The Blog Barn
Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
Nez Perce Heirloom Dry Bean Seed Packets
Green Journey Seeds - Jan 26, 2014 - By Aline
For those of you interested in a good dry bean for your small homestead, we have a rare offering from our seed garden. We originally sourced this strain from the Seed Savers Exchange and have had good success with growing it on our organic farm since 2009. ...
Coats On Goats
Fitzgerald's Family Farm, LLC - Jan 26, 2014 - By Sharon_1
We've made a new addition to our menagerie. Two gorgeous little goats. The doe with the droopy ears is a mini boer and the one with the upright ears is a mini boer-alpine cross. Meet Rosie, our droopy eared girl. When...
Cleveland, OH -- On her blog Newly Crunchy Mama of 3 , Brandy recently reviewed maple syrup from The Mohawk Valley Trading Company. In addition, she’s holding a giveaway for one glass bottle of Grade A, Robust, Dark, Pure Maple Syrup. “Artificial...
Roasted Sweet Potato Salad
Wild Things Farm - Jan 26, 2014 - By Terry_5
At a friend's house on New Year's Day, I tasted a really, really good Sweet Potato Salad that her son-in-law had sent her the recipe. I kind of overdid the chipotle peppers, but it was still very tasty: Roasted Sweet Potato Salad with Cranberry...
How to pick a CSA
JH Weilnau Farm - Jan 25, 2014 - By fitmommax3
This is the time of year when farmers all over the country are ordering seeds for their local farms, and they are also asking the community to help defray the high upfront costs without a bank by safesaver" rel="nofollow">loan . In...
Winter Winter
Ward Vegetables - Jan 25, 2014 - By Farmer John
Welcome to my first attempt at writing a blog, I am hoping to tell and share stories and information about a small farm and the successes and failures we will experience. You can always tell when it is truly winter - stuck in the house, stuck in the car, or...
Why Cheerios Matter
The LocalHarvest Blog - Jan 25, 2014 - By Guillermo
LocalHarvest Newsletter, January 25, 2014 Welcome back to the LocalHarvest newsletter. Earlier this month, General Mills announced that Cheerios would no longer be made with genetically modified (GMO) ingredients. Anti-GMO activists...
2014 Fenceline Garden Plan
Arcadia Farms - Jan 24, 2014 - By Katie
Earlier this month I shared my Main Garden Plan for 2014. If you’re interested in seeing what I’m growing in our 1,152 square feet of raised beds, click here . In that post I mentioned that I had not yet created a plan for the Fenceline Garden, a 100-foot x...
Non-Method way of Farming
Agropraxis Farm - Jan 24, 2014 - By Farmer Pete
We know industrial agriculture occurs as a manipulated process. Variables in production are managed or minimized and sustainable measures are too costly to undertake in a production maximization model. This leads to time and money spent on “methods” to control...
Nishnabotna Naturals provides a bounty of fresh Ce...
Nishnabotna Naturals - Jan 24, 2014 - By Nishnabotna Carl
Certified USDA Organic in our first full year of operation and continually certified for the past 3 years, we proudly supply some of the top restaurants in the Omaha/Council Bluffs area and the Tomato-Tomato fresh market in West Omaha. &nbs...