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Dec 22, 2002
Dec 22, 2002
Local Harvest Newsletter -- December 22, 2002
http://www.localharvest.org
Hello, and welcome to our newsletter!
Happy Holidays everyone! and a great new year! which hopefully will
be better than 2002, which has been pretty sucky all around. (At
least here in the Silicon Valley) 2003 seems to be starting on
the wrong foot, with the possibility of war, terrorism, and all.
But in any case... lets hope for peace, and lets keep appreciating
the many blessings that we do have, and continue working to preserve
all the good stuff, starting with our nation's wonderful family farms.
I'm attaching a little Christmas card from me and my buddies Doobie
and Boris. :-)
But back to business...
Read on to learn more details on what we've been up to, to visit our
featured farm, and to learn about our new partnership and members.
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1) New Feature: Advanced Searches
2) Featured Product: Pastured Eggs
3) New Partnership: Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture
4) Featured Member
5) Good bye to a Great Woman
6) New Members
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1) NEW FEATURES
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Advanced Searches
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(http://www.localharvest.org/howtosearch.jsp)
Every once in a while we get funky search requests like, for example,
"can you tell me all the farmers markets in DC that offer apples but
not oranges?" (there's one), or "is there any farm in the nation
offering dried nectarines and also dried peaches?" (there are four)
Well, we recently added some extra "smarts" to our search engine that
allow you to construct complicated "queries" like these.
I do have to admit that this feature will probably be attractive mostly
to the more "technically inclined". But if you do belong to this group,
and would like to experiment a bit with our search engine, just visit
the "Advanced Search" section on our "How to Search" page for
instructions: (http://www.localharvest.org/howtosearch.jsp)
2) SEASONAL SPECIALS
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Pastured Eggs
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(http://www.localharvest.org/pasturedeggs.jsp)
February, and with it, Valentines day, are just around the corner. For
a lot of people that means "time to buy flowers"!. I was tempted to
make flowers our January special for this reason, but since flowers
are not particularly in season in the middle of winter in most of the
country, I decided not to make them our Featured Product this month.
But then how about this... instead of, or in addition to, flowers, you
can make your sweetie on the morning of Feb 14 a nice scramble, or an
omelet, or some Eggs Benedict made with yummy pastured eggs from your
local farm. The difference between pastured eggs and the factory farmed
kind is just amazing. Go and try them! Highly recommended!
If your farm or farmers' market offers eggs, pastured or otherwise, make
sure you say so on your listing! You don't want to miss out on those
love-struck hordes searching for the best ingredients for that perfect
breakfast for their sweeties.
And if you feel so inclined, you might want to check out our fresh
flowers page anyway: (http://www.localharvest.org/organicflowers.jsp)
3) NEW PARTNERSHIP
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Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA)
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(http://www.pasafarming.org)
PASA is a nonprofit organization working to improve the economic and social
prosperity of Pennsylvania food and agriculture. They work with the farmers
growing food, the consumers that eat the food, and with those concerned
with the ecological well-being of our environment and natural resources.
PASA creates networks and markets to strengthen the ties between concerned
consumers and family farmers, and is building statewide channels that link
farmers with farmers, farmers with consumers, and consumers with markets.
We recently partnered with PASA and are now in the process of inviting their
members to join Local Harvest. To see a list of all PASA members who are
also listed in Local Harvest, (just a few at this point, but soon to be
plenty) just follow this link:
http://www.localharvest.org/search.jsp?mm=35
4) FEATURED MEMBER OF THE WEEK
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Fertile Crescent Farm
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(http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M3639)
Fertile Crescent Farm is a small family farm organically growing
perennials and cut flowers on two acres in Northern Vermont.
Their markets begin in May with strong field grown perennial plants
dug from their fields. As planting winds down, their cut flowers begin
producing, and they harvest and arrange flower bouquets from their mix
of over 100 unusual, cottage garden flowers, which they offer for
sale through their farm stand and through their local farmers' markets,
Fertile Crescent Farm offers dried flowers in the fall, and from
Thanksgiving to Christmas, sells Christmas wreaths, made of mixed
Vermont greens and decorated with dried flowers and berries.
If you happen to be in Vermont, don't miss visiting them on Route 16
or at the Hardwick, Waitsfield, or Somerville farmers' markets!
5) GOOD BYE TO A GREAT WOMAN
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Ellen Straus (February 21, 1927 - November 30, 2002)
Ellen Straus, a pioneer of organic farming, is no longer with us.
