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• Giant pineapples revisited

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  Recently, farmer Margie and I were invited over to The Lettuce Farm to pick some pineapples. Really! Farmer Tim Rowan has all kinds of fruit growing during the summer, when it’s too hot for lettuce and cabbage. Whenever you visit a farm for the first time, the farmer will take [...]
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• MMMM Brunch with Les Dames

  You just had to say MMMM at the annual Tropical Brunch that Les Dames d’Escoffier held recently at the lushly landscaped Schnebley Redland’s Winery. Celebrating local agriculture was the theme this year, and there was quite the assortment of fresh vegetables at the salad table. The highlights were large colorful [...]
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• Bringing the message home

  *** Part Two of two *** McArthur “genius prize” winner Will Allen spoke about his work in urban farming on a recent book tour. Here is part two, about his influence on a local non-profit. In the audience were a number of people deeply involved in our fledgling local food [...]
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• The revolution is here

  The food system is broken and we have to start a new food system. The way to do that is through urban farming. By growing healthy food, we also grow healthy people and communities. That’s essentially the message Will Allen gives in The Good Food Revolution, his new book that’s [...]
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• Treasures in the weeds

  CSA members gathered at Bee Heaven Farm recently for Gleaning Day. They brought potluck dishes to share, and bags and containers for their loot. Because on Gleaning Day, you’re allowed to forage for your veggies. The challenge is to find what’s left. To the uninitiated, frondy carrot tops look like [...]
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• The Good Food Revolution

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  Thursday, May 10, 2012 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public Pioneering urban farmer and MacArthur “Genius Award” winner Will Allen had no intention of ever becoming a farmer. But after years in professional basketball and as an executive for Kentucky Fried Chicken and Procter & Gamble, Allen cashed [...]
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• Brunch in Paradise

  May 13th, 2012 11:00 am – Farm tour 12:00 pm - Lunch This is the last Brunch in Paradise for the season! It’s is an ideal outing to celebrate Mother’s Day. Begin with a light tour of the farm by owner Gabriele Marewski. Then enjoy a delicious upscale family style meal [...]
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• Memories of a moveable feast

  About 50 people registered for the Slow Food Miami Farm Bike Tour last week. It was a pretty good day for a bike ride, and even better for munching your way around the neighborhood. The Miami Herald sent a reporter/photographer, who took pictures at Bee Heaven Farm and Paradise Farms. [...]
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• Bagging the beans

  Early on the last Friday of the CSA season, the sun rose steadily in the sky, and late season tomatoes in vegetable beds overrun with weeds glittered with the last fat drops of morning dew. Inside the big metal barn at Bee Heaven Farm, work had already started on packing [...]
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• Dinner in Paradise

  Sunday April 29, 2012 Cocktail reception at 6:00 pm Dinner at 7:00 pm Chefs: Sergio Sigalia (Cecconi’s) Paula DaSilva (1500Ëš at Eden Roc) Thorsten Leighty (Eden Roc) Enjoy the last Dinner in Paradise of the season!  Paradise Farms hosts a five course meal prepared by local celebrity chefs in the [...]
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