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Welcome back to the LocalHarvest newsletter. In our last newsletter, LocalHarvest president Guillermo Payet reflected on the last 15 years in the local food movement . Several people commented on his article, including one John Ubaldo of John Boys Farm...

NEW! Now accepting 2015 memberships

Bluestem Farm   -   Mar 02, 2015 - By Bluestem Farmers

Flexible, build your own shares  Choose your perfect CSA share from these delicious Bluestem Farm foods. We grow certified organic produce, pasture-raised pork, chicken, and eggs. Now local honey is available too!   More at www.bluestemfarm.net...

Welcome to Hartman's butcher Shop Inc. Blog! Scrapple season is almost wrapping up, we will have scrapple and liver pudding until the 2nd week in April. Also Easter is just about a month away, don't forget to order your home cured...

Bluegrass Farmers' Market Update!

Bluegrass Farmers Market   -   Feb 28, 2015 - By Kentucky Proud

Thought it was time for an update! Our search committee has been working very hard trying to find a market site location to replace our Richmond Rd. market. We all have hopes that it will still be in the same area so that our customers can continue to shop...

Not QUITE as bad as last year, but ...

Amity Highland Ranch   -   Feb 28, 2015 - By Debbie_2

The bitter cold has once again frozen our Highland cows' pristine hillside springs so that our morning routine for the last two months includes chopping holes in the ice in order to open up places for them to drink.  Last year during the Polar Vortex...

CSA and the farm

Richert/Phillips Farms   -   Feb 27, 2015 - By Michael_3

   On March the seventh we will be attending a CSA event at the Arlington Heights, IL library--we do enjoy this one and hope to see a lot of people there. Also, there will be several other CSA's represented.     Today we took some...

Looking forward to 2017 Sugar Grove Farmers Market

Sugar Grove Farmers Market   -   Feb 25, 2015 - By Pat_5

We are getting ready. Less than one monthstil our opening market date. Make sure you join us!

Hello Fellow Good-food Eaters!

Truest Taste Farm   -   Feb 25, 2015 - By Cheyenne

Hello Friends! We are finally awakening out of this long winter slumber to bring life and fresh food to this beautiful part of Wisconsin. In last few days we have been purchasing seed and greenhouse supplies to get plants started. It's hard to imagine now...

Grilled Lettuce

The Depot Farm   -   Feb 24, 2015 - By Phil_2

To break away from the normal salads made with raw lettuce, I broil or grill my romaine lettuce to add a different texture and flavor for variety. Using romaine hearts, I slice them in half lengthwise leaving to core to hold the leaves together. Baste the cut...

CSA Feedback and 2015 Shares!

Salamander Springs Farm/Permaculture Organics   -   Feb 23, 2015 - By Susana

Hello CSAers, It can be hard to believe in the depths of winter, but seed ordering, planning, bed preparation and even some plants (onions) have already started for the 2015 season!   Before we open this year's CSA, I want to  ask...