Jim Javenkoski
@localfoodwisdom
Food scientist and food systems explorer, working at the intersection of #localfood and #sociallearning in Chicago. Native of Wisconsin's #DriftlessRegion.
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http://localfoodwisdom.blogspot.com/ 15-01-2010 22:45:29
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via The Minnesota Star Tribune | 'Hunt of a different sort when it involves #mushrooms'; ~5,000 varieties of #fungi grow in Minn.: strib.mn/1UG2kLe
via @ChicagoNow | 'Did you know there's a farm on top of McCormick Place?'; edible partnernship w/ Chicago Botanic Garden: bit.ly/1XVE72H
via farmanddairy | 'Homegrown apples—How to plant #appletrees this fall'; tips for planting, pruning & protecting: bit.ly/1NuW2tL
via Peninsula Pulse | 'Charlie’s Smokehouse turns #whitefish into gold'; the Voight family's craft of fish & fire: bit.ly/1LqZjUZ
via La Crosse Tribune | 'Area #orchards report high yields after exceptional summer'; #apple harvest is “fantastic": bit.ly/1OmHonu
via Crain's Detroit Business | 'Hungry for home—#Foodhubs meet growing demand for locally grown farm fare across #Michigan': bit.ly/1KkP7RA
via Crain's Detroit Business | '#FarmtoFreezer program reaps income, plants core skills'; @GoodwillNMI job-training initiative bit.ly/1VWMxFe
"...we should be paying more for the food that #urbanagriculture provides and pay happily for it!" ~ Dr. Kami Pothukuchi Wayne State College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
via Good Beer Hunting | 'Critical Drinking—Gregory Hall of Virtue Cider'; the re-birth of an American craft #cidery: bit.ly/1Kf5xJW
"Everybody that was with us in the past left something behind... at Virtue Cider, and I’ll be forever in their debt" ~ cider greg #cider
via The Badger Herald | 'UW–Madison program partners with community to expand food options': bit.ly/1KigOXI UW Center for Co-ops #foodcoop
via The Gazette | 'Localvores rejoice! UI study shows surging popularity for farmers markets, #CSAs': bit.ly/1FOoYVS #localfood
via OnMilwaukee | 'Balistreri Sendik's Food Markets launch program to transform #oodwaste into energy'; uses Grind2Energy™: bit.ly/1iTH2ZO
via Des Moines Register | '#Organicfarms in Iowa increase as demand for specialty food grows'; 612 organic producers in 2014 dmreg.co/1KuOkxp
via Savage Pacer | 'The #garden that keeps giving'; collaborative cultivation by students Burnsville High School: bit.ly/1NBZ0uZ #growtogive
via Virtue Cider | 'Reviving the #CiderPig'; 7 Gloucester Old Spot pigs—a rare heritage breed—arrive at Virtue Farm: bit.ly/1WhBruz
Windy City awash in #cider: Virtue Cider pouring Green City Market's 'A Veggie Affair' & Taste Talks' 'Mother of Pearl' dinner Local Foods