Jack’s Homestead Headcheese F.O.O.D. Focus on the Organic Difference vol. 7 11/30/18 By Christy Bassett for The Organic Food Guide and NOFA/Mass This past weekend we processed our four pasture-raised heritage breed hogs. It is always a sobering experience to take a life- especially one that you have interacted with and nurtured daily for months. But […]
Turkey & Sunchoke Pot Pie with Crunchy Sweet Potato Crust F.O.O.D. Focus on the Organic Difference vol. 6 11/23/18 By Christy Bassett for The Organic Food Guide and NOFA/Mass I was first introduced to sunchokes by accident. Well, actually, it was more a matter of them being thrust on me than a gentle discovery. In […]
Grain Free Maple Cardamom Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting F.O.O.D. Focus on the Organic Difference vol. 5 11/16/18 By Christy Bassett for The Organic Food Guide and NOFA/Mass Pulling carrots from the ground is one of my all time favorite gardening activities. The bright green tops waving in the wind like a flag declare […]
F.O.O.D. Focus on the Organic Difference vol. 4 November 9, 2018 Profile and recipe from Chris Samoiloff of Dandelion Forest, Princeton, MA By Christy Bassett for The Organic Food Guide and NOFA/Mass This week on the FOOD blog, Chris Samoiloff of Dandelion Forest in Princeton, MA shares her original recipe for homegrown and homemade vegetable […]
Harvest Hermits F.O.O.D. Focus on the Organic Difference vol. 3 11/2/18 By Christy Bassett for The Organic Food Guide and NOFA/Mass As summer berries become a faint memory, autumn fruits fill the woven wire basket on the counter and inspire ideas of warm apple pie and poached pear parfait. The spice cabinet seems to call out […]
F.O.O.D. Focus on the Organic Difference vol. 2 10/26/18 By Christy Bassett for The Organic Food Guide and NOFA/Mass Spiced Squash Seeds ‘Tis the season for sitting by the fire while two halves of a homegrown winter squash bake in the oven. Harvesting the last of the field crops that sit speckled on the ground, […]
F.O.O.D. Focus on the Organic Difference vol. 1 Profile and recipe from Angela & Michael Pollier of Bee Fruitful Acres, Barre, MA By Christy Bassett for The Organic Food Guide and NOFA/Mass October 19, 2018 Welcome to the first edition of F.O.O.D., Focus on the Organic Difference, a running series of interviews and articles featuring real food from […]
Blueberry Kale Smoothie By Christy Bassett for the Organic Food Guide and NOFA/Mass Blending nutrient dense superfoods together can only make them better. Well, at least in the case of fruit and yogurt it does. On days when you don’t have time to construct a complete meal or to sit down at the table to […]
By Christy Bassett for the Organic Food Guide and NOFA/Mass As a mother I am always looking for ways to sneak more colorful, nutritious, vegetables into our meals. My kids aren’t as picky as some are, but they can spy a leafy green from a mile away and give me the side-eye if they notice […]
By Christy Bassett, The Organic Food Guide Coordinator This article comes from the NOFA/Massachusetts 2018 September Issue Newsletter Few things are as magical as when you first discover that food actually does grow on trees (… and on bushes, in dirt and amongst leaves). The edge of the New England woods in many of our backyards is […]