What’s Fresh February 16 2010
Farm News
Greens Again!
With the early spring we are starting to see the quick growing greens again! Last week was spinach from Dragonfly Farm. This week we have baby salad greens from Kildara Farm.
DRAGONFLY FARM IN GLENORA – A FAMILY FARM
Micheal Pollan’s New “Food Rules” – 64 Steps to Better Health
excerpt from http://www.alternet.org/health/145012?obref=obnetwork
Make no mistake: our health care crisis is in large part a crisis of the American diet — roughly three quarters of the two-trillion plus we spend on health care in this country goes to treat chronic diseases, most of which can be prevented by a change in lifestyle, especially diet. And a healthy diet is a whole lot simpler than the food industry and many nutritional scientists — what I call the Nutritional Industrial Complex — would have us believe. After spending several years trying to answer the supposedly incredibly complicated question of how we should eat in order to be maximally healthy, I discovered the answer was shockingly simple: eat real food, not too much of it, and more plants than meat. Or, put another way, get off the modern western diet, with its abundance of processed food, refined grains and sugars, and its sore lack of vegetables, whole grains and fruit.
Food Rule #11
Avoid foods you see advertised on television.
Food Rule #39
Eat all the junk food you want as long as you cook it
See more food rules and their brief explanations in Micheal Pollan’s article
17th Annual Seedy Saturday
Sat Feb 20th
Victoria Conference Centre, 720 Douglas St
10am – 4pm
Start planning your garden at this premier seed networking and educational event for both the novice and the expert! Features open-pollinated, organic and heritage seeds available direct from the growers.
Take in one of the free speaker sessions –
Brian Minter is this year’s keynote – schedule at www.jamesbaymarket.com. Admission $7, under 12 free. Information: 381.5323, info@jamesbaymarket.com.
**While at Seedy Saturday meet the folks behind the Islands Grain Project and sign up as a CSA member
www.islandgrains.com/csa.htm
Warm Jerusalem Artichoke and Potato Salad
Boil in a pot of water:
½ lb Jerusalem Artichokes, chopped
¾ lb potatoes, chopped
Drain and toss with dressing
Dressing – mix:
Minced garlic clove
3 Tbsp red wine vinegar
1 ½ Tbsp warm water
¼ cup flax oil
½ tsp dill weed
1 tsp pepper
La Molisana Red Wine Vinegar – certified organic, 500 mL $5.99
