Love her summer cooking outfit – panties with an apron.
With a broken camera (oh that fateful final “click!”), family visiting, and no internet at home, the time is ripe for a blog summer break!  Only for a week or so, and then we’ll be back.  In the meantime, pop over to www.localgrain.org to see a ...
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This week, we’ve closed down Wheatberry, to train some awesome new staff, and to prep and plant beans for the CSA.  In case you were worried we were sitting around, here’s our morning in photos:

Meet Kara – new Wheatberry staff, and PVHG intern extraordinaire.  She can now add “rock picker” and “wheat trial manager” to ...
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Hello folks – today a recipe, tomorrow we shall make your kitchen run more smoothly.  Sound good?  Here we go.
Last week we made the Rye Grits recipe from Lorna Sass’s Whole Grains Every Day Every Way (yes, I mention this book all the time.  That’s because she’s amazing, and one of the only resources that ...
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Hello folks – wanted to share some links to some of our wonderful CSA members, many of whom have blogs where they’ll be posting recipes and photos of the delicious meals they make with their shares!
Leslie Cerier – local cookbook author and chef, holds cooking classes, and has many whole grain recipes in her book ...
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In the nuttiness of this past week, I didn’t get a chance yet to post about my February pledge for the One Small Change Project.  (By the way, if you haven’t checked out the site, there is a lot of really amazing inspiration to be found by the over 200 participants!)
In January, I wanted to ...
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(Ben’s preserved lemons-in-process: quartered, salted, smooshed into a jar, fermented 5-10 days at room temp, then put into the fridge.  The best part is you can use the whole lemon after it’s preserved, rind and all.)
It’s always incredible to me how hard the world can be, and also, how incredibly beautiful.  How thoughtless we can ...
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Ok folks, for a refreshing change of pace let’s talk about food, shall we?  Excellent.
I’ve been diving into our grains and beans, and am really excited to share so many recipes with you over the coming months!  First up, the pudding with totally politically incorrect name  – Indian Pudding.  Call it Corn Maple Pudding if ...
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Deck the halls with bags of grains Fa la la la la la la la la

(photo by Jim Sims)
Tis the season to be cleaning grains Fa la la la la la la la la
(photo by Ben Lester)
Don we now our gay apparel Fa la la la la la la la la

(photo by Seth Seeger ...
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Ok, so maybe “let the craziness continue” would be more appropriate, but truly, this is crunch time folks!  This week we’re preparing for holiday baking at Wheatberry, doing our best to get as many CSA grain shares distributed as humanly possible before the holidays, and also .  . . trying to celebrate some holidays ourselves.  ...
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“I knew it”, you’re thinking,” She’s finally cracked.  Now this crazy hippie want us to go out to the front lawn like rabbits and eat grass.”
Never fear, friends, I mean eat grass (and sunlight!) through the meat and dairy products you consume.  Meaning, make sure those animals ate grass, not corn and other industrial by-products.  ...
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