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Smithfield Merger - More Factory Farms?

Spring Hill Farms - Jun 25, 2013 - By David_8

“China has been very interested and very aggressive trying to get into the United States,....“And they have the resources to do it.” - Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley With the recent announcement of the Smithfield-Shuanghui merger much speculation has been...

JUNE 26 Your Bread & Harvest CSA BOX is here!

Salamander Springs Farm/Permaculture Organics - Jun 25, 2013 - By Susana

NEW POTATOES - our CSA members get the first harvest! With losses from the spring flooding & frosts, our potatoes for market will be precious this year. “New potatoes” are soft skinned & tender, not yet “cured” for storage--we carefully “rob”...

Quietness

Sweet Harmony Farm - Jun 25, 2013 - By Mona

It’s been a long month since Julio left us. Thank you all for your compassion and kind words. Dan and I and the alpacas have all been getting into the new routine, the new normal. The alpacas have been very quiet. They’re...

South Florida Organic Garden TOP TEN TROPICAL TIPS...

Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL - Jun 24, 2013 - By Tony_1

The sizzling summer is on in S.Florida .Welcome to our garden where for every season we have our own growin reason..Now start weeding and mowing and pruning and offcourse fighting the summer garden bugs especially the infamous white fly...

Hay in the Barn

Thistle Byre Farm - Jun 24, 2013 - By Abby

Every grass farmer wants hay in the barn or hay stockpiled before winter feeding arrives. We are no different --especially since we had to buy 60 tons of hay last year. Last summer where our dry, parched hay field produced 2.5 large, 1000...

Locavore90 Meal Plan: Roasted Chicken & Veggies

Arcadia Farms - Jun 24, 2013 - By Katie

Can you believe June is almost over? Per the Locavore90 June Meal Plan, I made a roasted chicken and veggies yesterday. Super yummy! The meat from this chicken and the veggies will make three meals for us this week. Want to know how to stretch a roasted...

Early Summer Adventures

Bloom Where You're Planted Farm - Jun 24, 2013 - By Teresa_2

May and June have been a whirlwind and it is hard to believe July is just a week away. This has been a busy and exciting time on the farm as pumpkin planting time just ended. We started planting May 24 with some of the longer season hardshell (big...

we're getting a lot of rain today

Abbe Hills Farm CSA - Jun 24, 2013 - By Laura_1

Greetings shareholders, This week, we'll have a few more onions, radishes, bok chois, red and green lettuce, Swiss chard, cilantro, Chinese cabbage, kale and collards, kohlrabi, and garlic scapes. Chard will come from the hoophouse this week,...

Herb Garden 2013

Art, Fresh Produce & more - Jun 24, 2013 - By Haley

Last summer my husband and I started an herb garden, well I should say we started making a place to put herbs, because we didn't plant many herbs, and what we did plant died in that drought I was talking about. We decided last year that our herb garden...

Our First Egg