Blog Authors
Chris Baggott, Tyner Pond Farm
Chris is a former software executive who swears his purchase of the farm up the road from his house was not a midlife crisis, but a need to make a difference in a world gone crazy with industrial agriculture. As the only true farmer blogger at FarmersMarket.com, Chris gives us insights into the daily life of the farmer raising and selling chickens and beef in a natural, sustainable and humane manner. Chris is adamantly anti-corn and industrial agriculture. He’s the most informed among us about these issues, and blogs about life at Tynder Pond Farm and the pasture-raised cattle, pork, chicken, and eggs he sells to local customers.
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Chris is a former software executive who swears his purchase of the farm up the road from his house was not a midlife crisis, but a need to make a difference in a world gone crazy with industrial agriculture. As the only true farmer blogger at FarmersMarket.com, Chris gives us insights into the daily life of the farmer raising and selling chickens and beef in a natural, sustainable and humane manner. Chris is adamantly anti-corn and industrial agriculture. He’s the most informed among us about these issues, and blogs about life at Tynder Pond Farm and the pasture-raised cattle, pork, chicken, and eggs he sells to local customers.
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Sharon Long, Localvore Local Lore
Sharon has been interested in food for as long as she can remember. Her first cookbooks were Winnie the Pooh and Nancy Drew ones. To this day she’ll still choose a cookbook as her night-time reading material. More importantly, Sharon cares passionately about where and how our food is raised, and culturally how we view it in this modern age. A vegetarian for 24 years who now eats meat again, and a recent transplant from city to country, Sharon blogs about her struggles to raise some of her own food while exploring why we view food the way we do…and what it will take to make local food the food of choice for all.
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Sharon has been interested in food for as long as she can remember. Her first cookbooks were Winnie the Pooh and Nancy Drew ones. To this day she’ll still choose a cookbook as her night-time reading material. More importantly, Sharon cares passionately about where and how our food is raised, and culturally how we view it in this modern age. A vegetarian for 24 years who now eats meat again, and a recent transplant from city to country, Sharon blogs about her struggles to raise some of her own food while exploring why we view food the way we do…and what it will take to make local food the food of choice for all.
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April Dishon, Loving Local
April is a newbie to the local foods movement. As a mother, she is thoroughly enjoying her lovely henhouse with her rooster of nine years and is the proud mother hen to four chickadees. April is also a lover of all things dairy, which is why she is the self-proclaimed “Texas Dairy Queen.” Transitioning to eating locally grown healthy foods all year round is a decision that she is proud of, and one she writes about in her blog as she makes the transition one meal and farmers market at a time.
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April is a newbie to the local foods movement. As a mother, she is thoroughly enjoying her lovely henhouse with her rooster of nine years and is the proud mother hen to four chickadees. April is also a lover of all things dairy, which is why she is the self-proclaimed “Texas Dairy Queen.” Transitioning to eating locally grown healthy foods all year round is a decision that she is proud of, and one she writes about in her blog as she makes the transition one meal and farmers market at a time.
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Janet Monroe
Janet is a downtown urban dweller whose life is surrounded by miles of asphalt, brick and concrete. While there are no farms in sight, she’s a small town girl at heart and nothing sounds better in this fast-paced city to her than winding down with a home cooked meal at the end of a busy workday. She grows herbs on her high-rise balcony and whips up gourmet meals to entertain friends using the freshest ingredients she can find. Janet has slowing been joining the ranks of her vegetarian, tree-hugging, animal-loving friends and buying more organic, though she swears she’ll never give up her carnivorous ways. She is on a mission to save the planet one happy free-ranging organic chicken at a time. Her blog helps her do just that.
