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Black Hills Local Foods

Url:	http://blackhillslocalfoods.wordpress.com
Author(s):	Robin Englehart-Bagley
Language:	English
Tags:	Local Foods, Gardening, Growing Food
Description:	This blog helps connect folks interested in growing/finding local foods in the Black Hills region of South Dakota. We talk about gardening, composting, chickens, eggs, milk, making cheese, preserving food, canning/drying, meat, baking bread, fruit, jams/jellies and the philosophy of why local food systems are necessary.
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Pies and Wine

We made pies tonight for our Thanksgiving celebration tomorrow, left to right: rhubarb, pumpkin (2) and apple. The wines are from California, Missouri and Washington. Wishing everyone a happy and s...more

2009-11-25

Celebrate Local Foods this Thanksgiving

We’ve decided to incorporate more local foods into our Thanksgiving celebration this year. What better way to give thanks for all the bounty that surrounds us than to seek out and prepare loc...more

2009-11-21

Raw Milk Comments

Remember to get those comments into the Department of Ag within the next 10 days. You can email your comments to Darwin Kurtenbach at darwin.kurtenbach@state.sd.us or Tony Shumaker at tony.shumaker...more

2009-11-16

Update – Raw Milk Rules

Just a quick reminder that if you haven’t yet sent in your comments on the proposed raw milk regulations, there is still time to do so. The hearing is Nov. 17, and the state will take comment...more

2009-11-12

New Proposed Regs for Raw Milk

I received this email today from Lila Streff, owner of the dairy where I have bought both milk and cheese. Her operation is small, clean and quality. These proposed regulations will adversely impac...more

2009-11-05

Local foods would help alleviate hunger

One in every six people on the planet suffers from hunger. Think about that figure, 17 percent of the world. Two weeks ago the United Nations World Food Programme reported that more than one billio...more

2009-10-30

Soup’s On

The arrival of cold weather signals the beginning of soup season; there’s just something about a bowl of hot soup that warms the soul as well as the body. Luckily, you can make soup from abou...more

2009-10-25

Garlic Planting

Today I planted garlic for the first time; with luck, I’ll have green shoots popping up next spring. The bulbs are lightly mulched with leavs and pine needles, but will require a heavier cov...more

2009-10-18

Take Action to Support Local Foods

As all we food subversives know, our food system has been hijacked by designer-suit-wearing CEO’s who make a lot of money by paying farmers a pittance, processing the heck out of raw ingredie...more

2009-10-17

Grape Jelly

No, I didn’t harvest any grapes from my solitary vine; it will be another two years before I can do that, but I did make some grape jelly. In fact, I made two batches, one from store-bought p...more

2009-10-11

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