By joining our CSS, you put your seed dollars towards supporting a family-owned company committed to meeting your farming needs with high-quality organic seeds.High Mowing Organic Seeds also offers up some other gift ideas.
Keep Local Farms is an education and contribution program that connects consumers with local dairy farmers and encourages the purchase of local foods. It is a way to educate consumers about the value of local dairy farms, raise funds to support dairy farms throughout New England, and drive dairy sales.This Christmas season you can give a gift in honor of or in memory of someone special to you. By supporting Keep Local Farms you give them the gift of open spaces and access to local dairy products. When you make a contribution in honor of someone else, you will receive a certificate via email that can be easily printed and tucked into a holiday card.
which offers an overview of three areas; cleaning products, foods, and personal care products. Greening Your Family is a valuable reference guide for parents to make informed decisions about the consumable products we buy on a regular basis. Information is arranged in an easy-to-use format that allows readers to quickly find what they need. The book includes numerous tables and product lists, recipes for making homemade cleaners, and a variety of web-based resources. Perfect to bring to the store and consult while shopping, Greening Your Family offers busy families an important tool they can use for optimal health.
The book also raises awareness about the legislative landscape, where there is currently little governmental oversight around dangerous chemicals used in food, personal care, and cleaning products. Author Lindsey Carmichael explains how scary, shocking and outrageous this is, promotes advocacy on a grass roots level, and outlines how we can take action to make our families safer.Why I bring up this now is because you can purchase a Green Alliance membership AND Lindsey Carmichael's book together for just $40 (you do need to pick up this gift at the Green Alliance headquarters in Kittery, ME). What better way then to commit to a greener and healthier 2011, for yourself or a loved one?
Today I bring you Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol to introduce today's locavore gift idea:
"It's Christmas Day!" said Scrooge to himself. "I haven't missed it. The Spirits have done it all in one night. They can do anything they like. Of course they can. Of course they can. Hallo, my fine fellow!"
"Hallo!" returned the boy.
"Do you know the Poulterer's, in the next street but one, at the corner?" Scrooge inquired.
"I should hope I did," replied the lad.
"An intelligent boy!" said Scrooge. "A remarkable boy! Do you know whether they've sold the prize Turkey that was hanging up there -- Not the little prize Turkey: the big one?"
"What, the one as big as me?" returned the boy.
"What a delightful boy!" said Scrooge. "It's a pleasure to talk to him. Yes, my buck."
"It's hanging there now," replied the boy.
"Is it?" said Scrooge. "Go and buy it."
"Walk-er!" exclaimed the boy.
"No, no," said Scrooge, "I am in earnest. Go and buy it, and tell them to bring it here, that I may give them the direction where to take it. Come back with the man, and I'll give you a shilling. Come back with him in less than five minutes and I'll give you half-a-crown."
The boy was off like a shot. He must have had a steady hand at a trigger who could have got a shot off half so fast.
"I'll send it to Bob Cratchit's!" whispered Scrooge, rubbing his hands, and splitting with a laugh. "He shan't know who sends it. It's twice the size of Tiny Tim."A Christmas turkey! I happen to know a fine upstanding young man raising his own heritage breed turkeys. Nick Locke of Nick's Chicks is a 14 yr old boy who's passion is raising poultry. These turkeys have been raised with lots of love and good care. You will be able to purchase your very own Christmas turkey next Saturday, Decemeber 18th at the Wentworth Greenhouse Winter Farmers' Market from 10 am - 2 pm. What a stunning and delicious gift it will make.
Skunk Zoo is a fun book told in rhyme with bright cut paper illustrations and cut paper text. It is a family's trip to the imaginary Skunk Zoo where they see amazing skunks that not only look cute (and smell) but play instruments, dance ballet and more. We live in a wonderful part of rural New Hampshire. Last year, when Eowyn was 3, we went for a walk. Eowyn was next to me and her little sister was in her Mei Tai on my back. I told Eowyn that we should go to a zoo some day to see the animals. Eowyn said "I want to go to the Skunk Zoo". Starting with "What's that", and being shamed by the answer, "A zoo with skunks", I asked her questions all the way home.
While her sister napped and Eowyn enjoyed her daily quiet time, I wrote up the first draft of this book, based on the answers to all my questions. Later, I read it to her and fixed the parts where she saw literary weakness. As the book continued to develop, Eowyn continued to explain how it could be better. "No Daddy, it's not supposed to be a rock band". "It's been a rock band for months now, and the pictures are almost done". "Daddy, it's supposed to be a Skunk Ballerina." "Could I just add a Skunk Ballerina?" Every one of her creative improvements was incorporated, and all art was approved by her.I definitely know a little girl in my house who will be getting a copy for Christmas. What child in your family would love a copy of this unique book written by a pair of local authors?
. You also have the opportunity to purchase the book and have it autographed by both authors this Friday at the Calef's Store in Barrington, NH at their annual Holiday Soiree. The Soiree is taking place from 5 pm - 8 pm, you can buy your autographed copy of Skunk Zoo as well as enjoy wine tastings with local wineries, appetizers and school choir caroling. I'm sure you could fine some more local gifts at Calef's so you can check off even more of that shopping list!
Um...food again. Is that ok? I don't hear anyone complaining! Today I'm going to highlight Amelia Maes & Co. Dagne Goodwin, owner of Amelia Maes & Co., makes some fantastic jams and jellies and let's not forget the barbecue sauce!
Since it's December 1st I figured it's time to get thinking about gift ideas for the upcoming Christmas season. So throughout the month I will be featuring different ideas for stellar local gifts your friends and family will love to receive.
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