Here’s a group of people who take it upon themselves to go out and do, in order to promote local and sustainable foods as well as healthy eating. Cynthia, a reader of Bifurcated Carrots, sent me an email telling me about them and that she saw them at The Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello.
Farming in Egypt
Ashraf Al Shafaki has a blog called Egypt Farm.
He recently made a very interesting post about roasted watermelon seeds (that is if you can find a watermelon with seeds to roast anymore). He is interested in Egyptian heirloom fruits and vegetables.
The only example of an Egyptian heirloom I could think of was the Flat of Egypt beet (and only this after searching on the Internet).
Does anyone else have any ideas of Egyptian heirloom fruit and veg?
A Couple of New Blogs
A few new blogs I’ve recently come across:
Olives and Artichokes: Located in southern France written by Welsh expats. Great name for a food growing Blog!
The Extreme Gardener: A seed saver of 30 years! Organic and emphasizing permaculture. Located in Vermont, USA.
Mas Du Diable
Anyone reading Mas Du Diable please note their URL changed recently.
Make sure to update this in your RSS reader or bookmarks.
Tonopah Rob’s Vegetable Farm
I always like to draw attention to both new gardening/farming related blogs as well as local businesses. Tonopah Rob’s Vegetable Farm is both. Both his farm and his own vegetable stand are located just outside of Phoenix, Arizona. His emphasis is 100% natural farming (better than organic), together with interesting vegetable varieties and good prices. As well as direct sale of vegetables, he also offers a CSA plan where you buy vegetables in advance at a discount.
If you live in or near Phoenix, I would say his vegetable stand would be worth a visit. As I understand it, he also gives tours of his farm.
For the rest of us, he is a new face to welcome to the blogging community.
