you eat if you boiled and buttered it each night? Not much, I’m guessing and yet that’s how we always serve vegetables. No wonder kids don’t want to eat them. But, if you turn veggies into nuggets and add a ranch dip… or roast them to … Read the rest
Here is Local 20/20’s regular Resilience Review column in the Port Townsend Leader, published 5/13/20. Thank you PT Leader!
COVID, Climate and Local Food Resilience
By David Seabrook
The emergence of the COVID-19 virus has in some news reports been termed a “Black Swan” event, something entirely unforeseen that takes the world by surprise. However, scientists have for years … Read the rest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jefferson County Food Access, Food Security and Local Farm Support working group issues community resources in response to COVID-19
Jefferson County, WA
March 19, 2020
Contact: Kellie Henwood, WSU Extension Regional Small Farms Coordinator
Email me directly for phone contact.
In response to challenges related to the COVID-19 virus, a working group of local organizations came … Read the rest
Here is Local 20/20’s latest Resilience Review column in the Port Townsend Leader by Michael Pilarski.
On May 3-5, 2019, the Global Earth Repair Conference will bring the world together in Port Townsend. Six hundred people engaged in ecosystem restoration at local, regional, national and international levels in many parts of the world will meet at Fort Worden. Through keynotes, … Read the rest
Here is Local 20/20’s latest Resilience Review column in the Port Townsend Leader (thank you, PT Leader!). It is copied below.
By Mary Hunt
Reach. Twist. Pick. Box. Repeat.
To put that in perspective, this year’s volunteer gleaners did that to approximately 9345 plums, 2055 pears, 2784 Asian pears, and 28,014 apples… there was a whole lot of picking going … Read the rest