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 [...]

No Meat March is almost over: You need veggie eye candy

The Organic Adventurer has been completely without meat for almost a month. In five more days, I could eat all the meat I want. Except I don’t want any! That’s a big surprise for me. Mr. Organic Adventurer just suggested that on April 1, he could grill a big steak for me. Without missing a [...]