From Marla Vargas-Mundey We’ve learned to practice these two ideas in our house: 1. Kids who grow veggies eat veggies. 2. Kids who cook veggies eat veggies. In other words, […]
Modern Farmer Magazine on Wheatgrass Juice
On May 5, Modern Farmer’s Lynsey Grosfield published an open-minded report on the wheatgrass debate. “The consumption of immature wheat shoots—whether in a smoothie, in powderized and pill form, or in topical […]
Herb / Food Pairings from Nibblins
The Nibblins Specialty Food and Cookware store in Winchester just sent us this newsletter suggesting which herbs to use with which foods. Some of the pairings are surprising — and […]
Audley Farm — Nellie Custis Lived Here!
Last Tuesday night, ten of us Great Country Farmers went over the mountain for dinner at Audley Farm, which is the vast, rolling spread you see on your right as […]
Introducing LAJ Foods
At a wellness fair back in March, we were assigned to a table next to Marla Vargas-Mundey, the culinary artist behind LAJ Foods. She had kale chips that day, and […]
Beautiful Beans
Food is a little like music: it attaches itself to people and places and moments, usually poignant ones, so you wind up eating to remember, and your memories season the […]
Parsnip and Parsley Hash with Lemon and Fried Egg
From Cook With What You Have, by Katherine Deumling This is one of my favorite ways to eat parsnips. It takes about 10 minutes—start to finish! Scale up as needed. Serves […]
Bee Still Egg Comparison
Note: Bee Still Farmette is our only service point in the Manassas area. Chelsea here from Bee Still Farmette. I’ve decided to trade in my farm boots for a lab […]
Delicious Animal-free Eating
Marla was strategically positioned beside us at the Chicks Picks pop-up show last weekend, and it didn’t take us long to figure out that we should be working together. In […]
What Are Pulses?
A couple of years ago, members of the Food and Agriculture Organization at the United Nations were brainstorming ways to help millions of hungry people get more decent food, and […]
