Category Archives: Community Supported Agriculture

Cooking Up A Hurricane – Applesauce (Part 1)

Posted on October 8, 2016 by NearlyHomeGrown.com

Hurricane Matthew made landfall in the Carolinas this morning, just north of Charleston, SC, and more than 5″ of rainfall is expected for the Raleigh region over the next 24 hours.  With the cool, windy and very wet weather keeping … Continue reading →

Posted in Apples, Community Supported Agriculture, Food Preparation, Kitchen Implements, Local Farms, NC 10% Campaign, Pressure Cooker, Sustainable, Technology | Leave a comment

22+ Reasons to Love Stone Barns Center

Posted on May 8, 2016 by NearlyHomeGrown.com

There are many more reasons to love the Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture than the 22 that inspired this post, so after you have finished reading here, click on over to their site and see what the + … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Supported Agriculture, CSA, Dan Barber, Farms, Food Preparation, Jack Algiere, Recipe, Resources, Stone Barnes Center for Food & Agriculture, Sustainable, The Third Plate | Leave a comment

City Farm

Posted on January 23, 2016 by NearlyHomeGrown.com

“What if we ingeniously enriched that vacant land with waste wood products, waste food products and had a rich farm, employed local people to produce the healthy foods that community needs?” – Ken Dunn, founder of Resource Center and City … Continue reading →

Posted in Chicago Farm, City Farm, Community Supported Agriculture, Farms, Sustainable, Urban Farming, Urban Renewal | 1 Comment

A New Old Fashioned Barn Raising

Posted on December 20, 2015 by NearlyHomeGrown.com

I was researching a local farm that I am interested in purchasing from and ran across an article about their recent BarnRaiser.us campaign to improve the sustainability and profitability of their livelihood.  I was intrigued and wanted to learn more … Continue reading →

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