A Place at the Table

When the first Trinity Lutheran Church members were trained as Master Food Preservers by the Univ of Idaho Extension, they told me that low-income families, the target audience for our After the Harvest grant from ELCA World Hunger, were probably not considering what food would be in their cupboards in six months.  Creating a book with simple recipes for locally grown produce was still an excellent goal but teaching food pantry clients to preserve food was probably not.  Continue reading →

Collecting and rating recipes, becoming discouraged and encouraged, writing introductions, finding images, receiving nudges from parishioners, formatting, and finally choosing a print shop, that’s the short version of the journey we have taken to reach the production of our recipe book.  What started with a conversation in the Canyon County Extension Office has come to an end, or at least a first edition and printing.  Yes, at one time we had planned to enlarge the project and include additional information about produce, as part of another Extension program.  The Univ of Idaho gave us the red light and we returned to our humble project.  A shout out to my partner Ariel Agenbroad, who recently moved to the Ada County Extension, and to Trinity member Di Seba, who carried the project through its middle stage.  I am thankful to have found a great local business with which to work: Copies Plus in Nampa.  Finally, thank you one last time to ELCA World Hunger for the Domestic Hunger Grant which funded our project After the Harvest. Continue reading →