Lionette's Market has low carbon trike delivery

I was blown away when I heard this. Are you kidding me?! If ever there was a location perfectly suited for a “slow food“  business, it’s Jamaica Plain. Every condo in town would be getting deliveries from the little MetroPed trikes.

I’m on a bit of a sustainability/environmental warpath and I’m embarrassed to say that I never even thought about where my food was coming from until the last two years.

Vitoria Brokhof

This probably had a lot to do with my concern for my daughter Vitoria’s health. We saw a couple of documentaries that most of you are probably familiar with like, King Corn, Super Size Me, Fast Food Nation and then just happened to follow up with a 10,000 mile road trip which just happened to take us past some of the food we had previously been eating. We drove by one of those huge cattle yards on a cold rainy day. There were thousands of absolutely massive cows mushing around in 6 inch deep mud and manure. We slowed down to take in the unusual size of the beasts and actually witnessed one collapse under it’s own weight. This made us really get serious about our food (although we could be doing much better). Until you really start to look around, you don’t realize how hard it is to find food that is made within your state, let alone organic or at least friendly farm food.

I was at Trader Joe’s the other day trying to find foods that were localish. I was really surprised to find that they don’t put the origin of the food on the package. Obviously things that have complex ingredient lists are harder to pin down, but fish and berries, etc. should be fairly straightforward. Nope.

If you call Jamaica Plain home and you think you’d like to support a business like Lionette’s Market, then speak up. Write the JP Gazette, drop a post on Neighbor’s For Neighbor’s, or at least leave a comment here. Also, check out the links in this post and learn more about some of the factors involved.

After fifteen years as an award-winning restaurant, entertainment complex and neighborhood institution in the Boston area, (raising some $500,000.00+ during their tenure for local charities and non-profits), Bella Luna Restaurant and The Milky Way Lounge officially bid farewell to its current location of 403-405 Centre Street in Jamaica Plain on March 21, 2009.

Bella Luna Parade Video by Joe Porcelli

While March 21, 2009 will be the official last show at Centre Street, March 22, 2009 will mark the official “transfer of love” to their new location in style. The public is invited to join in the process which will include a New Orleans Style parade from the old location to the new. Guests of all ages are invited to gather at the current location of 403-405 Centre Street at 1:00pm for a farewell ceremony with the parade slated to begin at 2:00pm. The parade will include stilt walkers, performers of all kinds and marching bands including: Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band and Bloco Afro Brazil! Guests are asked to bring their own musical instruments if they’d like to help make some noise, as well as, umbrellas, signs and anything else they’d like to add to the festive nature of the 7-block long march. The parade will conclude with cupcakes and hot chocolate at the new location.”We’re looking forward to all our friends and regulars joining us for this fun event rain or shine,” said Carol Downs,” Co-Owner,” and we welcome any new friends to join in as well in this historic celebration and parade.”

On Saturday December 20, from 6:00 am on, the first 200 hundred people that show up at Mike’s Fitness and donate a new unwrapped toy, are eligible to sign up for a 1 year membership at Mike’s Fitness for the incredible price of $299.00 (which will be honored for every year you are a member).