THUNDER AND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED!!!

Looks like we'll be packing our rain boots for Bonnaroo. A playlist is being assembled and we need more suggestions for storm-related songs!

We're going to Bonnaroo - woo hoo!

We’ll have our own 10’ x 10’ plot of land in Planet Roo – where a select group of righteous groups will gather to share their good work. Naturally, some of us will be ducking out to see The Black Keys, Mastodon, Ozomatli and the mighty Metallica, but there will always be someone there to talk HOMEGROWN with folks.
If you’re going, stop by the HOMEGROWN booth, get some fun swag and sign up for a chance to be a part of the Bonnaroo Barbe-roo – the cookout that we are co-hosting with Sustainable Table. Our friends from Nashville Urban Harvest will be bringing locally-grown food for us to cook up – can’t wait!
Stay tuned for more news as it develops.

Brooklyn Backyard BBQ - A HOMEGROWN Affair

Our good friend Sarah arranged for us to have a really fun and inspiring gathering along the Gowanus canal in Carroll Gardens. There was plenty of yummy family farmer food at the grill, some lively local musical entertainment, and T-shirt silkscreening by local art cooperative Goldmine Sh*thouse. The best part, however, was the people who came out to support us, and to join the dialog about the sources of our food.
We're hoping to have more events in the upcoming months: potlucks, art shows, concerts, BBQs...what was your favorite gathering of the summer?

"I wrote a song about my girlfriend's pancakes"

I want to hang out with this guy. I can just picture him…Eyes that crinkle like soft leather when he laughs…a row of white, yet slightly crooked teeth...a guy who writes songs about his woman’s pancakes. He might play the guitar while sitting on his porch in – Chapel Hill? Bend, OR?, Brooklyn, maybe…
He didn’t just write a song about pancakes, he wrote a song about the blissful warmth that comes from a labor of love. He knows that it’s not just the fresh brown eggs and organic stone-ground flour that makes those pancakes so good. It’s the love and care of his girlfriend that makes them song-worthy.
I express my love through cooking – do you? My pilgrimage to the farmers market every week is my way of connecting to the earth and cooking connects me to those I love. At the market, I thoughtfully walk from tent to tent, composing a symphony of dishes. One thing I learned from my preacher mother (the best cook I know): Sometimes I don’t know how it will all come together, but I have faith that I’ll be guided by some divine culinary communique.