"The Blueberry Years" - Plans for Thursday anyone?

I love reading memoirs and learning from real life experiences.  Last year I blogged about what I learned and the passion invoked in me upon reading the story of a Texas lavender farm.  I'm hoping I have just as great of a time reading this book chronicling the life of a couple who started one of the first mid-Atlantic pick-your-own organic blueberry farms.  The really neat thing is that Watermark Books will have James Minick, the author of "The Blueberry Years," signing books at their store on Thursday at 7 p.m.  Plans for Thursday anyone?

Even Royalty Eats Locally

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I'm encouraged to see that even royalty supports local eating, and at one of the most important events of their life...a wedding.  Celebrity Chef Alain Ducasse planned a "sustainable, local and ethical" meal for the nuptials of Prince Albert of Monaco and his bride, Charlene Wittstock, where nearly all of the ingredients came from within 6 miles of Monaco.  All the foods were caught or harvested within days and hours of the wedding...read more here.  My mouth waters reading about it - Local eating is fabulous!