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Mar 1, 2003
Mar 1, 2003
Local Harvest Newsletter -- March 1, 2003
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Hello, and welcome to our newsletter!
February has been a good month for Local Harvest. Our daily visitor
count grew by more than 40%, which is quite an increase from the average
growth of 20% per month that we've maintained for the last year or so.
We now have more than 1000 people getting weekly updates through our
"keep me posted" feature (http://www.localharvest.org/keepmeposted.jsp),
and we're getting more than 2000 visits to the Web site on peak days.
This is all really good for everyone involved, (unless you're a corporate
supermarket or an agribusiness operation) because it mirrors the growing
awareness of the importance of buying local, for a slew of social,
environmental, and economical reasons.
So as you can see, it's been an exciting month, sadly tainted by the
almost likelihood of an unnecessary war looming. I'm sure that if our
leaders ate more local produce, they'd be less likely to want to bomb
anybody. err... maybe? probably not... :-/
Read on for more details on what we've been up to, to visit our featured
farm, and to learn about our new features and members.
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1) New Features
2) Featured Product: Arugula!
3) Featured Member: Clark Farm CSA
4) Thanks and acknowledgments
5) New Members
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1) NEW FEATURES
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It's been quite busy here at the Local Harvest beach headquarters in
sunny Santa Cruz. Other than the normal Web site upkeep, and other
than working on commercial projects to pay the bills, I've been working
on adding a couple of new features that I'm sure you will like. These
are our new Products Page and our Photo Album. Read on to learn more
about them.
Products Page
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(http://www.localharvest.org/products.jsp)
The Local Harvest products list has grown to almost 200 different items
lately. This made me think that it was important to have a centralized
place for Web site visitors to see all the good stuff grown or sold by
our members.
Our new Products Page lists all of the products tracked by our software,
categorized by product type, and with links to searches for all growers
of the particular item, and in some cases, to a special "product page",
that talks more about the particular veggie, livestock animal, etc.
Follow the little "information" icons [i] on the products page to see
those. (http://www.localharvest.org/products.jsp)
Photo Album
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(http://www.localharvest.org/album.jsp)
I keep getting requests for a central place to look at all the great photos
that our members upload into our listings. Well, this is it! Our new
"Photo Album" now allows you to browse through the hundreds and hundreds
of farm, farmers markets, and other photos. You can look at all of them
together, or you can select them by state and/or member type. Check
them out, and enjoy the slide show! (http://www.localharvest.org/album.jsp)
2) FEATURED PRODUCT
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Arugula
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(http://www.localharvest.org/arugula.jsp)
For a few years now, I've been having little dinner parties at home about
every couple of weeks for a group of friends, where I bake some pretty
good home made pizzas. These parties are a lot of fun, and as a side
benefit I have been perfecting my hand at the art of the Pizza. I recently
learned from an Italian chef about using arugula as a pizza topping, and
I am now hooked. Our last pizza dinner I used arugula liberally and in
many combinations, and they were all incredibly good. My absolute favorite
is arugula, prosciutto and capers. Highly recommended. Grazie Franco!
So spring is coming, and you'll soon be able to get fresh arugula from
your local farmer. Check out our new arugula page to find a grower near
you, and if you're lucky and your region is already warm enough for picking
arugula, then go ahead and make yourself some salad, sandwiches, pizza,
or any other of the many great stuff that you can prepare with this spicy,
peppery green. To learn more about arugula, check out our new Arugula
page at: http://www.localharvest.org/arugula.jsp
3) FEATURED MEMBER
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Clark Farm CSA
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(http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M3268)
Choosing this month's featured member was a tough one, since a lot of our
members have been doing a great job creating really nice, comprehensive
listings. I finally decided on Clark Farm, in Woodbury, Connecticut, in
large part because of the great work they are doing with the children of
their community.
This is what John Clark, farmer in chief, has to say:
We are a 10th year CSA operating on the subscription model. Certified
organic by NOFA Connecticut, we are a tenant farm leasing from a local
nature center and nearby farm. CSA share pick-ups run from June into
December (weather permitting).
We offer many classes and workshops throughout the year for adults and
children. We also offer 1 year internships and 2 year apprentice programs.
Children's garden plots are available for local children, area school
classes and therapeutic agencies. We grow over 50 varieties of vegetables,
35 types of culinary, medicinal and tea herbs; as well as many varieties
of cut flowers. We are still expanding our program of providing food for
area needy as well as a growing horticultural therapy program. Our long
term goals are creation of community, whole system sustainability in both
agricultural and social areas in a cooperative non-competitive setting.
4) THANKS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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Two of our members recently sent me some of their good stuff by mail,
and I wanted to mention them here and thank them for their presents.
Marshall's Farms, from American Canyon, California, sent me a box with
a sampler of 12 different kinds of honey. Wow! yum! I specially like
the "Power Flower" and the "Saints and Sinners" honeys, although I have
to say that the Orange Blossom honey is also really good. As I write
this I'm enjoying a big spoonful of Star Thistle honey. Magnificent.
Here is their Local Harvest listing if you want to learn more about
them: http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M5200
Our other member sent something I would not want to eat, but that my
houseplants certainly can. Spiker Work Casting, from Wheeler, Illinois,
sent a bag of their ultra-rich worm castings. I've spread them all over
my house plants, and it's too early to say yet, but they seem to like it.
Check out their listing: http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M5125
5) NEW MEMBERS
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Since our last newsletter on February 2, Local Harvest has grown by
82 new members, all of them direct additions into the Web site from
the Internet.
We end our newsletter with a list of the names, member numbers, and
locations of the latest additions to our Web site. (see below for all
82 of them...)
