‘Food’ Archives
Eat Your Leafy Greens!
By MARY ELLEN KALUZA Summer is in full swing, and our local farmers markets are bursting with the first produce of the season. For several weeks now, enterprising farmers with hoop houses have been supplying us with breathtaking spinach, stunning kale, lovely arugula, and delicious Hakurei turnips, with their yummy greens (a great twofer vegetable!). Fresh vegetables at the local farmers markets are almost always less expensive than in grocery stores, not to mention far more nutritious, as they haven”™t languished in a far-off warehouse for weeks before reaching our refrigerators. Most vegetables start to lose nutrients the minute they are picked, and can lose 50 percent or more in less than a week. So, buying directly from the farmer who was up pre-dawn picking those leafy greens gets you the maximum goodness for your dollar. WHY EAT GREENS? Greens are probably the most nutrient packed food group. They are a great source of important minerals (iron, [...]
Free Meals and Snacks for Kids
En la escuela y en otros sitios Comidas escolares nutritivas gratuitas/Iskuulada iyo meelo kaleba For more free meals for kids, download the “Free Meals for Kids” app on your smartphone! East Phillips Park Cultural and Community Center 2307 17th Ave S ”¢Tuesdays and Thursdays, June 15-August 12 ”¢Meal Bags will be provided from 5:00 PM- 6:00 PM Little Earth Residents Association (LERA) 2495 18th Avenue South ”¢Tuesdays and Fridays, July 2-August 13 ”¢Meal bags will be provided from 12:00 PM ”“ 1:00 PM Stewart Park 2700 12th Ave S ”¢ This summer food services program provides children nutritious meals during summer vacation (Monday through Friday) on behalf of the Minneapolis School District. It is free to all children aged 18 and younger. ”¢ Monday ”“ Friday, 1-2PM: snack; 5-6PM: dinner Weekly Meal Boxes Minneapolis Public Schools South High3131 S [...]
Cover Crop Seeds
RAISE YOUR VOICE By PETER MOLENAAR Peter Molenaar From time to time, readers of the alley are reminded that Wendell Phillips, our neighborhood”™s namesake, was an abolitionist. I will assert here that, were he still alive, he would be opposed to the ongoing oppression of the Palestinian people. Now days, this opposition to all forms of oppression circulates via this paper in surrounding communities, including the Land Stewardship Project (LSP) which maintains an office in the Powderhorn Neighborhood. The LSP is splendidly adept at mingling strains of progressive rural thought with the corresponding urban strains. Our nation”™s soil health is an overriding issue for the LSP. Why bother? Well, an estimated 1/3 of our topsoil has already washed away. The applied math does not bode well. But hey, just add more chemicals”¦ right? Wrong. Actually, the world”™s supply of phosphate is nearing exhaustion. (Note: President Biden has [...]
