Category Archives: food
Garden Practice: Food, Flowers, Research, People.
It’s gardening season here in Arkansas, and both my daily life and research seem to be circling things in bloom. The tomatoes are ripe; the pole beans are taller than me, and the peppers are plentiful. I love coming home … Continue reading
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Native Seeds/S*E*A*R*C*H
Just the other day my friend Dr. Kristin Dowell, an anthropologist who works with Native American communities, suggested I look into a project called Native Seeds, a seed bank and cultural memory bank based in the southwest. It am so … Continue reading
Northcentral Arkansas Heirloom Seed Shop and Foodbank.
(the links for the seed shop and the foodbank’s blog can be found at the bottom of this post). I am learning more everyday about the importance of eating locally grown food, especially food grown from heirloom seeds (a catchall … Continue reading