Mary Crimmins

When asked what my favorite season is, I will typically respond with Autumn. That is until I re-live the beauty of Spring. I absolutely love the Spring season! There is so much hope, and so much sweetness as things begin to blossom and grow. Plus, I absolutely LOVE the local food scene during the Spring. [...]

Today we have a great guest post from J.J. Smith, an avid gardener from Minnesota. If you are interested in guest posting: please visit my Guest Post Guidelines Page here. About The Author J.J. Smith is a mom and gardening enthusiast who loves to eat local when at all possible.  She shares her favorite recipes, kids craft [...]

(Image Source) I am excited to announce that this week is National Farmers Market Week. Every year America has the opportunity to focus on how abundant the benefits of local food are. Whether it be supporting local farms and your local economy, enjoying fresh food, or battling issues of obesity – these benefits are note [...]

Today we have a guest post from Anabelle Harari. Anabelle is a recent Mount Holyoke College graduate, lover of cheese, and urban gardener. She writes about local food as an agent of change on her blog: The Local Belle. You can connect with Anabelle on twitter @thelocalbelle. I’ve been traveling around South Asia for about six [...]

(Image Source) I have officially completed my raw cleanse. And wow, I loved it. It was nothing like the detox of a straight juice fast and I have to say I enjoyed that. I liked the combination of actually eating with the juicing. It gave me a fantastic perspective on just how much fresh food [...]

I always love when local food and farmers markets make national news. It gives me hope that more and more people are becoming aware of just how important our food is. This past week there has been a lot of buzz around a survey that the W.K. Kellogg Foundation conducted. The survey confirmed that a majority [...]

Michelle Obama, along with Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack announced some major changes in the school lunch room nutritional standards today at Parklawn Elementary School in Virginia. I’ve been anticipating this announcement, curious to see if real change would actually take place in a complicated government food system that values Big AG businesses and Big Food Corporations over health. After 15 [...]