Food Independence DayThis July 4th, let’s declare our food independence by sourcing the ingredients for our holiday meals as locally, sustainably and deliciously as possible and let’s ask our elected officials to do the same.
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Make Your Own Compost
From Compost Manual – A Complete Guide to Composting
Yard and food waste make up approximately thirty percent of the waste stream in the U.S. If every household participated in composting, it would divert a significant portion of the waste stream from our landfills and water treatment facilities.
General tips for starting a backyard compost pile:
* Choose a moderately sunny, accessible area for your composter. If you are using a compost bin, turn the soil in your chosen location.
* Start your green and brown layering process, beginning with a layer of small branches at the bottom that will allow for proper circulation and drainage.
* Top off your new pile with finished compost or good garden soil to ensure an introduction of bacteria to your waste.
* Aerate regularly by mixing, checking moisture content.
* More tips.
Declare Your Food Independence!
New Peterborough-Based Project Aims to help Food Pantries, Farms
By Sentinel Staff, Published: Thursday, April 23, 2009
PETERBOROUGH — The Town Farm Project’s aim is to hire local farmers to provide fresh produce, meat, milk or eggs to local food pantries or community kitchens.
Daniel D. Holmes of Sunnyfield Farm in Peterborough and two other local farmers, Brad Miller of Greenfield and Carrie Dumas of Peterborough, have spent the last two months organizing the project through the Peterborough Grange, a branch of a national nonprofit agriculture education and advocacy organization.
“It’ll be a way to make sure that the kitchens can provide high-quality, local food and it will help make local farms more economically viable,” Holmes said.
Organizers are now working to raise money and then begin seeking farmers to work with.
Members of the grange raised more than $250 last weekend selling pizzas at Peterborough’s “Greenerborough” event. And along with private donations and a $200 contribution from a local slow-food organization, Holmes says the project is gaining interest among community members.
Yarden of Eatin' 