Mary Crimmins

I have some very exciting news! February is canned food month! Woo-hoo! Seriously, I would love to know who makes up these ridiculous holidays. However, in light of that irresistible need to celebrate canned foods, I thought it would be nice to shed some light on those cans. Canning food has been around since, I [...]

Left – Store Bought Organic Blueberries Right – Local Farmers Market Blueberries There are many reasons to eat local. Sustainability, support of local economy, and nutrition are just a few of them. However, there is one reason that trumps all logic and that is flavor. At the end of the day, we want to eat [...]

It’s no surprise that conventional produce is often laden with chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, and insecticides. So, how do you know which foods contain the most toxins? The Environmental Working Group publishes their results on this exact testing every year, and just released the results this week. If you aren’t able to purchase everything organic and/or local (which I [...]

It’s hard to believe that it’s time for you to start thinking about your summer CSA subscription, but the time has come. Farmers are choosing their crop varieties, planting seeds, and starting to send out their CSA announcements that you can now sign up. It’s important to sign up rather quickly because many farms book up fast, as [...]

Last night I happened to run across the Food Network Show “The Big Waste.” Basically the premise is that celebrity chefs are challenged to create a meal using items that were on their way to the dumpster. The show highlights a very real problem that America is facing – food waste. It is shocking what [...]

It’s hard to believe that Thanksgiving is just a little over 3 weeks away. Often Thanksgiving is met with last minute shopping and a lot of stress, and is far from being a conscious event. So I thought I would write a post about how to make a conscious effort this year to have a [...]

Every week after the farmers market (this week it was from the West Nashville Farmers Market) I will showcase the vegetables I bought and for how much. That will give you an idea of what is affordable, and what is worth splurging on. Organic Carrots from Foggy Hollow Farm = $4.00/bunch Organic Beets from Foggy [...]