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Build Your Garden

When people think about farmers, they tend to think about older people. This is true, for every 6 farmers over the age of 65 there is only 1 under 35. There are groups that are trying to change that though and help young people be the farmers of the future. Enjoy this short film below on a group of young farmers in western Colorado and the group of donors who is helping them along. HOW WE GROW_REDFORD SHORT from Tomas Zuccareno Photography on Vimeo. A vignette of just one of the segments of our HOW WE GROW feature documentary film. …

We Don’t Eat The Way Our Grandparents Did

Did you know that once upon a time tomatoes were really sweet, dates were large and super juicy and that many other vegetables have changed over time? Nope, me either!! Science has been playing with our food for a very long time. In the photo below you’ll see that some of these tomatoes have green, unripened looking tops. People see the green and believe it’s not ripe, it’s not as tasty as it should be right there. Those green “shoulders” actually have a lot to do with flavor even if they aren’t the prettiest thing in the world. Sometime before …

Farm-To-Table History

The Farm-To-Table Movement or, as some call it, Farm-To-Fork isn’t new. While it seems to be all the rage currently it does have a history going back to early 1900s. You’ve read about what it is in my previous article, now let’s look at where it came from and why it is gaining such momentum. The original farm-to-table was actually started around 1914 as a postal initiative to transport produce and other items directly from rural areas into the cities. This program picked up butter, eggs, poultry, vegetables, and other items to quickly deliver to their destination. It started with …

Farm-To-Table

This is a term that gets thrown around a lot these days but what does it really mean and how do you know that what you’re getting is what you’re told and not just a way to make a buck. Farm-To-Table is huge for me. Both my Papa and my Uncle Bill had large gardens. My Papa’s was in our side yard. Uncle Bill’s was across the street where he owned a garage for his boat and had a little plot for his garden. If Papa’s garden didn’t have it I’d be told to go over to Uncle Bill’s to …