We encourage you to visit their Local Harvest listings. To do so,
just enter their member number (the number on the first column)
into the "Name/Description/Product" field in the Local Harvest search
form.
Thank you for your continued support.
Sincerely,
--Guillermo Payet
Executive Director
Local Harvest
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5193 Spiral Path Farm (Loysville, Pennsylvania)
5194 Prime Ten (Rancho Mirage, California)
5195 Rolling Thunder Farms (Pine City, Minnesota)
5196 Cow-a-Hen Farm (Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania)
5197 Calypso Farm and Ecology Center (Ester, Alaska)
5198 Oklahoma Food Retail Cooperative (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
5199 Blue Schoolhouse Farm (Congervillecw, Illinois)
5200 Marshall's Farm Honey (American Canyon, California)
5201 Valley Farmers (Stanfordville, New York)
5202 Farm Kitchen (Poulsbo, Washington)
5204 Botanicals by K & V (Seymour, Illinois)
5205 Klemm's Pikes Peak (North Freedom, Wisconsin)
5206 Sweet Pea Gardens & Greenhouses (Surry, Maine)
5207 Pinewoods Yankee Farm (Lee, New Hampshire)
5208 Riversedge Farm & Nursery (Hudson, New Hampshire)
5209 GroundWork Organic Farm (Junction City, Oregon)
5210 Roanoke Farmers' Market (Roanoke, Indiana)
5211 Lindler Farm (Calhoun Falls, South Carolina)
5212 Stony Knolls Farm (Saint Albans, Maine)
5213 Charlotte's Garden (Louisa, Virginia)
5215 Happy Trowels Farm, Inc. (Ogden, Utah)
5216 Whistle Pig Acres (Lenoir, North Carolina)
5221 Nick's Organic Farm (Potomac, Maryland)
5222 Dandelion Project (Newport News, Virginia)
5223 Nyack Farmers' Market (Nyakc, New York)
5224 Community Harvest (Washington, District of Columbia)
5225 Pure Earth Organic Farm (Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania)
5228 Kanalani Ohana Farm (Honaunau, Hawaii)
5233 Murphy's Gardens (Galena, Illinois)
5235 Woodland Gardens (Winterville, Georgia)
5236 Coit Rd. Farmers Market (E. Cleveland, Ohio)
5237 Clarion County Farmers Market (Clarion, Pennsylvania)
5238 Youngs Farm & Greenhouse (Emlenton, Pennsylvania)
5240 Jujo Acres Beef Sales -- DC Area (Falls Church, Virginia)
5241 Round River Farm (Finland, Minnesota)
5242 Echo Valley Farm (Sligo, Pennsylvania)
5243 Heart of Virginia Rabbitry (Farmville, Virginia)
5244 The Golden Root CSA at Earth Care Farm (Charlestown, Rhode Island)
5245 coffee exchange (Providence, Rhode Island)
5246 Salem Wednesday Market (Salem, Oregon)
5247 Flora & Fauna Farm (Pierceton, Indiana)
5250 Wake Robin Farm (Jordan, New York)
5251 Stoney Knoll Farm (Leaf River, Illinois)
5252 Longstreet Cafe (Gainesville, Georgia)
5253 Inn Serendipity Bed & Breakfast and Farmstead (Browntown, Wisconsin)
5255 Harvest Home (Waverly, Nebraska)
5257 Central Coast Wilds (Santa Cruz, California)
5259 Riceland Meadows (Jefferson, Ohio)
5261 Pennypack Farm Education Center (Horsham, Pennsylvania)
5263 Standing Stones Farm (Glencliff, New Hampshire)
5264 Long Lane Farm (Coburn, Pennsylvania)
5265 Millheim Farmers' Market (Coburn, Pennsylvania)
5266 Cedar Summit Farm (New Prague, Minnesota)
5268 Roller Homestead (Logansport, Indiana)
5269 Wild Things Farm (Pocola, Oklahoma)
5270 Oliver Alpaca's, Etc. (Jefferson, Ohio)
5271 Saylor's Custom Meats (Grovertown, Indiana)
5272 Lake View Farm (Halsey, Oregon)
5273 Northeast Minneapolis Farmers Market (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
5274 Walther Organic Farms (Silver Lake, Indiana)
5275 Wood Violet Farm (Fennimore, Wisconsin)
5277 Harvest Valley Farms (Valencia, Pennsylvania)
5278 Fair Share Farm (Kearney, Missouri)
5279 Coree Daniel Flower Farms (Kewanee, Illinois)
5280 Sand Castle Winery (Erwinna, Pennsylvania)
5281 Sara-Joe's Organic Pork Products (St. John, Washington)
5282 Riverwest Co-op (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
5283 Shiloh Farm & Retreat (Louisburg, North Carolina)
5284 Summerfield Farm (Poplarville, Mississippi)
5285 Townline Farm Poultry Reserve (Linesville, Pennsylvania)
5286 Milford's Farmers' Market (Milford, Michigan)
5287 Thomas Auction Company (Aiken, South Carolina)
5288 Homestead Organics Farm, Inc. (Hamilton, Montana)
5289 Kingston Cove Food Co-Op (Kingston, Washington)
5290 Mid Prairie Organics (Ladora, Iowa)
5291 The Secret Garden (Danville, Iowa)
5293 God's Way CSA (Lebanon, Tennessee)
5294 Blue Moon Farm (Richmond, Kentucky)
5296 Sierra Brand Farm (Glencoe, California)
5298 Baltimore Natural Buying Club (Baltimore, Maryland)
5301 Flagstaff Community Farmers' Market (Flagstaff, Arizona)
5302 Brae Maple Farm (Union, Maine)
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