Check out this great article over at the Beer Activist about hops and their cultivation.
The article shows that the locavore and slow-food movements have extended to hops and the brewing community in a big way. I am hopeful that we can reinvigorate our local agricultural traditions such that people will know that their food is coming from nearby farms rather than halfway around the world.
I always find it odd that I can buy “fresh, ripe” grapes and strawberries in the dead of winter.