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Janet is a downtown urban dweller whose life is surrounded by miles of asphalt, brick and concrete. While there are no farms in sight, she’s a small town girl at heart and nothing sounds better in this fast-paced city to her than winding down with a home cooked meal at the end of a busy workday. She grows herbs on her high-rise balcony and whips up gourmet meals to entertain friends using the freshest ingredients she can find. Janet has slowing been joining the ranks of her vegetarian, tree-hugging, animal-loving friends and buying more organic, though she swears she’ll never give up her carnivorous ways. She is on a mission to save the planet one happy free-ranging organic chicken at a time. Her blog helps her do just that.
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Sarah Bartz, Growing Green and Eating Clean
Sarah ate well as a child, thanks to a respectful and healthy relationship with food, instilled by a wonderful upbringing. As an adult, her food choices were sometimes compromised, and she wasn't always eating the best foods for sake of time or pure laziness! Only recently, when she became the proud mother of a perfect little person, did she once again become concerned about what she and her family were consuming and where it was coming from. Sarah knows with a child, the time constraints and exhaustion are multiplied, but compromising the health and quality of our meals is no longer an option. Now it’s imperative to know exactly where our food is coming from and what is in it, as this mommy blogger learns as she investigates what, where and how farms, farmers markets and food impact our families and our lives!
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Sarah ate well as a child, thanks to a respectful and healthy relationship with food, instilled by a wonderful upbringing. As an adult, her food choices were sometimes compromised, and she wasn't always eating the best foods for sake of time or pure laziness! Only recently, when she became the proud mother of a perfect little person, did she once again become concerned about what she and her family were consuming and where it was coming from. Sarah knows with a child, the time constraints and exhaustion are multiplied, but compromising the health and quality of our meals is no longer an option. Now it’s imperative to know exactly where our food is coming from and what is in it, as this mommy blogger learns as she investigates what, where and how farms, farmers markets and food impact our families and our lives!
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Michelle Bruno, Getting Fresh With the Locals
Among other things, Michelle loves to write and she loves to eat. Ten years ago she was diagnosed with gluten intolerance and several other food allergies. Beloved foods had become enemies. While it didn't stop her from eating, her love affair with food took a hit. Fast forward to now: buying local and eating farm fresh goods has reignited her passion for food, and she is eagerly getting fresh with the locals.
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Among other things, Michelle loves to write and she loves to eat. Ten years ago she was diagnosed with gluten intolerance and several other food allergies. Beloved foods had become enemies. While it didn't stop her from eating, her love affair with food took a hit. Fast forward to now: buying local and eating farm fresh goods has reignited her passion for food, and she is eagerly getting fresh with the locals.
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Al Pearson, Live from Pearson Farm
When not blogging, Al Pearson serves as the president and managing director of Pearson Farm in Fort Valley, Georgia. The Pearson family has been growing sweet Georgia peaches and pecans on the same land as their great-great grandparents for over 100 years. For five generations, Pearson Farm has stood for honest values and traditional American Southern hospitality. Pearson Farm is ready to ship peaches, Georgia's signature fruit, and other farm fresh products, like onions, directly from their orchards to customers' front doors. And Al provides helpful tips and useful information about peaches and pecans in his FarmersMarket.com blog.
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When not blogging, Al Pearson serves as the president and managing director of Pearson Farm in Fort Valley, Georgia. The Pearson family has been growing sweet Georgia peaches and pecans on the same land as their great-great grandparents for over 100 years. For five generations, Pearson Farm has stood for honest values and traditional American Southern hospitality. Pearson Farm is ready to ship peaches, Georgia's signature fruit, and other farm fresh products, like onions, directly from their orchards to customers' front doors. And Al provides helpful tips and useful information about peaches and pecans in his FarmersMarket.com blog.
