Dear Countryside Community, As the year winds down, Countryside is warming up to big changes. On November 30, the Countryside board of trustees met to elect all new leadership for the organization. This new board is made up of Countryside Initiative farmers, farmers’...
“Food system” is no longer an unfamiliar term to most of us. In the days after the pandemic started it was hard to miss headlines, notices at the grocery store, or conversations with friends about how much our routines around food changed—and how much of it wasn’t...
Don’t click away just because you see the word winter. It’s coming and we have to deal with it eventually. One way to make the harsh realities of winter a little lighter is to keep some of your warm-weather routines, and visiting the farmers’ market can be one of...
It may be easier to ask what’s not in season rather than asking what produce is in season in Ohio during the summer! If you have a favorite fruit or vegetable, it’s likely to be at its best in the summer. As you gear up for cookouts, parties and summer holidays, check...
When you think “farmers’ market” do picturesque images of a weekend morning stroll through vendors’ tents with the sun shining and basket full of peaches, carrots with lush tops, and farm fresh eggs pop into your mind? Same. Maybe we fantasize about what it’s like to...
