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Backroads America: Tanana Valley Farmers Market

06/05/2019•Alaska, backroads, Travel

Alaskan Made or Grown

The Tanana Valley Farmers Market in Fairbanks, Alaska, is the only market in Alaska that requires all products sold be made, grown, or have value added in Alaska.

There are indoor and outdoor vendors selling art, crafts, produce, food products, clothing, jewelry, and other products.

A variety of ethnic food booths are doing business at the market. But don’t look for a Coke or Pepsi. They aren’t made in Alaska.

One of my sisters is a vendor. Her business, Ruth’s Rocks, sells painted rocks and glassware.

If you visit the Fairbanks area in the summer, look for the market on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Say hello to my sister. Buy Alaskan.

Locavore

12/21/2018•food, New York, rural

I Learned a New Word Today

Locavore

I was schooled today by friends at Kinderhook Farm in Columbia County, New York on the definition of the word “locavore.” Apparently I am behind the times when it comes to the food scene.

A locavore is a person who’s diet consists mainly of locally grown and/or produced food, including meat, vegetables, and fruit.

Celebrity Chef Eddie G, who was visiting Kinderhook Farm, prepared a wonderful meal from local ingredients. He is currently developing a series focusing on the local food movement.

The grass fed beef, with a tangy mustard sauce, was from Kinderhook Farm, which also sells eggs, lamb, pork, and chickens at its farm store. The salad greens were locally grown.

Desert included apple cider doughnuts from Golden Harvest Farm in Valatie, New York.

Paired with great company, including one of my sisters and a millennial niece, the meal was delicious and a true endorsement to eating locally grown foods.

Color Your World 2018: 120 Days of Crayola – Mahogany

01/03/2018•fruit, Gardens, Photography

Mahogany

Fruit and Vegetable Market, Columbia County, New York

Farm Stand in Hudson River Valley, New York.

Join Jennifer’s Color Your World 2018: 120 Days of Crayola, a 4 month (January 1, 2018 to April 30, 2018) blogging challenge event. Each day has a new color theme based on a crayon color in Crayola’s box of 120 crayons.  Today, Crayola’s newest color:  Bluetiful

Mundane Monday #119

07/24/2017•fruit, nature, Photography

Blueberries

Blueberries, Columbia County, New York

Blueberries are native to North American.  Peak berry production varies from May to August, depending upon local conditions such as altitude and latitude.

Join Trablogger’s Mundane Monday #119

Mundane Monday #100

03/14/2017•food, Photography

A Weighty Subject

Fruit scales, Columbia County, New York

Mundane Monday #100

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