by John Langlois | May 22, 2013 | Food Ideas
Blueberries Ripen in June in South Alabama We all pack up and drive 5 hours South to pick blueberries and Grandmama Dollihite’s home. We go out early to avoid the bugs and the heat and by 10:00 a.m. we have enough to freeze for the next year. It occurred to me...
by John Langlois | Apr 28, 2013 | Alabama Organic Farms, Food Ideas
Local Food Growers in Alabama Studies have shown that local food can help with locally developed allergies. This idea is revised for publication 04/28/2013 We have had a few problems getting Facebook to accept the blog posts, so some of our friends have asked that we...
by John Langlois | Mar 29, 2013 | Alabama Organic Farms, Food Ideas
Cheap Food Is Not Cheap When You Count the Medical Bills It Entails One of the paradigms of American farming is that the farmer has always been grossly underpaid. The people who buy the foods produced do so on a wholesale basis. They contrive artificial ways to...
by John Langlois | Mar 23, 2013 | Food Ideas
“Sustainable farms are to today’s headlong rush toward global destruction what the monasteries were to the Dark Ages: places to preserve human skills and crafts until some semblance of common sense and common purpose returns to the public mind.” Gene...
by John Langlois | Mar 23, 2013 | Alabama Organic Farms, Farming Facts, Food Ideas, Organic Farming
Local Food Growers in Alabama Revised for publication 03/23/2013 We have always thought that the watermelons, tomatoes and other foods from local food growers in Alabama tasted better. Perhaps it’s because our taste buds are seasoned that way. Recent studies...
