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A Duck of My Own 26 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Minowa Farms at the Earth Day Market. Way too much fun to not stop and say hello! Each month I pick up a bag of brown rice from Minowa Rice Field at the Earth Day Market. The rice is good, and it's o...
Tokyo Farmers Markets: Saturday, August 24th and Sunday, August 25th 23 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Honey at the Earth Day Market. So sweet, so delightful. Hot weather is tomato, okra, and eggplants beloved friend, but I can't say it's mine. I'm more like cabbage and kale, cool weather fans that re...
Thursday Snapshot: My First Garden 22 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
A snapshot of my first garden in Michigan. Spring, 2002. We moved to rural Michigan in the spring of 2002 after I finished graduate school. An old farmhouse on family property stood in need of inhabi...
Natural Farming Article in Permaculture Magazine 21 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Cover of Permaculture Magazine, Issue 77. Our visit this past spring to Hamma Farm in Nara Prefecture is one of the most amazing trips I've taken yet. While there were no great peaks to scale, rushin...
Takayama's Morning Markets: Reprise 19 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
This post first appeared here on January 10, 2011 after a fantastic visit to this terrific old city. I dream of returning in summer or fall when I imagine those mountainsides are green and the markets...
Tokyo Farmers Markets: Saturday, August 17th and Sunday, August 18th 16 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Earth Day Market in June. Welcome to the most farmers-market-y weekend in Tokyo! Markets abound making choices of which one to attend a bit tricky. I'm a fan of the Nippori Market for its petite size...
Thursday Snapshot: My Dad and Gooby 15 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Dad and Gooby. February, 2011 I don't often share pictures of a personal nature here, but my Dad has a birthday this month. We haven't been able to be home with him to celebrate in a long time. If we...
Japan Farmers Markets in Outdoor Japan Summer Traveler 14 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Summer 2013 Issue I'm a firm believer that traveler's should work a visit to a local farmers market into their itineraries. It the best way to take a 'real' dip into Japanese culture and tradition wh...
Akigawa Farmers Market: A Review 12 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Akigawa Farmers Market I met Lionel Dersot earlier this year while researching a story about Tokyo fruit. His website said he offered tours and I was curious to see what I might find. Tokyo is, after...
Tokyo Farmers Markets: Saturday, August 10th and Sunday, August 11th 9 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Yoshio Kosaka, a Tokyo farmer, at Roppongi Ark Hills. He's got berries, eggs, watermelon and more! Temperatures are high, but adventure beckons at one of these great Tokyo farmers markets! Don't be s...
