Fall 2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS FALL 2008

DEPARTMENTS

FEATURES

GRIST FOR THE MILL 01 SPILLING THE BEANS • Creating the Tropics in Amherst By Andrew Cantella • Chipping and Chirping In at Chip-In Farm By Naz Sioshansi • The Sweet Taste of Success: Bay Scallops By Genevieve Rajewski • An Autumn of Abundance By Clare Leschin-Hoar 05 FARMER’S DIARY By John Lee 15 EDIBLE TRADITIONS Leeks By Jill Littlejohn 16 COOKING FRESH One Potato, Two Potato... By Irene Costello and Joan MacIsaac 22 OUR ADVERTISERS 68 PHOTOGRAPHY by Michael Piazza

20 GETTING TO KNOW JOANNE CHANG By Rosie DeQuattro 30 APPLE CIDER: A VARIETY OF TASTES AND TECHNIQUE By Avi Kramer 34 BUT I DON’T LIKE VEGGIES... By Didi Emmons 40 GREENER PASTURES: CIDER HILL FARM By Margaret Bresnahan 44 UP ON THE ROOF: WILDCAT URBAN ROOFTOP FARMERS By Rachel Travers 50 A YEAR AT MAGGIE’S FARM: HARVEST TIME By Kim Motylewski 56 A DAY IN THE LIFE: DOUG PETERSEN, AG COMMISSIONER By Linda Bassett 65 A THREAT TO OUR MAPLES: THE ASIAN LONGHORNED BEETLE By Rebecca Hansen   COVER PHOTO: HALEY HOUSE, AUGUST 2008.