Growing in sync with nature

Growing in sync with nature

Ranch Foods Direct retail manager Melissa Hahnenberger is currently enrolled in a six-month permaculture design course, “Through the Seasons,” offered by Becky Elder, owner of Blue Planet Earthscapes. Here, Melissa, who maintains the demonstration garden...
One chef’s fish story

One chef’s fish story

Fishing boats in Providence Harbor, above. With a world class fishery right next door, one of the city’s best young chefs, Derek Wagner, started to wonder why his supplier wasn’t delivering locally caught seafood he could serve in his restaurant....

Recipe: Pat’s Corn Salsa

(courtesy of of Leona Espinoza’s sister-in-law Pat Johnston) Ingredients: 10 ears of corn 1/2 c. red onion, chopped 1/2 c. cilantro, chopped 2 jalapenos, seeded & chopped 4 T. lime juice 4 small avocados, chopped 3 Roma tomatoes, chopped 1 red bell pepper,...