A Pick-Your-Own Farm Adventure & Apple Crisp Recipe

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When did apple picking become such a competitive sport? We went out with a couple of the kids and our grand kids this past weekend and when we pulled up to the farm driveway and saw lots of official looking men with flags to direct traffic and that cars were already overflowing into a new parking field at 10am, we kind of knew we might be in for a serious adventure. We noted all the “security” people and it just didn’t seem congruent with a day at the farm.

Green Divas Radio Links & Resources for the 4.7.12 Show

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   Here are a few of the links that were relevant to the 4.7.12 show The Green Divas on iTunes The Green Divas on Facebook The Green Divas on WMTR NATURAL EASTER EGG DYEING Find out how you can use all kinds of natural ingrediants to get those wonderful Easter colors in this great article about egg dyeing. Becky Striepe told [...]

Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food: Join a CSA

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Join the growing (pun intended) number of people who are participating in local CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture) and becoming part of the solution while improving your family’s health. Also known as “subscription farming,” getting a CSA share is a way for people to buy in-season products like fruits and vegetables and even meat from local [...]

Community Supported Agriculture is Growing Like a Weed!

There’s a new CSA forming in the Morristown area!  This is great news as shares are sold out in several other area CSAs.  What is a CSA?  CSA stands for community supported agriculture.  The basic idea is that a farmer grows for a group of members who have purchased shares in the harvest in advance [...]

Earth Day: Food for Thought

Is there anyone NOT sucked into the whirlwind of earth day hype? Is there anyone that isn’t thinking of how they can get their green on? Is anyone else feeling overwhelmed by it all? Us Green Divas area all about easy does it! If we make earth day more of a lifestyle and simply start [...]