While August is traditionally the month that many New Orleans residents go into hiding indoors to seek the comforts of their air conditioned homes, there are still lots of workshops and events happening in the gardening/eating local scene. Be sure to go out and support these organizations and businesses if you can! Workshops: This month, Rosalie […]
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‘Tis the season for carnival, and…meyer lemons, which means it’s local lemonade season! It’s mid-January, and depending on the day, the weather can sometimes be in the 70s and is ideal for lemonade drinking (although admittedly, I drink lemonade all year long). Have you ever heard of grilled lemonade? I heard about it for the first time
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This has been an increasingly active year in farming & gardening happenings in New Orleans. Despite the cold weather, lots is still happening in December, so be sure to get out and support your local farms and food organizations! Classes/Workshops: As usual, Southbound Gardens is hosting a variety of workshops this month. Look out for their Basics
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It was a cloudy, dreary day outside when I stepped into the newly restored Dryades Public Market in Central City. I quickly forgot the state of the weather once I had a look around the space, however. The giant market has an open space concept, and everything is gleaming and new. The market is still slowly unveiling
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As the much-anticipated autumn season approaches us, garden and farm events are gearing back up once again for new workshops and events. The events calendar for the fall is starting to fill up, and it has something for everyone! Classes: Southbound Gardens will be offering their $10-by-donation classes once again, but for the next two months, they’ll
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Every year I look forward to planning the urban farm bike rides for the Eat Local Challenge. There are so many enthusiastic growers in this city, and they are happy to show off their hard work to our participants—even in the June heat (although someone usually grumbles about how their garden “isn’t looking great because
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Why NOLA Farms is thrilled to be involved with the planning process of the urban farm bike rides that the Eat Local Challenge hosts each year, along with volunteers from the NOLA Social Ride. This year will mark our committee’s fourth year of putting on the rides, and will be our sixth and seventh rides in total
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Here in New Orleans, we are fortunate to have so many folks who are enthusiastic about urban farming and gardening projects. The only thing is, there are so many different organizations and farms that it is difficult to keep track of them of all! Not any more—our new calendar features all of the events we
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Every Monday from 4-7 pm at the Whole Foods Market on Broad Street in Mid-City, the ReFresh Community Garden hosts a farm stand where you can purchase vegetables and locally produced food items. The ReFresh Project, SPROUT NOLA, and Faubourg Farms are all selling vegetables that are harvested the same day from the ReFresh Community
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Rutabaga is far from popular these days. No one talks much about the root vegetable rutabaga. Instead, rutabaga lingers on the shelves, while eager customers quickly snatch up the trendy, more attractive kale leaves. But rutabaga deserves so much more, and not just because it’s a fun word to say. A cross
