Friday, March 28, 2008

Looking for organically grown rosemary in Kosciusko county?

A coworker showed me this Web site today, and it's kind of interesting: www.inmarketmaker.com It "connects farmers, distributors, food retailers, & consumers." The part I thought was most useful to general consumers is in the 'Begin your Search' section. Click that, then in the 'Find a Business' drop-down menu choose 'producers/farmers.' From there you can select the type of product you're interested in (meats, herbs, etc.), any product attributes you want (organic, hormone-free, etc.), and how locally you want to search (county, state, etc.), and it'll generate a list of sources for you. There's also a place to search for farmers markets (in the 'Find a Business' menu). Pretty great!

Monday, March 3, 2008

how much is a pair of pants worth?

I visited Kyle Nobbe this weekend. He's in downtown Cincinnati, in Over the Rhine, which is not the fanciest part of town. As I walked out to my car to leave yesterday, there were 3 men passing time sitting along the sidewalk and street area a few feet behind my car, and another one sleeping at the side of one of the buildings. They'd been there when i arrived a couple hours earlier, and they were there when i left. I said hi, but all i was thinking was that my scrubby clothes consisted of $30 Adidas swoosh pants. I was walking up to these guys wearing $30 name brand lounging pants.