Baby, it’s cold outside: Vegan soups for No Meat March

March has come in with a major attitude – something about a lion, right? – but it’s also brought us another No Meat March. This month of pledging to go meat-free, sponsored by The Girls Gone Green, is just the ticket for these cold, blustery days because there are so many fantastic meatless soups. Ah, [...]

TOA T-shirt drawing announcement and Veg Fest recap

As anticipated, last Saturday’s Veg Fest was a blast! I don’t know exactly how many people were there yet, but it felt like at least as many as the 5,000 from last year. There was a steady stream of visitors all the way from before the 10 a.m. opening to after the 5 p.m. closing. [...]

Comparing local and store-bought organic produce

The Organic Adventurer has written much in other venues about buying locally, shopping for organic food and how buying organic compares to buying conventional. Back in May, when the CSA we subscribe to had so much remaining in the fields at the end of the Florida growing season that they offered a mini-season share, we [...]

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 [...]