Subscribe to Ed's TableSep. 11, 2009 at 7:51pm
Bishop adds brawn to Bee Lady benefit
Merende chef joins lineup of Sept. 29 soup cook-off fund-raiser
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Eat Well, Do Good, Farmers Markets, Farming and growing, Tacoma
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Jeff Bishop, the chef at Merende in downtown Tacoma, has thrown his talented toque into the ring and will compete in a soup cook-off that will benefit a South Sound farmer in need, adding culinary brawn to a tasty lineup. Read more
Sep. 8, 2009 at 3:44pm
Judge best fall soup, help The Bee Lady
Sept. 29 fund-raiser will aid Lakebay farmer
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Farmers Markets, Farming and growing, Tacoma
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Put your mouth where your money is and help a farmer in need. On Sept. 29, the Tacoma Farmers Market and South Sound Eats are sponsoring a fund-raiser for The Bee Lady, aka Chanetta Ludwig, whose husband, Peter, died unexpectedly in August at their Lakebay farm, leaving behind seven children Read more
Jun. 19, 2009 at 9:30pm
Mobile slaughter trailer means more local meat for local markets
Schools and food banks can now be served by USDA-approved unit
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Farming and growing
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Puget Sound Meat Producers Cooperative cut the ribbon on its USDA-approved mobile slaughtering unit Friday, opening new avenues for western Washington farmers to get their meat to market -- and for local farmers to work together. Read more
Jun. 18, 2009 at 2:10pm
Honoring thy ingredients: So close, so fresh
Farm-fresh ingredients are in our backyard
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Farming and growing
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Saturday night's Honor Thy Farmer dinner featured fresh, flavorful and respectfully prepared food. It was a community meal that took a village of foodies to get the bounty to the table. Read more
Jun. 12, 2009 at 1:46pm
Divine auction items at Honor Thy Farmer dinner
Reserve your seat through South Sound Eats and save $50
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Eating with Ed, Farming and growing, Tacoma
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If the farm-fresh menu for Saturday's Honor Thy Farmer fund-raiser for the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra hasn't yet convinced you to purchase your tickets -- deliciously discounted at $100 per person, only through South Sound Eats -- then some of the live auction items may entice your appetite. Here is a list of the foodie goodies up for bid Saturday night, as generously donated by farmers and chefs alike. Read more
Jun. 10, 2009 at 8:04am
Get a taste of Honor Thy Farmer
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Eat Well, Do Good, Farming and growing, Tacoma
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Tickets are still available for Saturday's Honor Thy Farmer dinner, the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra's spring fund-raiser that features top South Sound chefs preparing the bounties of some of the South Sound's finest farms. Honor Thy Farmer takes place Saturday starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Sharon M. McGavick Student Center at Clover Park Technical College in Lakewood. Read more
May. 27, 2009 at 7:33pm
Honor Thy Farmer: A black-tie farm-to-table benefit
South Sound chefs cook the bounty of South Sound farmers
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Eating with Ed, Farming and growing, Tacoma
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Five South Sound chefs will prepare the bounties of five South Sound farms in a black-tie farm-to-table dinner benefiting the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra on June 13. Read more
May. 4, 2009 at 11:43am
Farmer fears people, not pigs
Cheryl the Pig Lady protects her pigs from humans
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Farmers Markets, Farming and growing, Tacoma
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As swine flu fears spread, Cheryl the Pig Lady's pork is flying out of her coolers.
"Pork chops, breakfast links -- sold out," Cheryl Ouellette, the Summit pig farmer, told me Saturday at the Proctor Farmers Market in Tacoma. "We're selling like crazy. Everything's fine."
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Apr. 29, 2009 at 8:39am
Calling farm-friendly chefs
Tacoma Farmers Market seeks Chef Off contestants
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Farmers Markets, Farming and growing, South Sound Eats, Tacoma
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Tacoma's Broadway Farmers Market, GoLocal Tacoma and South Sound Eats are looking for a few farm-friendly chefs to compete in a live, local cooking contest using farm-fresh meat, seafood, vegetables and fruit. Chef Off happens May 21, when the downtown Thursday market opens its season.
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Apr. 28, 2009 at 2:25pm
Tacoma Reads Together goes to the movies
Food-themed films on the menu this week
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Farming and growing, Tacoma, Tacoma Reads Together
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Tacoma Reads Together shifts into movie mode this week, with screenings of five food-themed films chosen to complement "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle," Barbara Kingsolver and her family's account of a year spent on a farm growing their own food and nurturing their own lives.
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Apr. 28, 2009 at 8:51am
Got a yen to keep hens? Cluck here
Learn everything from coops to poop at chicken management class
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Farming and growing
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I'd just finished reading a farmer's take on an egg shortage and "eggonomic downturn" on Vashon Island when this news release landed in my in-box: "WSU Puyallup Extension & the Pierce Conservation District are offering 'Chicken Management 101: Small-Scale Egg Production.' The course is designed for home egg producers but is also applicable to small-scale farmers looking to start producing eggs. The course will cost $20 per family to cover printing costs."