Few have done more to preserve the land and culture of western Marin
County (San Francisco Bay Area), where she settled to start a family
in 1950. She will be particularly remembered by fellow farmers and
environmentalists as a determined optimist who brought the opposing
parties together to protect and revitalize the region's agricultural
greenbelt.
Her son Michael has put together a list of links celebrating the
good works that Ellen left behind for all of us. I invite you to
read more about her here: (http://www.beyondorganic.com/index3.html)
6) NEW MEMBERS
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Since our last Newsletter, on October 24, Local Harvest has grown by
126 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. (all 126 of them)
See below...
We encourage you to visit their Local Harvest listings. To do so,
just enter their member number (the number on the first column above)
into the "Name/Description" field in the Local Harvest search form.
Thank you for your continued support.
Sincerely,
--Guillermo Payet
Executive Director
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4874 North River Produce, Ltd. (Cresco, Iowa)
4875 Queen Bee Flowers (Portland, Oregon)
4876 Viewmere Farm (Schaghticoke, New York)
4877 New England Livestock Alliance (Hardwick, Massachusetts)
4878 White Farms Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch (Decatur, Alabama)
4879 Johann Farms (Post Falls, Idaho)
4880 Walters' Pumpkin Patch (Burns, Kansas)
4881 Sutherland Farms (Aztec, New Mexico)
4883 J&M Meats (coopersvile, Michigan)
4884 Lawson Farm (Gause, Texas)
4885 Stone & Thistle Farm (East Meredith, New York)
4887 Red Pond Farm (Agra, Oklahoma)
4888 Full Belly Farm (Old Chatham, New York)
4889 Sharon Siefert, Esq., Silver & Freedman (Los Angeles, California)
4890 Crooked Row Farm (Dayton, Oregon)
4891 Living Foods Coop of North Dallas (Dallas, Texas)
4894 Rural Roots (Moscow, Idaho)
4895 Hidden Oasis CSA (Vancouver, Washington)
4896 White Yarrow Farm (Marcellus, Michigan)
4897 ChefSource Cooperative Warehouse, Inc (San Antonio, Texas)
4899 Emerald Isle Organic Farm (Atlanta, Indiana)
4900 Lynwood Farm (Stoddard, Wisconsin)
4902 Rocky Gardens CSA (Davisburg, Michigan)
4903 Last Concert Cafe (Houston, Texas)
4904 Eleanor Mae Collection, Inc. (Post Falls, Idaho)
4905 Lucy's Restaurant, Bar & Bakery (Sebastopol, California)
4906 Riverdance Farms (Livingston, California)
4907 Jean Luc's Bistro (Austin, Texas)
4908 Coon Creek Family Farm (Mondovi, Wisconsin)
4909 Farm Fresh To You (Capay, California)
4910 Brunkow Cheese (Darlington, Wisconsin)
4912 Providence Pastures Farm (Columbus Twp, Pennsylvania)
4913 Tracie's Farm (Sullivan, New Hampshire)
4918 Gracehaven Farm (Drewryville, Virginia)
4919 The Dutch Flower Farm (Waco, Kentucky)
4920 Jasmine Farm LLC (Glenwood, Maryland)
4923 DeBerry Farm (Oakland, Maryland)
4924 Erehwon Farm (St. Charles, Illinois)
4925 Full Circle Farms (Spring Mills, Pennsylvania)
4926 Restaurant Nora (Washington, DC)
4927 Turtle Spring Farm (Chelsea, Michigan)
4928 Bluff Country Co-op (Winona, Minnesota)
4929 Happy Farms (Clayton, California)
4930 Lexington Real Foods Co-op (Buffalo, New York)
4931 Pepper King Farm (Gallipolis Ferry, West Virginia)
4932 Millard Family Mushrooms (Waldport, Oregon)
4933 Olkkola Farm (Ossipee, New Hampshire)
4934 Duck Creek Family Farm (Sanger, Texas)
4936 Shaker Woods Farm (Sanbornton, New Hampshire)
4938 Sanborton Farmers' Market (Sanbornton, New Hampshire)
