The journey to this table, beautifully set in an East Village apartment, was on the surface, a typical gathering of New Yorkers passionate about food,...
Liz Neumark | Posted 05.25.2011
The Heirloom Vegetable Auction at Sotheby's proved a great point. That you can take a fancy food item, elevate it to center stage in one of the most exclusive venues in NYC and people will amaze you by doing great selfless deeds.
Liz Neumark | Posted 05.25.2011
Portland has a marvelous farmers market -- and thankfully, I was not able to shop and schlep. I ate what I could and photographed the rest. The farmers were passionate and creative. The produce was picture perfect, the atmosphere, small town-like and energetic.
Liz Neumark | Posted 05.25.2011
Summer - 90 precious days we wait for all year long. A time of revelry and adventures, long days, bountiful harvest. And every once in a while, so...
Liz Neumark | Posted 05.25.2011
A brilliant Saturday and the call to visit Katchkie Farm was irresistible; I invited my friend, Nazli, to come along. We sailed up the Taconic lost i...
Liz Neumark | Posted 05.25.2011
Eating and cooking - we all know the joy and benefits of these activities. They are not only productive in that a goal is achieved (a meal is prepare...
Liz Neumark | Posted 05.25.2011
Wednesday, it was 90 degrees, or so said the car's external thermometer, as I made my way up the Taconic, almost racing to get to Katchkie Farm. It h...
Liz Neumark | Posted 05.25.2011
This is a special experience - a once in a lifetime honor, to be named New Yorker of the Week by NY1. I am quite speechless, though of course, I have...
Liz Neumark | Posted 05.25.2011
Four years ago we set out on a mission to establish a new farm, an extension of the Great Performances family. The farm would supply us with food and...
Liz Neumark | Posted 05.25.2011
What made the strongest impression on me was how the children embraced the breadth of the fields. The chance to run across meadows -- more space than they'd ever seen in their lives -- -- was very precious.
Liz Neumark | Posted 05.25.2011
I stand in the fields and wonder why this access is a privilege and not a right. I wonder how we as a society accept the inequities and absurdities of our food system.
Liz Neumark | Posted 11.17.2011
The goal is to inspire young people to discover good nutrition through joyful, delicious experiences with healthy and seasonal fruits and vegetables.
Liz Neumark | Posted 05.25.2011
Not only is being a female CEO an advantage (in my opinion) but for the first year and a half of our existence, all employees of Great Performances
Liz Neumark | Posted 05.25.2011
The warmth in the food markets out West and the bounty was enough to make us forget any economic worries or frigid temperatures back home.
Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.25.2011
I first met Farmer Bob -- as he was known before he became Down To Earth's "Mr. October" -- at a swanky Manhattan loft back in January where Michael Pollan was giving a reading.
Liz Neumark | Posted 05.25.2011