Have you heard of a CSA? This is a program where a group of individuals (consumers in the local community) pledge their support to a nearby farming operation. With this support comes the sharing of the risks and benefits of food production. The system is simple: shareholders stop by the farm on a designated day to pick up their weekly rations. The final step is to enjoy the produce and to try new recipes that unlock the delicious flavors and benefits of local produce! Ort Farms has created a sys …

We started this Meetup for Book and Literacy lovers.. topics will include: Creative Cooking, Wellness, Theology, Children's Literature. Come and explore the world of books and meet the authors. Network, and enjoy a great lunch at Connections Cafe, 7 Main St., Flemington, NJ. 11am-2pm.

After searching for groups that focus on whole foods, slowing down, getting back to nature and sharing a love of creativity and community, I didn't find quite what I was looking for in Central NJ. If you are interested in sharing your knowledge of (or learning about) food, gardening, home crafts, and spending time with women who want to live at a slower pace, please join. We can cook together, craft together, have a night in tasting wine, or explore the parks and reservation spaces.  Daytime and …

Welcome to our newly formed Meetup! We will be focusing on having our special Nutrionist/Coach Deborah Hill as our guest speaker, her topics will vary on all types of nutrition, health foods, recipes, handouts, and we will even have our "Less is More" Meal samples for you! Please join us and become a healthier, more energetic and happier YOU! Hope to see you soon and please feel free to call me on my cell 908-310-8098 or email me. best regards, Julie Parker, Organizer

New Jersey Foodies is a community of food lovers who enjoy everything about food. They are explorers, inquisitive about new cuisines and inventors, interested in tweaking age-old cuisines. They want to discover how to find fresh or local ingredients, what cuts of meats to buy, how to pair wines, what local products are a must-buy, what Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) to join and how to cook the veggies that you finally you receive from your CSA. Through exciting Chef demos, cookouts, farme …

Welcome fellow Gastronomes, Gourmets, Gourmands, Gastroholics and just those who want to have good Wine, Women or Men and Song...ok...we’ll drop the song part!! The key to a growing, thriving group, is the contributions it's members make! In this group, all active members are made event organizers have the ability to post events. Hope you can come out soon to an activity soon! Meet other people interested in trying new and old restaurants, meeting new people in the Lehigh Valley who share your d …

Each Suppers meeting has its own purpose and personality.  There are only three non-negotiable principles common to all meetings:   1.  that we all actively practice non-judgment 2.  that we all prepare meals from single, whole, fresh foods with very limited processed food 3.  that we all avoid commercial messages and the promotion of any particular diet, product or service   Beyond that, facilitators create meetings based on their own particular passions, be it teaching people to prepare raw ve …