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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
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...
Cleveland, OH -- On her blog Newly Crunchy Mama of 3 , Brandy recently reviewed three v arieties of raw honey, and comb honey fro m The Mohawk Valley Trading Company. In addition, she is holding a giveaway for one jar each of Raw Buckwheat Honey, Raw...
Blackduck, MN -- On her blog Hanging Off The Wire , Hayley recently reviewed beeswax candles from The Mohawk Valley Trading Company. In addition, she’s holding a giveaway for one 2” x 6” 100% pure beeswax pillar candle, two 100% pure beeswax votive...
2014: THE BEST YEAR EVER!
Dinihanian's Farm Market - Jan 23, 2014 - By Suzanne52
Welcome to the first entry for the Dinihanian Farm/ YourCSA.com blog. We are just getting out of the "chute", so to speak, with planning the new season for 2014. Evan and I have been working hard making our farm plan for this year's...
Do You Hear What I Hear?
What's the Buzz? - Jan 23, 2014 - By Marcie
Well, we're gearing up for our beekeeping battle with Miami-Dade County. We have a hearing next week. Why? Because Dade County says that we can only have 5 beehives on our property, but the State of Florida says we can have 15. A new State law was passed...