4939 NH Farmers' Market Association (Sanbornton, New Hampshire)
4942 Oak Hill Acres (Atalissa, Iowa)
4943 Better Foods Co-op (Chattanooga, Tennessee)
4944 Midvalleyvu Farms, Inc. (Arkansaw, Wisconsin)
4947 Sholler Farms (Volant, Pennsylvania)
4948 Blue Ridge Center (Purcellville, Virginia)
4949 Perry Farmers' Market (Perry, New York)
4951 Trails End Public House (Silverton, Colorado)
4952 Rippling Waters / Backyard Organics (Steep Falls, Maine)
4953 Double L Farm (Aurora, Kansas)
4954 Maple Rock Farm (eastsound, Washington)
4955 Helbert's (Tenth Legion, Virginia)
4956 Gatton Farms Popcorn Inc. (Story City, Iowa)
4959 Wiedmann Farm Fresh Meats (Onaga, Kansas)
4961 Florida Fresh Food Guide (Cocoa, Florida)
4965 Organic Fresh Market (Ocoee, Florida)
4966 Green Haven Farm (Fleetwood, Pennsylvania)
4969 The Nelke Farm (Lovingston, Virginia)
4970 Fat Rooster Farm (Royalton, Vermont)
4971 The Food Project (boston, Massachusetts)
4973 Mountain View Growers (Spokane, Washington)
4974 Hilo Farmers Market (Hilo, Hawaii)
4975 Institute for Culinary Awakening (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
4976 Real Food For Humans (Sebastopol, California)
4977 Cowtown Farmers' Market (Folcroft, Pennsylvania)
4978 mudlake farm (Hudsonvile, Michigan)
4979 Orchard Hill Farm (Berkshire, New York)
4980 watsunami (Austin, Texas)
4981 Duck Haven Farm (Ocala, Florida)
4982 Hundred Pines Farm (Taylor, Wisconsin)
4983 Goose Pond Farm, LLC (Hartselle, Alabama)
4984 Cobblestone Valley Farm (Preble, New York)
4985 Poultry Paradise (Barney, Georgia)
4986 Greener Pastures Poultry (Noti, Oregon)
4987 Starting Over Farm (Colonial Beach, Virginia)
4988 Bobolink Dairy (Vernon, New Jersey)
4989 Oaks of Mamre Farm (Hempstead, Texas)
4990 Lathrop Farmers Market (Lathrop, Missouri)
4991 Mountain Country Farms (Bend/Alfalfa, Oregon)
4992 Sargent's Bear Necessities (North Troy, Vermont)
4993 Herb'n Renewal (Lancaster, Kentucky)
4994 M and M Farm (Palmyra, Missouri)
4995 Sunny Hill Farm (Willis, Virginia)
4997 Solar Harvest Farm (Waterford, Wisconsin)
4998 Cairdeas Druim LLC (LaGrange, Indiana)
4999 ShowMe Fresh Farm (Cape Girardeau, Missouri)
5000 Flashover Farm (rainier, Washington)
5001 reNewal Farm (Kansas City, Missouri)
5002 Never Say Never Ranch (Bend/Alfalfa, Oregon)
5003 Shady Lane Poultry Farm, Inc. (Winchester, Kentucky)
5004 Anderson Farm (Muscatine, Iowa)
5007 Farmer Jake (Troy, Idaho)
5009 The Organic Way (Milo, Missouri)
5010 Savory Farm Organic Cranberries (Plymouth, Massachusetts)
5011 Cambria Pines Lodge Restaurant (Cambria, California)
5012 Deer Hill Ranch (Lafayette, California)
5013 Campbell's Fresh Market (Clever, Missouri)
5014 Buzzin' Blossoms Bee Farm (Evans, Georgia)
5015 River Terrace Gardens (Ankeny, Iowa)
5016 Life Abundant Farm (Fayette, Missouri)
5019 Dancing Tree Organic Farm (Igo, California)
5020 Nelson - Pohlsander Herb Farm (Stockton, Missouri)
5021 Johnson Farms (Wilmington, Ohio)
5024 Bee Bright (Santa Cruz, California)
5025 Greenhill Organic (Sutton, New Hampshire)
5026 Gracious Gardens (Grand Tower, Illinois)
5027 Catskill Rose (Mount Tremper, New York)
5028 Franklin Farmers' Market (Franklin, Tennessee)
5029 Black Mesa Ranch (Snowflake, Arizona)
5030 Verdant Farm (Buckley, Michigan)
5032 McCormack Sheep & Grain (Rio Vista, California)
5033 Hertiage Acres (Niles, Michigan)
5036 Farmersville Cheeses (Oldwick, New Jersey)
5037 theorganiccornucopiafamilyfarm (Rock Stream, New York)
5038 Safe Home Farm (Platteville, Wisconsin)
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