The Cook
Hi there! My name’s Jennie. I’ve been lucky enough to live just a couple blocks over from a great urban farm in the Mt. Airy section of Philadelphia that started me on what’s become an incredible journey in sustainable food and growing choices. I began volunteering at Weavers Way Farm in early spring of 2007 and quickly morphed into something more along the lines of a groupie. I’m eventually became the farm’s volunteer marketing manager and unofficial flower gal.
I spent nearly 200 hours working on the farm itself and selling its harvest during the 2007 season and fell so much in love with the urban agriculture scene that I decided to make a drastic career change in the spring of 2008. After several years in marketing and communications work, I am now working my way through a professional horticulture program at Longwood Gardens and freelance writing and designing for sustainabilty topics and local non-profits. The best part about the farm and being so involved in the “eat local” scene? The people! I’ve met an amazing crowd of highly energized and intellectual eaters and growers through this incredibly gratifying work.
From all of this, the blog was born and continues to thrive. I want to share with you my love of farming, locally harvested (i.e., FRESH!) produce, and creative cooking in a tiny (we’ve moved!) well-appointed Mt. Airy kitchen. Let’s feast on fresh together!
That’s me, walking up the hill in the lower field at the farm after harvesting flowers
That’s me, about 8 years old, frying up homemade potato chips in my PJs.
My family farm in Central PA
As for who I am outside of my efforts to support the farm, I’d like to think the following quote from Weaveworld by Clive Barker is applicable. “…She had that brand of pragmatism that would find her the first brewing tea after Armageddon.”
The Camera
Canon Digital Rebel XTi 10.1 MP Digital SLR with Canon EF 50 mmf/1.8II lens
Contact the Cook/Blog
straightfromthefarm(at)gmail(dot)com
