Lauren Rudersdorf

Spring Forward For Brunch

The flavors of spring can be slow to appear, so we’re ready to savor every single morsel the moment it comes out of the ground. Fresh herbs, asparagus stalks, hoop

4 Ways You Can Help Local Restaurants Survive

By now you’ve probably seen the news and the image of chefs with raised hands going around on social media. Some of our city’s greatest restaurants and most treasured local

The Local Holiday Table

Leek Milk Bread Rolls Recipe by Sarah Woolworth of Quince & Apple Sarah Woolworth had a knack for flavors well before she began her role in product development for local

Plant-Powered Sandwiches

BLT season may be on its way out, but fall is a delicious time of year for sandwiches packed full of veggies from our gardens and CSA baskets. These three

Reflections on 2017 from Raleigh’s Hillside Farm

“As the new year begins, I always find myself pleasantly surprised. The things I had strategized may go to plan, but there are new mistakes and new lessons: new opportunities

Becoming an Expert

At some point this summer while I had my head down focused on growing, building and learning as much as I possibly could, I looked up and realized I was

Why I Love CSA

As a kid growing up on a farm in Southern Wisconsin, I always knew one thing for certain: I never wanted to be a farmer. But sooner or later, we

Learning to Share the Farm

When farmers Lauren and Kyle of Raleigh’s Hillside Farm decided it was time to hire their first employees, they had to learn how to share the special place they’d created.

When Things Go Wrong

Farmers are known for not complaining, but that doesn’t mean everything is sunshine and roses. Farmer Lauren has some important and graceful words on farm struggles and the importance of

Greenhouse Rhythms

“The rhythms we’ve discovered in this warm, nurturing space have easily become my favorite part of spring. (And there’s a heck of a lot to love about spring).”

wiFinding Love on the Vegetable Farm

“Love on the vegetable farm then doesn’t look all that different from any other kind of love except that it exists largely outside the home under big blue skies and