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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
Springtime at Family Farms CSA
Family Farms CSA - Apr 02, 2014 - By Foster
Spring is here! Yes! Spring has arrived at Family Farms CSA east of Sherman, Texas. Along with spring has come a veritable cornucopia of veggies and delicious food for your table. Call Foster Fogarty and find out when you can...
Welcome 2014 "Shopper's Basket" CSAe...
Salamander Springs Farm/Permaculture Organics - Mar 31, 2014 - By Susana
De a r CS A friends, Our 2014 "Shoppers' B a sket" CS A h a s filled for the se ason , with m any th a nks to our returning 2013 CS A ers! It w a s gre a t to see so m any of you ...
How to Make Homemade Butter
Arcadia Farms - Mar 31, 2014 - By Katie
When we first learned about the benefits of raw milk (and the harm of pasteurized milk from non-A2 cows) we decided it was worth switching to healthier dairy products. Buying a herd share was a no-brainer first step. Our herd share enables us to obtain raw...
Morning Surprises
Pleasantrees Farm - Mar 31, 2014 - By James_2
MORNING SURPRISES! Well, this morning, I got up to get the kids ready for school, as I do every morning. When I got to Bradleys' room, I saw everything that we had for dinner, ( we grilled for the first time this season! Brats and burgers. It was...
Peppermint Stick = Happiness
North Star Orchard: On Farming and Food - Mar 30, 2014 - By Lisa_5
Do you remember being a kid and having a certain special sugary treat that always made you smile? For me, when I was really little, it was Laffy Taffy. It came in all kinds of crazy bright colors, and thinking of the special tangy-sweet flavors and...
Market opening April 17th
Paulding County Farm Bureau Farmers Market - Mar 30, 2014 - By Market Manager_1
The Paulding County Farm Bureau farmers market will open on Thursday April 17th. This is a new day of the week for us, but we hope it works better for everyone. We are excited to begin this new season, looking forward to lots of fresh, local...
CSA Fair, Kalamazoo
Agropraxis Farm - Mar 30, 2014 - By Farmer Pete
Kudos to colleague Gina Wirtz. Gina took the lead to promote local farms at the showing of a documentary at Alamo Draft House that was sponsored by the local Food Bank, Loaves and Fishes. I joined the CSA Fair to promote our Harmony Acres CSA. It was a nice...
Spring is finally showing!
Walkers Fresh Veggies - Mar 29, 2014 - By Mark & Carolyn
One greenhouse up! Two more to go -- We should have the second one up this week. We are also going to start pulling up black plastic mulch from the newly rented field this week. The guys are done pruning grapes and need work --as the snow is finally...
Los Angeles, CA -- On her blog Royalegacy , Danielle recently reviewed 100% pure beeswax candles, and raw honey from The Mohawk Valley Trading Company as well as an embroidered fleece blanket from Crooked Brook. In addition, she is hosting a giveaway...
First Ever Blog Post
Pleasantrees Farm - Mar 28, 2014 - By James_2
My first ever blog post! I have been planning to do this for a while now, and just haven't had the extra time. For starters, I am a 36 year old male. Married to my wonderful wife of just over three years, with our 3 children ages 5,8,11. We...