Tremont Farmers' Market

Greetings, Market Folks! I am wishing you a restful Labor Day!
For those interested in greening the urban environment, this is great!
http://www.utne.com/environment/gumball-machines-retrofitted-seedbomb-dispensaries-grassroots-activism.aspx

And below, 10 Fresh Actions (listed on the Fresh, the movie, website)
http://www.freshthemovie.com/call-to-action/10-fresh-actions/
See details below about a showing coming to Visible Voice Books on Sept 11!
This week at TFM; see you there!
Vendors:
Blaze Gourmet, [...]

If you haven’t done so already, please listen to Krista Tippett interviewing Mike Rose on Speaking of Faith. “An expansive reflection on work, education, and civic imagination with an esteemed researcher and teacher at UCLA and a poetic writer. We explore his perspective, through life and scholarship, on hard subjects that drive to the [...]

Have some compassion for the garden pest…. “Has she finally flipped her gourd?!” TFM farmers might be wondering. Maybe not totally….I am currently debating how to deal with a tenacious groundhog who has topped my beans, kale and giant marigolds (of all the plants..). And although we might not see any good reason [...]

Lactuca sativa—-that’s Latin for lettuce. I realized I did not know where lettuce originated, and apparently, no one truly does. However, according to www.foodmuseum.com, lettuce first appeared in an herbal (a book about medicinal plants) in Babylon in 800 BC. So, over the span of several thousand years, we still eat lettuce. [...]

Power to the people. That’s you.  And me.  Let’s take control of our food economy, food security and our health.  Join the conversation, join the movement.  Grow your own, buy direct from the producer.  I get a special joy from cooking, thinking about the individuals who grow/bake/make/pick the fantastic ingredients that go into my meals.  [...]