It's the middle of July in Texas and temps have been over 100 for the last three weeks. While some crops might have slowed down, heat loving okra is just coming into season. When Paydon & Mariah told me that okra and garlic would be at the Acton Local Market today - I had to find a recipe. After a little searching, it seems that sauteed okra and garlic is a favorite! Now... hold on. My first and really only experience with okra was in ... Read the Post...
Sauteed Okra & Garlic
Local Connectedness
I can’t put my finger on when it started? or how it started? A few years ago, I was happily going to my favorite large chain grocery store to buy my organic produce. The drive, the shopping experience, even paying was completed without any human interaction at all thanks to self-checkout. I had no clue where the food was grown. A little empty and unsatisfying when I think about it now? What brought me from there to here? Today, I’m sitting ... Read the Post...
Hello Hood County
and our neighboring counties too! This is our brand new website, and I'm crazy excited about what this could become for all of us. My name is Shylo and I have two other passions, running the Meals On Wheels program at the Hood County Senior Center, and being the Outreach Pastor at The Bridge Church, so please bear with me as I try to keep up - Here's the dream, there will be a directory of local farmers and producers so that you ... Read the Post...