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Meaghin Kennedy is a writer and photographer who advocates for a sustainable food system. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Designers Catalina Rozo & Melissa Clinard recently created these bags to support local farmers in Alachua County, FL. Sold at Gainesville’s Union Street Farmers’ Market, the burlap bags are lined with waterproof nylon fabric, making it appropriate for just washed, delicate produce. Rozo and Clinard screen-printed the burlap with vibrant designs of oranges, strawberries, and lettuce. [...]
Where: Grand Army Plaza When: April 2, 2011 This market was blooming with flowers…and not much else. We picked up our standard array of eggs, milk, and bread, but the market is clearly in its transition period, with rumors of ramps next weekend (I hope!)
Where: Union Square Greenmarket When: January 26, 2011
Where: Grand Army Plaza When: January 15, 2011
As the farmers’ markets continue their spring time unveiling, you can now find rhubarb at many of the stands. Though rhubarb is often paired with strawberries and used in a variety of desserts (tortes, pastries, pies: yum!), it’s actually a vegetable. Only the colorful stalks are edible; the leaves are full of oxalic acid. Rhubarb [...]
Until moving to Brooklyn, I was unaware of the relative insanity that surrounds the start of ramp season. For the past several weeks, ramps have been making appearances in restaurants like Lupa Osteria and Rosewater, have had articles dedicated to them in Time, and inspired prominent food writers like Robert Sietsema to make suggestions for [...]
Several weeks ago, I heard and read about ‘What is Fresh?’ through twitter. I couldn’t have been more excited to see the website, as I’ve long talked about how imperative it is to make local food as accessible as possible and to use technology to foster connections in the local food community between farmers, markets, [...]
We’ve been in Brooklyn for a week and things are mostly going well, with your typical moving stress thrown in for fun (you know, broken toilet, no gas, arguments with the cable company!). I love to cook, but have been equally excited to take advantage of NOT having gas to explore our neighborhood (and surrounding [...]
We’re officially in Brooklyn and are slowly moving in. I have exciting ideas and plans for rearranging the format of this blog a bit, in this land akin to locavore heaven. More on that soon, as we JUST got our internet hooked up! In the meantime, enjoy the picture of this dog clearly wanting to [...]
After our mini-moon, Justin and I had to take an unexpected trip up north to Massachusetts. On the way back, we decided to spend a night in Brooklyn. We’ve been talking about doing this for many months and figured ‘there’s no time like the present’. We stayed at seemingly the only hotel in Brooklyn (which [...]
