Time for Sowing Watermelons

Time for sowing watermelons

Miguel Braganza Parra was famous for watermelons long before the ‘Madani’ road became a popular haunt of the Instagram-able ‘reel’ life tourists. The youth there even celebrated ‘Melon Nite’ at harvest time. When Darshana Pednekar from Araddi, Parra interacted with the Prime Minister of India on behalf of the farmers of Goa, she spoke how the locally grown watermelons have changed her economic status. She had built her own house from the money s…

Meet the Virginia Food Writers Who Believe North Louisiana is Home to the South's Sweetest Watermelon

The recovery of the Red-N-Sweet watermelon will take center stage at Slow Food North Louisiana’s event in Minden on Saturday, Nov. 15 by Chris Jaystuffedandbusted at gmail dot comThe creation of this post was sponsored by Slow Food North Louisiana. Joshua “Fitz” Fitzwater, a Richmond, VA-based food writer, photographer, and independent researcher, has learned more about regional watermelon varieties in the South than anyone else you’re likely t…