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Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Aug 29, 2012 - By Tony_1

I was coming from a NOFA convention for Organic Farmers , long time ago , using the "Grey Hound" bus , when a security officer at the Jacksonville GH ground station confiscated an herb bag which I bought at the convention that contained SPEAR...

Back in the saddle again!

Sweet Pumpkins Farm   -   Aug 27, 2012 - By Donna_4

Dear readers, After a long and difficult road, I have rearranged this farm operation to exclusive online ordering. Due to causes in conflick with the farm. I was forced to do so by an unspeakable sorce to take down the stand leaving me no...

You're Milking What?

North Star Homestead Farms, LLC   -   Aug 27, 2012 - By Ann, Laura, and Kara

All good stories start “a long time ago…” which, when you’re a mature 23 years of age, eight years of hard work, study, and dedication seems like one of those legendary ages.  And, just like many of those great epic journeys, it starts in a very different...

beef Thursday, another nice rain just in time, tom...

Abbe Hills Farm CSA   -   Aug 27, 2012 - By Laura_1

Greetings shareholders, This week, we have tomatoes, green beans, cabbage, eggplant, potatoes, onions, garlic, summer squash, a few cucumbers, kale and collards, some combination of red and green peppers, and parsley, basil, and dill.  The cilantro,...

Welcome back to the LocalHarvest newsletter. Twenty years ago, I packed up two suitcases and moved from Minnesota to Northern California to work as an intern with CAFF , a statewide sustainable farm organization. My first project was to squint my way...

Buckwheat Honey Tote Bag Giveaway

Mohawk Valley Trading Company - Honey - Maple Syrup - Beeswax Candles   -   Aug 26, 2012 - By Betty_1

The Mohawk Valley Trading Company is giving away one Buckwheat Honey Tote Bag with each order of any of their varieties of honey from 8/26/12 thru 09/02/12. In their effort to support and promote sustainable agriculture, local, small and family owned farms...

A fertile soil is the goal. High organic matter and readily available macro and micro-nutrients. The fertility is provided by a complex, viable soil biology. A soil guru explained that there is much more going on (i.e. microbial life) at the surface of the...

I Love a Rainy Night

L'Ecuyer Gardens   -   Aug 26, 2012 - By Twilya

I love a rainy night and since last night we have received a little over three inches.It has been the slow soaking kind for the most part and WOW is it muddy.So muddy in fact tonight when I was picking green beans I got so stuck I could not move my legs.My...

Agrarian land accessibilty for farming and potenti...

Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Aug 25, 2012 - By Tony_1

John Milton in his famous balad " ALBATRAS " cries:Water Water Everwhere ,but no DROP  to DRINK".In our case it will be Land Land Everywhere but no CROP to EAT! Take the example of the PLENTY of agrarian land that sits down for...

Decorative Garden Journal, Gardener's First Ai...

The Old Winery Farmers Market   -   Aug 25, 2012 - By Jean_2

"Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words." Lydia M. Child I often talk about my love for journaling and awhile back I talked about a Cookbook Journal I had made for my daughter Taylor.  Well, I also have created...