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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
Opening for 2013-2014 Season!
Byrd's Pecans - Sep 27, 2012 - By Justin_2
Opening up for the 2013-2014 Season beginning October 15th. Missouri looks like it will have a good crop for the 2nd year in a row. Prices on the wholesale market were pretty soft last year, but expect a little bump due to a poor US crop as a...
Super Saturday at the Bluegrass Farmers' Marke...
Bluegrass Farmers Market - Sep 27, 2012 - By Kentucky Proud
It's that time of the year...cooler weather, leaves changing colors, football, tailgating, decorating, pumpkin carving, trick or treat, etc. Yup, it's fall! But guess what? You'll still be able to find some summer goodness at the Bluegrass...
The Future Back To School will be instead:Back to ...
Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL - Sep 27, 2012 - By Tony_1
I was not dreaming when: A major local newspaper columnist gave me an interview to spread the awareness of Urban Farming ,and published it on the front pages of the local section back in 2008 . A local city offered me a job to teach a Composting class for...
Of pigs and piglets
Hood's Heritage Hogs - Sep 27, 2012 - By Dot
Sometimes your timing is just a little off. One of our Red Wattle sows, Janis Joplin, decided to go early and had her pigs out in the field, not in the carefully prepared cozy stall in the barn with all of the nice clean straw. On Monday, she delivered...
The Rise of the College Educated Farmer
Smith Meadows Farm Blog - Sep 27, 2012 - By Forrest
More and more college graduates are starting their own farms. Are they going to make it? http://smithmeadows.com/farm/the-rise-of-the-college-educated-farmer/
It's Snowing Pollen!
What's the Buzz? - Sep 27, 2012 - By Marcie
As I was standing beneath my Brazilian Pepper, admiring the flowers that had burst into bloom, I noticed what looked like snow flurries. Highly unlikely, here in Miami! I continued to observe, and what I found was this.... My honeybees were so busy sipping...
Hog Farmers and Pork Lovers - Hang On!
Spring Hill Farms - Sep 27, 2012 - By David_8
The writing is on the wall. Meat prices in general will be trending up with pork and chicken leading the way. The drought across the corn belt has raised grain prices to the point many farmers are unable to stay in business. I recently saw an article on...
New Seasonings
Pleasant Valley Farm - Sep 26, 2012 - By Emily
Lately I've been making some new seasonings. I started an herb garden when I came to the farm, and I really enjoy cooking with things I've grown. Fresh herbs are, of course, the most flavorful, and you just can't beat the flavor of something that...
How is Your Chicken Raised?
Spring Hill Farms - Sep 26, 2012 - By David_8
When I first started raising pastured poultry I used the standard Cornish Cross birds that are used in commercial operations. I explain why I stopped raising them here. Many pastured poultry farmers use these birds because they are convinced...
Frost and drought slowing growth, we change schedu...
Abbe Hills Farm CSA - Sep 24, 2012 - By Laura_1
Greetings shareholders, This week, we'll have some combination of potatoes, onions, garlic, tomatoes, sweet peppers, chilies, cucumbers, summer squash, kale and collards, swiss chard, leaf lettuce, watermelon, cantaloupe, and herbs. It could...