From the monthly archives: July 2009

Food Roots – July 30: The "Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009"

by Shannon on July 30, 2009 · 6 Comments · in nourishing food, sustainability & gardening

Welcome to another edition of Food Roots! This week I want to tell y’all about something in case you are unaware. I sent out the following in an email last night: Today the “Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009″ came just 6 votes shy of passing in the house of representatives. The only thing that [...]

Dehydrating Blueberries

by Shannon on July 29, 2009 · 8 Comments · in nourishing food, sustainability & gardening

We are blessed to have a u-pick blueberry farm within five minutes of our home. That means that we can just jump in the car with our boys and head over for an hour or two of picking on a Sunday afternoon or weeknight. They opened less than two weeks ago and we have picked [...]

A Menu Planning System for Summer

by Shannon on July 27, 2009 · 14 Comments · in cooking & recipes

{click here to download} I find that planning our weekly menus saves time, money and energy. During this busy time of gardening, harvesting and preserving there are even more obstacles to overcome. For one I am currently inundated with produce from our csa, our garden (well, sort of), and the farmers market. In order to [...]

Fermented Foods for Beginners: Kombucha

by Shannon on July 26, 2009 · 17 Comments · in nourishing food

This is the final part of a series on fermented foods for beginners. You can find the first three parts here: Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Fermented Dairy Part 3: Lacto-Fermented Vegetables The first time I tasted kombucha it came from a bottle that I purchased for over $3 at the whole foods market. I [...]

Food Roots – July 23: where does your food come from?

by Shannon on July 23, 2009 · 9 Comments · in sustainability & gardening

“Or what if I had simply grown up in a time when food was seasonal? When there was, in each year, a time of more and a time of less? When food was not just there in packages on the supermarket shelf all year?” ~ Jessica Prentice ~ Welcome to another edition of Food Roots! [...]