tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37206410.post116354975429149893..comments2022-04-27T21:29:45.383-04:00Comments on HALF PINT FARM: Food, Cleveland, Conviviality and Flying Figsmarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03395518457323322087noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37206410.post-1164727892004912522006-11-28T10:31:00.000-05:002006-11-28T10:31:00.000-05:00Hi Mara and Spencer,Your many kind words about Cle...Hi Mara and Spencer,<BR/><BR/>Your many kind words about Cleveland certainly deserve a reply. <BR/><BR/>I'm so pleased that you saw the positive and successful efforts of Clevelanders who are really walking the walk rather than talking the talk. <BR/><BR/>I'd like to stay in touch with you folks. We have so much good going on here but often it is passed over. <BR/><BR/>Had there been more time for planning, our paths might have crossed during the Thanksgiving week. I was in Boston and did a side trip to Quechee, VT, to visit the Farmer's Diner and to have a chat with owner Tod Murphy. Now that's a great place to chow down--real food for real people. Yum!<BR/><BR/>On my return drive to Cleveland, I stopped at a farm in Massachucetts where they do on farm cheese. Theirs is a great story of how down-sizing has made them economically viable in today's farming. <BR/><BR/>Two stops in N. Y. state and a visit to the wonderful Ithaca farmers' market let me visit two more successful small scale farms. <BR/><BR/>I'd love to talk to you sometime about these success stories--and there are many of them--and how these kinds of farms should be the focus of organizations such as Slow Food. <BR/><BR/>Thanks much for all those great Cleveland comments. <BR/><BR/>ParkerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com