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Jenny Huston, Chef Jenny Huston's Blog
Chef Jenny Huston, a native of San Francisco, has 30 years of wide ranging experience in the restaurant and food services industry in San Francisco and New York City. She operated J. Huston Catering and consulting for 17 years, while earning academic degrees from San Jose State University in Dietetics, Food Sciences, and Management; and her Masters from New York University in Food Economics, Policy, and Food Systems, to support her work on issues of food equity, nutrition and social justice. In addition to teaching culinary arts at local community colleges and consulting, Jenny has worked with Project Open Hand in San Francisco, The Doe Fund, in New York City and Bay Area Community Services in Oakland, where she established the first Meals on Wheels farm to table program in the US. Jenny is a member of the Oakland Food Policy Council and the founder of Farm to Table Food Services in Oakland. Every week Jenny pulls together a comprehensive list of local food related articles and job listings, and posts it here for your convenience.
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Chef Jenny Huston, a native of San Francisco, has 30 years of wide ranging experience in the restaurant and food services industry in San Francisco and New York City. She operated J. Huston Catering and consulting for 17 years, while earning academic degrees from San Jose State University in Dietetics, Food Sciences, and Management; and her Masters from New York University in Food Economics, Policy, and Food Systems, to support her work on issues of food equity, nutrition and social justice. In addition to teaching culinary arts at local community colleges and consulting, Jenny has worked with Project Open Hand in San Francisco, The Doe Fund, in New York City and Bay Area Community Services in Oakland, where she established the first Meals on Wheels farm to table program in the US. Jenny is a member of the Oakland Food Policy Council and the founder of Farm to Table Food Services in Oakland. Every week Jenny pulls together a comprehensive list of local food related articles and job listings, and posts it here for your convenience.
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Kristina Woodside, Eating Green With Bean
Nicknamed “Bean” for unknown reasons, Kristina is our student blogger, as a senior in college who finds time to research and write about favorite farms between her classes and study time. Although she has shown a penchant for writing about wineries, she loves any kind of home-grown goodness that comes from a small farm. That’s partly due to growing up on a farm and partly to her good taste in good food! Kristina’s blogs get to the heart of what makes eating local such a delight because her enthusiasm for delicious and wholesome comes through in her writing.
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Nicknamed “Bean” for unknown reasons, Kristina is our student blogger, as a senior in college who finds time to research and write about favorite farms between her classes and study time. Although she has shown a penchant for writing about wineries, she loves any kind of home-grown goodness that comes from a small farm. That’s partly due to growing up on a farm and partly to her good taste in good food! Kristina’s blogs get to the heart of what makes eating local such a delight because her enthusiasm for delicious and wholesome comes through in her writing.
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Jordan Woodside, Wild About Local
Jordan started out blogging about farms and farmers markets while spending a summer in southern California. Doing so gave her the perfect opportunity to explore the area by getting to know the local food, farmers and cuisine. Now back home on the east coast, Jordan is teaching by day and eating good food by night, finding a favorite small farm or farmers market to learn and write about when she can carve out the time. And when she does, she both eats well and writes well, giving us flavorful descriptions of her favorite finds!
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Jordan started out blogging about farms and farmers markets while spending a summer in southern California. Doing so gave her the perfect opportunity to explore the area by getting to know the local food, farmers and cuisine. Now back home on the east coast, Jordan is teaching by day and eating good food by night, finding a favorite small farm or farmers market to learn and write about when she can carve out the time. And when she does, she both eats well and writes well, giving us flavorful descriptions of her favorite finds!
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Mike Harris, Local Farms Focus
Mike is less of a foodie than a fact finder. He loves digging up info on farms and farmers markets, getting to know them, and writing a quick post about them. Mike currently plans to learn about every farmer in the U.S., then to tackle the rest of the world. (Or so he told me with an evil laugh!) And it’s a good thing he’s so into learning about these farmers too…otherwise he’d spend all his spare time eating the good things he discovers!
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Mike is less of a foodie than a fact finder. He loves digging up info on farms and farmers markets, getting to know them, and writing a quick post about them. Mike currently plans to learn about every farmer in the U.S., then to tackle the rest of the world. (Or so he told me with an evil laugh!) And it’s a good thing he’s so into learning about these farmers too…otherwise he’d spend all his spare time eating the good things he discovers!
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