The Organic Adventurer is gearing up for Veg Fest!

Veg Fest is coming up on Saturday! The Organic Adventurer is very excited because she’s been to Veg Fest the last two years and knows that it’s packed with a lot of energized people. This year, The Organic Adventurer will be speaking from 11-11:45 a.m. I’ll be answering the question “Why go veg?” Learn all [...]

Slow Food First Coast’s 2012 Tour de Farm: Explosive growth in local-food interest

Last Sunday’s Slow Food First Coast Tour de Farm, the annual opening of Northeast Florida’s farms to visitors, is in the books. And what a day it was!

Hayride tour of Black Hog Farm

Last year, The Organic Adventurer had planned to check out four farms to the west and south of Jacksonville and [...]

Slow Food First Coast’s 2012 Tour de Farm brings local farmers and consumers together this weekend

This Sunday from noon to 5 p.m., Northeast Florida residents and visitors will once again have the opportunity to get to know local farmers and tour their farms during Slow Food First Coast’s annual Tour de Farm.

But the event is really so much more than that. Although guests may visit participating farms in [...]

Week one of No Meat March: The answer to the question “What did you eat?!”

It’s been No Meat March for a whole entire week, and I didn’t starve! Seriously, because I told the entire world this time around about the pledge month co-sponsored by Girls Gone Green and Ananda Kula, I got even more of “But what do you eat?!” than in the past when I’ve switched to a [...]