http://kitchengardens.net Where Food, Cooking and Politics Meet Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:44:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am adding this video player here to see if it is intuitive enough to adjust its content to match that of this blog. If it doesn't I will pull it. This is a test to determine how best to serve videos to all who visit this site. Watch the ... http://kitchengardens.net/2008/09/03/video-player-test/ Things have been busy around here this summer and in usual fashion I have made some videos. Here's a collection of old and new: [tags]farming, agriculture, animals, livestock, gardening, vegetables, pigs, hogs, pork, cattle, sheep, lamb, beef, sustainability[/tags] http://kitchengardens.net/2008/08/23/new-farm-videos/ I've been busy cooking up a storm in Kitchen Studio and here is a collection of cooking videos, old and new. [tags]cooking, food, kitchen studio, podchef, gastrocast, culinary podcast, cooking school, cookery school[/tags] http://kitchengardens.net/2008/08/23/new-cooking-videos/ Here's a short video on the current salmonella issue: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZU2aKX8Zdg[/youtube] [tags]salmonella, food borne illness, food contamination, tomatoes, jalapenos, rfid tags, nais, usda, fda, government screwups, farming, agriculture, commentary[/tags] ps--sorry if the video and image doesn't appear here on the page--the plugin isn't working correctly. It will some day, I hope. . . . http://kitchengardens.net/2008/07/28/salmonella-commentary/ A short film on a few thoughts on agriculture from my tractor seat. A View From the Field [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufD5RGrlhFA[/youtube] [video]http://media.libsyn.com/media/podchef/ViewFromField.mp4[/video] [tags]field, meadow, hay, grass, mowing, bailing, bailer, farming, agriculture, eu policy, work, summer, harvest, tractor[/tags] http://kitchengardens.net/2008/07/03/a-view-from-the-field/ Charlotte, our Leicester Longwool, has had her lambs, finally. The first week of June is very late to be lambing, but at least it should be nice and warm with plenty of grass. Should, I say, because this week has been more like March than June with cold, wet and ... http://kitchengardens.net/2008/06/10/twin-lambs/ This article on how Canton Ohio City Council came up with a new Anti-Tall Grass law set me off, so I wrote to the Council. To date I have heard nothing from any of the members. To the Canton City Council, I am writing to you about your newest victory over crime--the ... http://kitchengardens.net/2008/06/10/cut-the-grass-or-else/ The Kitchen Garden Press is proud to announce the release of its newest title: Henry's Stories. [tags]shaw island, stories, tales, lulu.com, henry hoffman, kitchen garden press, kitchen garden network, depression era, world war two, farming, fishing, homesteading[/tags] http://kitchengardens.net/2008/06/03/kitchen-garden-press-book-release/ Yesterday, I spent the day on the mainland. 8 Hours of purchasing feed, food and supplies to keep us for the next two or three weeks until I get in again. It is a high pressure game of get as much done in the time you get on the mainland ... http://kitchengardens.net/2008/05/15/tracking-pigs-with-dogs-or-how-could-i-have-gone-so-wrong/ A new video offering. I head out into the garden--in between cold spells and rain showers--and plant some potatoes. [video]http://media.libsyn.com/media/podchef/Spuds_FinalMix.mp4[/video] [tags]podchef, gastrocast, planting, gardening, food, growing, potatoes, spuds, farming, agriculture, sustainabilty, victory gardens[/tags] http://kitchengardens.net/2008/05/08/podchef-plants-spuds/