Goodlifer: Exploration

The first great thing about being part of a CSA is knowing exactly where your food is coming from, and actually being able to visit your future salad while it is still growing in the field. It’s been nearly four months since I embarked on this culinary journey, and it has been something of an adventure. cont.

CSA: Foraging at Paisley Farm

One of the added benefits of joining a CSA is the ability to pay a visit to the farm where your food will be grown. Mine, Paisley Farm in Tivoli, NY, just decided to start a CSA this year. To introduce their members to the farm, the farmers, the land and each other they decided to organize a series of foraging excursions. cont.

Habana Outpost

This past weekend, Habana Outpost celebrated its season opening with an Earth Day Expo, featuring kids’ activities, outdoor film screenings, an eco fashion show, workshops, local vendor booths and live music. cont.

Casa Barranca

There are some places where you just feel like the world stops turning for a minute and all the worries in the world seems to just disappear into the sunset. Casa Barranca in Ojai, California is such a place. Located on a seemingly perfect plot of land on one of the amazing vast hillsides of the area, the main estate was designed by architects Greene and Greene for oil man and Pratt Institute endower Charles Pratt in 1909. cont.

Cain Vineyard

Driving up the winding road to our destination I am slightly appalled by the speed at which the locals here take the hillside curves. I guess practice makes perfect.On top of the Spring Mountain District, overlooking St. Helena, is Cain Vineyard & Winery. cont.