South Jersey Locavore » Howell Living History Farm http://www.southjerseylocavore.com Food local to south jersey Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:39:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Locavore odds and ends http://www.southjerseylocavore.com/2010/01/locavore-odds-and-ends-20.html http://www.southjerseylocavore.com/2010/01/locavore-odds-and-ends-20.html#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:00:50 +0000 robin http://www.southjerseylocavore.com/?p=774 I’m working on a personal project. It’s called The Green Home Office. I’m attempting to purge, organize and green up my home office (and seriously, I’d like to write a book when I’m done if I accomplish everything I’d to). One of the things I’ve realized is that I don’t simply need to organize my physical space. I need to organize my virtual space, too. To that end, I actually spent some time creating folders in my e-mail inbox this week! I know. I know. So simple. Yet, I hadn’t done it. Anyway, now when I get e-mails that contain information that should go in the Friday odds and ends, I have a folder to transfer them to. Long story short, I should have a more comprehensive list from now on since things won’t get lost so easily.

  • Dates for the 2010’s East Coast Food & Wine Festival have been released – June 26&27. Last year, I really enjoyed the festival, and I plan on going this summer.
  • Winslow Township’s Sharrott Winery made the front page of the print version of The Philadelphia Inquirer this week. Their food and drink writer Craig LeBan showed our South Jersey wineries lots of love with his piece Wines of S. Jersey draw fans. The article talks about the increasingly quality wines our region is producing. It highlighted Sharrott Winery but mentions some others, too.
  • Treehugger has an interesting piece on canned beer’s 75th Anniversary. Know which state introduced the container that makes beer taste worse? Yep, good ‘ol NJ. There’s a lot of good information about refillable vs recyclable containers in the piece.
  • The Northeast Organic Farming Association of NJ is having a winter conference this Saturday, Jan 30th at Rutgers in New Brunswick. The sessions are open to anyone and in addition to the sessions you can stop by the vendors and exhibitors sharing information and selling locally produced foods.  Their website says, “You will find products such as amazing cheeses from Cherry Grove Farm, Heirloom Tomato Ketchup from the Purple Dragon, Popcorn from Farmer Steve, Fresh bread from Village Bakery, and books from Rodale Press and Bountiful Gardens, as well as information on topics such as 
Soil Testing and Raw Milk.”
  • The High Street Grill in Mount Holly will have its 2nd Annual Winter Beer Fest this Saturday, Jan 30th. Lots of craft breweries, including several in our region, will have their beers there to sample. Dress warmly – the event is outside!
  • John and Lisa are Eating in South Jersey continues its series on interviews with our local chefs. This time it’s Chef Geoff Johnson from Copper Fish in Cape May.
  • A couple of weeks ago I wrote about New Jersey’s local maple syrup. On Saturday, February 6, The Mercer County Park Commission will mark the beginning of the maple sugaring season with tree tapping workshops and a tape sale at Howell Living History Farm in Hopewell Township.  Other activities are planned, also.

Enjoy your weekend. I’ll be spending some time in DC’s Wine Country this weekend and checking out the small, local wineries in that region, and I’ve got a few restaurants that support that regions local farmers on my radar. Just because I’m traveling doesn’t mean I stop supporting local.

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