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Apr. 24, 2009 at 9:22am
Chefs shoot for fund-raising stars
Broadway Center event is May 3, Tacoma Symphony Orchestra June 13
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Farming and growing, Tacoma
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It's spring gowns and tuxes season for local arts organizations and the foodies who help support them. Coming May 3 is Tacoma's Broadway Center for the Performing Arts' "Star Chefs 2009," a benefit featuring the food of three top South Sound restaurants -- El Gaucho, Maxwell's Speakeasy + Lounge and Brix 25. Read more
Apr. 2, 2009 at 1:47pm
Buy into local coffee-n-juice joint
Pre-paid drink cards to raise construction funds for Lecy-Davis/Satellite Coffee concept
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Cool Things, Farming and growing, South Sound Eats, Tacoma
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I stood on the chalk outline of Satellite Coffee Co.'s second satellite coffee bar Tuesday night. It was no downtown death scene. Rather, it was the birth of an interesting idea, a barn-raising way of raising money in depressing times. Read more
Mar. 12, 2009 at 1:29pm
Meat producers coop holds first meeting
Group comprised of ranchers, farmers, butchers, restaurant owners
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Farming and growing
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While the Puget Sound's first mobile slaughter vehicle rolls toward completion, the nonprofit group of local ranchers, farmers, butchers, restaurant owners behind the USDA-approved abittoir will hold its inaugural meeting on Saturday.
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Mar. 4, 2009 at 2:27pm
Food-focus book club digs into 'Animal, Vegetable, Miracle'
Ravenous Readers Book Club starts monthly discussion series
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Farming and growing, Media, Tacoma, Tacoma Reads Together
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Tacoma's new food-inspired book club holds its first of monthy book discussion Thursday night at Kings Books. Ravenous Readers Book Club, spearheaded by Kings Books and Exit133.com's Whitney Rhodes, will explore sustainable issues near and dear to South Sound Eats' stomach: growing food locally, the impact of commercial agriculture, and growing communities.
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Feb. 24, 2009 at 9:51am
Squealing for slaughter trucks
Cheryl the Pig Lady pushes for mobile units to beef up the market for local farmers' products
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Farming and growing, Tacoma
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While automakers and farmers stand at opposite ends of America's fruited plain, Cheryl Ouelette is closing a deal on a meaty big wheeler: a USDA-approved mobile slaughtering truck-and-trailer rig that she and other farmers believe will breathe life into the sales and distribution of local meat in our local market, feeding not only Puget Sound chefs and restaurants, but retail consumers and food banks. Read more
Feb. 23, 2009 at 10:25am
Farmers marketing blooms
Tacoma market chooses art contest winner
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Artisan Food, Farmers Markets, Farming and growing, Tacoma
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Nothing hails spring on the horizon like a farmers-market-fresh poster in my in-box. Tacoma Farmers' Market announced the winner of its 2009 art contest: Noah Struthers’s pencil drawing. The press release follows, and I'm off to transcribe my interview with Cheryl the Pig Lady about her work on a mobile slaughter vehicle that'll bring more local meat to market -- farmers markets and local restaurants included.
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Feb. 4, 2009 at 12:01am
Tahoma farmers hold fund-raiser to buy Orting Valley Farm tract
Organic project could be a model for farm preservation efforts in Pierce County
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Farming and growing
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Some farmers hold barn raisings. Tahoma Farms, Pierce County's newest organic farm, is having a raising -- not for a barn, but for a farm itself. Read more
Feb. 3, 2009 at 10:46pm
Austria's Rebel Farmer coming to the South Sound
Sepp Holzer defies the government and the climate to nurture his eco-paradise
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Farming and growing
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Five thousand feet in the frigid alps, in the "Siberia of Austria," Sepp Holzer has nurtured a self-sustaining landscape that needs no irrigation, fertilizers, pesticides or weeding -- a family farm that produces vegetables, nuts, mushrooms, poultry, pork, and fruit, including citrus. How does he do it? Meet the man dubbed The Rebel Farmer and learn for yourself, when Holzer visits the South Sound Feb. 19 through March 14 for a series of lectures and hands-on workshops.
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Feb. 1, 2009 at 12:42am
Puyallup Valley farmer is a finalist in White House Farmer quest
Mother Earth Farm's Carrie Anne Little earned 15 percent of votes in a close race
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Farming and growing
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Carrie Anne Little of Puyallup Valley's Mother Earth Farm is one of three finalists whose names will be submitted to the Obama administration for consideration for the proposed role of White House Farmer. Read more
Jan. 25, 2009 at 11:51am
Hope to hoe: Local farmer leads vote for symbolic White House gig
Carrie Anne Little wants to sow America's spirit -- 'and Lord have mercy on what it's gonna produce'
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Farming and growing
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The first thing Carrie Anne Little wants to do is rip up the White House lawn. "I'd start ripping out the grass -- start digging," the farmer said. "We would flip it over and start composting it."
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Jan. 16, 2009 at 1:53pm
Cooking up ideas for Tacoma Reads Together
Kingsolver's 'Animal, Vegetable, Miracle' highlights this year's program
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Farming and growing, Tacoma, Tacoma Reads Together
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I spent two hours this morning at Tacoma Public Libray's downtown Main Library in a meeting room with about 30 local food activists, educators, farmers and policy people talking about a book -- Barbara Kingsolver's acclaimed "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life" -- and how our community can create programs and events that bring people together around the food we eat, share and, hopefully, grow. Read more
