Another Advantage of Buying Local

Written by Kevin Gordon, Professional Market Shopper

Not that I really needed another reason to appreciate the benefits of buying local, but I've had some recent experiences at the market that have really reminded me of why shopping local beats going to the supermarket any day.

Ideas for Winter Veggies & Greens

During a North Carolina winter, it can be challening for even the most committed locavores to eat local produce. The carrots are frozen in the ground and everything else is growing very slowly. We're seeing lettuces, leafy greens and some root vegetables at the market these days. Does a green leaf salad feel like winter food?

Sweet T's Chocolate Stout Layer Cake

Makes a 2-layer cake or ~32 cupcakes 3 ounces unsweetened better quality chocolate, chopped 2 ¼ cups all purpose flour 2 tablespoons baking powder ½ teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt 1 ¾ sticks unsalted butter, softened to room temperature 1 ¼ cups plus 2 tablespoons sugar 3 large eggs ¾ cup of stout beer (I prefer Young's Chocolate Stout or other chocolate

Genetically Engineered Alfalfa, why should we care?

Written by Juliann Zoetmulder, President WWFM

I receive a lot of action alerts in my inbox related to food and farmers and laws that affect them, but one caught my attention recently that I almost overlooked. It’s all about something that I don’t eat anyway so why would I care? Whatever side of the food politics fence you’re on, I think we can agree that we all must eat. The important thing is to know more about how the food you eat is grown and whether or not it is safe. Now, I don’t eat alfalfa sprouts so I almost hit delete on this news until I figured out that many things that I eat, eat alfalfa. This is true especially if you consume meat or dairy products.