July 2012

Free HD Video Profile For FarmPlate Customers - Shoot Scheduled for September
Jul 11, 2012 customers 0 comments
In collaboration with UVM and Imagine That Productions, FarmPlate is organizing a video shoot scheduled for this September. All FarmPlate customers will be eligible to schedule time with a professional videographer at a to-be-determined location in Burlington, Vermont. The videographer will shoot and edit a 3-minute HD video to help you promote your business. (Your edited video will be available approximately 2 to 4 weeks after the event.)  Please email Jeff Gangemi at jgangemi@farmplate.com if you are interested in participating, and we will send you details. The shoot is scheduled for Monday, September 24 and will take place in downtown Burlington, Vermont at the...
The FarmPlate Young Farmers Series: Adrianna Moreno From Wild Garden Seed
Jeff Gangemi Jul 09, 2012 Adrianna Moreno 0 comments
  NAME: Adrianna Moreno FARM: Wild Garden Seed AGE: 25 Please provide some brief background information about your farm — in your opinion, what makes it special or unique? Wild Garden Seed is a certified organic seed company based in Philomath, OR that breeds and grows open pollinated varieties of lettuce, mustards, kale and chicory among many others. The farming community and its supporters are an inspiring facet of being here, but the breeding work done on-site everyday is a unique and dynamic process. The politics of seed crop production are treacherous which makes this an exciting time to be involved in  organic and open pollinated seed crop production. Why do you...
The FarmPlate Young Farmers Series: Doug DeCandia From the Food Bank for Westchester Food Growing Program
Jeff Gangemi Jul 05, 2012 Doug DeCandia 0 comments
NAME: Douglass DeCandia FARM: Food Bank for Westchester Food Growing Program AGE: 26 Give a description of your farm and how you got into farming: The Food Growing Program is a production operation and a vocational program.  At each of our gardens, I, along with students, inmates and community volunteers grow food which is donated to the Food Bank and distributed throughout the county to individuals experiencing hunger.  We have gardens on five sites throughout Westchester County (NY) including: 1) Leake & Watts - school for emotionally disabled youth (Yonkers) 2) Woodfield Cottage - school and juvenile corrections facility (Valhalla) 3) Westchester County Jail -...
Farm to Table at Greens Restaurant in San Francisco: What’s On Your Plate?
Jeff Gangemi Jul 03, 2012 Greens Restaurant 0 comments
Greens Restaurant was a pioneer in establishing vegetarian cuisine in the United States. Long affiliated with the San Francisco Zen Center (for many years, Zen students were the only employees at the restaurant), Greens has traditionally been a place for students to work together, extending their Buddhist practice into the workplace. Serving local and healthy food goes hand-in-hand with the restaurant’s service orientation. "Sourcing locally, organically and sustainably is the heartbeat of Greens,” says Executive Chef Annie Somerville. “We support our local growers and producers, and they in turn support their families, employees and the greater community,” she says. Somerville has earned a...
Chelsea Green Publishing To Provide Discounted Business Resources to FarmPlate Customers
Jul 01, 2012 Business Advice for Organic Farmers with Richard Wiswall 0 comments
FarmPlate is pleased to announce that our friends and neighbors at Chelsea Green Publishing have offered a generous 35% discount on two new books to our FarmPlate customers. This exciting promotion is designed to provide valuable food and agriculture-related content at an affordable price — and you get to support a great independent, employee-owned publisher in the process. Since 1984, Chelsea Green has been publishing some of the foundational books about organic farming, homesteading, and food and agricultural systems, as well as the politics and practice of sustainability. We're excited about our emerging partnership with them and hope you are too! Chelsea Green is extending a "pre-...