From the planting and harvesting cherry tomatoes for the school cafeteria - to wind power - the new Oak Bluffs school garden is the subject of Susie Middleton's blog on Fine Cooking Magazine's website.

check it out....

http://blogs.taunton.com/fc-farmtofork?entry=63

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exec. director Island Grown Initiative

Island Grown Initiative's inspiration, friend and supporter - Bruce Dunlop is in today's WSJ featuring Lopez Island's USDA approved mobile slaughtering unit. Proof positive that together - small steps in our own backyards can make meaningful progress in supporting small family farmers and provide good food for our tables.



Read about it at...



http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122054916174600403.html?mod=hpp_us_pageone



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It's inevitably hot and hectic, dusty and bittersweet - these four days of waning summer on the Vineyard during the Agricultural Fair held in West Tisbury, Massachusetts.



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