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Upper Valley Localvores

Localvores are people committed to eating foods grown within their local foodshed; many focus on foods grown within a 100-mile radius of home. These local food advocates recognize that there are many economic, environmental, political, and health benefits to eating foods grown close to home.

The Upper Valley Localvores are an informal group of people practicing [...]

Frozen Food Available

The Neighboring Food Coop Association is working in collaboration with family farmers, farmer co-ops such as Deep Root Organic Co-op and the Pioneer Valley Growers Association, and processors including Farm to Table Co-Packers, the Vermont Food Venture Center and Green Mountain College’s Mobile Flash Freezer, to pilot products that are grown, processed and packaged right [...]

Regional Food Centers: From Talk to Action

REGIONAL FOOD CENTERS: FROM TALK TO ACTION.

Important community meetings to take place this fall!

THE FOUR RIVERS FOOD CENTER PROJECT is a coalition of groups in southern Orange and northern Windsor counties, working to make local food networks a reality. We need your help!

Regional Food Centers are working combinations of people and facilities. Their function is to [...]

Wild Leek Homefries

Wild Leeks

One of my favorite ways to use wild leeks (tis the season!) is sauteed with potatoes and a little tamari. It’s best to use slightly undercooked boiled potatoes that have been chilled overnight. Saute the chopped leek stems then add the chopped leek leaves, then add the potato chunks and a little tamari. [...]

Vermont Tofu Sandwich

Sesame Tofu Sandwich

We Upper Valley Localvores are fortunate to have a local source of tofu from Vermont Soy in Hardwick, VT. http://www.vermontsoy.com/ I love tofu sauteed with sesame seeds and tamari, served on local bread with chopped chives and parsley . . . and I must confess, Hellman’s mayonnaise, which is one [...]

Upper Valley Localvores Blog

The Upper Valley Localvores have started a new blog at http://uvlocalvores.wordpress.com/
Please take a look and offer suggestions as to what you’d like to see posted there.

Friday 10/15 Potluck “celebrate the harvest” with Pomp Ag and non-violence group at the Congregational church in Thetford

The Pompanoosuc Agricultural Society would like to invite you to our celebrate the local harvest Potluck on the 15th of October 6:00 PM at the First Congregational Church in Thetford, on the top of Thetford Hill.

This harvest potluck feast will be co-hosted by the Nonviolence Group that started in the Thetford Hill Congregational Church last [...]

Creamy Gazpacho Recipe

Creamy Gazpacho
Adapted from The New York Times
Serves 3-4

Ingredients
2 large local tomatoes (about 1- 1 1/4 pounds), cored and roughly chopped
1 1/2 cups plain local yogurt, (Greek-style, nonfat, lowfat, or regular) (I used lemon yogurt – it was great!)
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, plus extra for drizzling
12 local basil leaves
1 large clove of local [...]

Big Zucchini Recipe - Zucchini 'Pasta'

What to do with a big zucchini? I picked a fatter-than-baseball-bat zucchini yesterday and tried this NYT recipe. The zucchini needed to be peeled – the skin was tough – but the ribbons of zucchini were delicious! (The zucchini was so big – I could have used the ribbons for lasagna. Next time!)

NYT Zucchini [...]

NH Eat Local Passport Weekend

NH EAT LOCAL PASSPORT TO LOCAL FARMS WEEKEND

A new event as part of NH Eat Local Month this year is the Passport to Local Farms Weekend, August 28-29. Passport to Local Farms is a fun, statewide open house on almost 60 participating farms. The event is interactive and invites visitors to obtain an official [...]

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