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We love to share stories of friends, families – communities – coming together, as many are happily doing much more often these days, whether over garden, farm, table or stove. Maybe it’s the warm summer months or perhaps it could be the trend toward old-fashioned, whole food cooking – but whatever factors are to blame, we’re all about it!
When Markus Mead met Jennifer Bloeser, the avid surfer was working as a policy coordinator for the Surfrider Foundation. In many ways, surfing was his life, so it was only natural that he wanted to share it with his new girlfriend. When she finally caught a wave, he spotted the look of pure joy on her face, and he knew she was the one for him. Markus and Jennifer gathered everyone together on the farm for a weekend of surfing, camping and eating.
Lynne Curry has always considered herself a locavore, but her food choices changed drastically when she moved from the Washington coast to a grassland ranching community called Wallowa in Eastern Oregon. Near the coast, she had eaten mostly vegetarian, with some fresh fish now and then. But in Wallowa she found that eating responsibly and supporting her local community meant buying and eating grassland beef (in large “shares”). Drawing on prior culinary experience from stints working in several high-end Pacific Northwest restaurants such as The Herb Farm and Willows Inn, Curry created recipes for every cut of meat on the cow.