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Mighty Culinary Mushrooms

Harvest Michigan   -   Aug 20, 2014 - By Local Foodette

Mushrooms come in many varieties, both  edible  and toxic. Edible mushrooms are highly sought after due to their multitude of flavors, textures, and medicinal benefits. After the standard white button mushroom, shiitake and oyster mushrooms...

August 18, 2014 Tonopah Farmers Market

Tonopah Farmers Market   -   Aug 17, 2014 - By Mary_13

  August 18, 2014 Tonopah Farmers Market   Featured “Locally-Grown Hero”: Each week we will give a shout out to businesses who have supported the TFM financially or with donated services.  We could not have the TFM without their...

Sunny Saturday at the Bluegrass Farmers' Marke...

Bluegrass Farmers Market   -   Aug 15, 2014 - By Kentucky Proud

It's that time in the bluegrass...students are back in school and the pools will soon be closed in anticipation of the cooler weather to come. For some reason many folks think that this means the farmers market will be closing soon. Both of our market...

Cherry tomatoes coming at you...

Tewksbury Grace Farm   -   Aug 15, 2014 - By Johnny and Leah

Wow, what a rain event we had this week! Our farm recorded 5 inches of rain in 30 hours -- more than in the last 2 months. Fortunately, not a drop ran off the farm. Because you support our type of sustainable farming methods, all the rain and soil stayed...

Four great hand blended Teas to choose from this w...

Home Farm Herbery   -   Aug 13, 2014 - By Arlene

Four great hand blended Teas to choose from this week.  Order today for the best tea you will ever taste and get free shipping and a free herb, herb blend, tea sampler or Heirloom seed of our choice.  Hibiscus Mint Tea      ...

2014 Harvest Complete

Oregon Trail Garlic   -   Aug 12, 2014 - By Kevin_3

2014 Garlic Harvest is complete!  What a beautiful and bountiful harvest.  We have a lot of new varieties available this year on our website, that you should could and taste! Perhaps for the last time, we have a HUGE amount of Chesnok Red available...

Tomato Season

The Depot Farm   -   Aug 11, 2014 - By Phil_2

  Tomatoes; finally. About 10 days later than usual, but all the heirlooms are beginning to come in. Nice size, very little cracking, the bushes are loaded with them. No sign of blight (it's been a very wet year), plants are healthy and don't...

August 11, 2014 Tonopah Farmers Market

Tonopah Farmers Market   -   Aug 10, 2014 - By Mary_13

  August 11, 2014 Tonopah Farmers Market   Featured “Locally-Grown Hero”: Each week we will give a shout out to businesses who have supported the TFM financially or with donated services.  We could not have the TFM without their...

Saturday Happenings at the Bluegrass Farmers' ...

Bluegrass Farmers Market   -   Aug 08, 2014 - By Kentucky Proud

Have you talked to a “real” farmer lately? Sounds like a strange question but it really isn't when you think about it. Have you asked what type of green bean that is? What kind of corn is that? Is that an heirloom tomato and why doesn't it look...

Peppers... sweet and hot

Tewksbury Grace Farm   -   Aug 08, 2014 - By Johnny and Leah

Some warm season items are finally trickling in  -- tomatillos, peppers, eggplant. The heirloom tomatoes teach us patience; the plants have lots of lovely fruit on them, but we are still a week or two out….but boy, will they be worth it! Like island...