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Doko Farm is Working for a Healthy Community

Doko Farm   -   Mar 26, 2020 - By Doko Farmer

Doko Farm continues to make the health and safety of our family, and our community, our top priority. With the developing coronavirus pandemic, it is more important now, than ever. Being a farm, working with livestock, and handling food, means that we already...

Seeking Vendors

Kentwood Farmers Market   -   Mar 25, 2020 - By Kristina_1

Kentwood Farmers Market is now accepting vendor applications! Learn more at KentwoodFarmersMarket.com

CSA's Organic Sustainable + Eggs now taking Ze...

M's Organic Sustainable Farm   -   Mar 16, 2020 - By MM

By participating in CSA  you are supporting sustainable, organic agriculture and supporting local farmers. You are in turn supplementing your food with  the best, freshest, locally grown, organic veggies and herbs for you and your family.  ...

I am a peach snob

Highland Orchards Farm Market   -   Mar 02, 2020 - By Highland Orchards

I am a peach snob. I admit it. I can only eat our fabulous, fresh, tree ripened peaches. Juicy, sweet. I usually eat the ones with a little bruise on them that don’t sell. I cut one open and eat the whole thing. It is because I am a peach snob that we do not...

Apple Butter

Highland Orchards Farm Market   -   Feb 29, 2020 - By Highland Orchards

Apple butter is a unique, old-fashioned way of preserving some of the apple harvest for winter consumption.  It is made by very slow cooking apples, and frequent stirring thereof. My mother, Elaine Linton, remembers her grandmother, Mary P....

It was not long ago that I loathed cooking and rarely sat down with my family for a home cooked meal. That is hard for me to admit since I consider myself a foodie and have worked in agriculture for 22 years now. I am here to come clean. Perfection has never...

Different Types of Beeswax Candles

Mohawk Valley Trading Company - Honey - Maple Syrup - Beeswax Candles   -   Feb 24, 2020 - By Betty_1

Learn about the different types of Beeswax Candles from The Mohawk Valley Trading Company, the benefits of beeswax candles and candle burning tips. Read more here: https://www.spoonabilities.com/beeswax-candles/

February is the shortest month

Highland Orchards Farm Market   -   Feb 20, 2020 - By Highland Orchards

This year, February is confounding us. It is 66 degrees on February 4.On our farm, that constitutes a heat wave. No measurable snow so far this year. It feels like spring. And we had sunshine today!February 2 marks the day we are closer to the start of spring...

2020 Conover Farmers Market opens May 2nd

Conover Farmers Market   -   Feb 11, 2020 - By Julie_4

Friends of the Conover Farmers Market please join us May 2, 2020 for opening day.  We are excited to have local vendors who provide truly local food and crafts.

Local Grown Fresh Cut Flowers Make Perfect Wedding...

Pinewoods Yankee Farm   -   Feb 07, 2020 - By Tina & Erick

Alongside daily designing fresh cut flower arrangements during the winter for all occasions, we're planning the beautiful cut flower gardens full of local lush fresh flowers for wedding design, farmers market bunches, monthly bouquets, office bouquets, and...