Tag: buy local

  • CSAs: A New Way to Get Cheesy

    CSAs: A New Way to Get Cheesy

    Step aside, grocery stores and online shopping. The CSA is here! You may already be familiar with the acronym CSA as it relates to fruits and vegetables. CSA stands for “Community Supported Agriculture,” and it is a way for folks to buy shares of a local farm’s harvest. Think of it as everyday people helping…

  • How Small Creameries Hang in the Balance of Quarantine and Coronavirus

    How Small Creameries Hang in the Balance of Quarantine and Coronavirus

    (with Links to Support Local Producers) It was a drizzly Friday afternoon in mid-March when Lynn Swanson received the call that Seattle’s farmers markets were closing. Lynn was distraught about the news for good reason: she makes sheep’s milk cheeses on the farmstead creamery that she and her husband own on about 80 acres of…

  • Celebrate Cheesemas with a Charming Deal

    Celebrate Cheesemas with a Charming Deal

    ‘Tis the season to buy gifts for our friends and family. Whether we’re celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, the Winter Solstice, Festivus, or just general seasonal awesomeness, sharing seems to be the name of the game in December. In honor of this spirit of giving, I’m offering a pretty Gouda deal on the cheesiest hand-crafted charms…