If your honest answer is “yes,” consider attending the following: Sierra Club—Great Falls, Northern VA Chapter invites you to see BAG IT, an award-winning documentary about the effects of plastics on our personal health & the environment. It is the story of a man who makes a pledge to stop using plastic bags at the grocery store and how …

I am excited to have joined Jen Cole at Clean Fairfax part-time as a program manager with a focus on our Clean Streams Initiative. It’s great to be working again with an environmental non-profit (see bio on Clean Fairfax website). I feel I can extend my own zeal for environmental stewardship and urban sustainability to …

Sunchoke and Spinach Soup 3 ½ cups scrubbed and peeled sunchokes, cut into 1-inch pieces [Tuscarora Mountain Farm, Spring Run, PA] 3 cloves of garlic 1 medium yellow onion, cut into 1-inch pieces [Porter Farm, Elba, NY] 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 cup spinach 2 cups whole milk 2 cups vegetable broth ½ teaspoon salt …

[Sorry about the hiatus, friends! Here’s something to warm you up after the snow!] Butternut Squash, Purple Carrot & Broccoli Bowl with Chipotle Almond Sauce For the Bowl: 1 Bowl. But also… 1 small butternut squash [The Farm at Sunnyside, Washington, VA] 1 large purple carrot [Second Spring Farm, Wheatland, VA] 1 tablespoon olive oil …

Creamy Mushroom, White Bean & Rosemary Soup with Rosemary & Sea Salt Flatbread Flatbread: 1 cup warm water 1 package (1 tablespoon) active dry yeast ½ teaspoon sugar ½ teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon honey 2-2 ¼ cups flour 3-4 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, chopped [Shenandoah Herbs, Harrisonburg, VA] Coarse sea salt, for …

OK, so I’m stretching it a little bit with the puns today. Whatever. BBQ Pulled Sweet Potato Sandwiches With Collard Green Coleslaw Coleslaw (Make this first) 3-4 cups collard greens [Kirby Farms, Mechanicsville, VA] ¼ teaspoon salt 1 medium Pink Lady apple [Crown Orchard, Batesville, VA] 1 medium carrot [Van Dessel Farms, Accomack, VA] ½ …

Sweet Potato and Acorn Squash “Nachos” 1 Covington sweet potato [Scott Farms, Lucama, MD] ½ acorn squash [Leone Farm, Vineland, NJ] 1 tablespoon olive oil 1-1 ½ teaspoon Southwest Seasoning [Von Brake Spices, Deep River, CT] ¾ cup refried beans ½ cup black beans 2-3 tablespoons salsa (I used black bean and corn salsa, because …

Roasted Beet, Watercress, and Ricotta Grilled Cheese 1 Beet [Van Dessel Farm, Accomack, VA] Just a little bit of olive oil, salt, and pepper 1-2 tablespoons butter 2 slices of bread Some fresh mozzarella cheese Some Ricotta cheese A handful of watercress [Mock’s Farm, Berkeley Springs, WV] Before you start grilling any cheese, peel, slice, …

Grapefruit Cornmeal Cake Cake: 1 ½ sticks unsalted butter, melted and cooled (plus more for greasing) 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour ½ cup cornmeal [from Woodson’s Mill, Lowesville, VA] 1 ½ cups granulated sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoon salt 3 large eggs 1 tablespoon finely grated grapefruit zest plus 1/3 cup fresh grapefruit …

Women Laughing Alone With Salad. Fall Vegetable Salad Salad: 2 cups red oakleaf lettuce – Fresh2o, Stevensburg, VA 1 medium fall carrot – Van Dessel Farms, Accomack, VA (Honey herb butter roasted, recipe to follow) 1 small apple (CrimsonCrisp, maybe?), chopped – Rock Hill Orchard, Mt. Airy, MD 1 ½ tablespoons dried cranberries 1 ½ …