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Custom Polo Shirt Giveaway 1

Mohawk Valley Trading Company - Honey - Maple Syrup - Beeswax Candles   -   Jun 04, 2012 - By Betty_1

In our effort to support and promote sustainable agriculture, local, small and family owned farms and other local food sources; we asked our friends at Crooked Brook to sponsor a custom polo shirt giveaway with t he winner’s business name embroidered on the...

Lot's going on at the Ranch :)

The Artistic Farmer   -   Jun 04, 2012 - By Petra

Good morning everyone.  Lots have been going on here on the Ranch. I finally found a reasonably priced drum carder that, I have to say, is a god's sent. It makes my fiber processing so much more efficient and incredibly fun. That was truly a...

rain was great, 2012 season starts this week

Abbe Hills Farm CSA   -   Jun 04, 2012 - By Laura_1

Greetings new and returning CSA shareholders, This week, we'll have lettuce, a few garlic scapes, bok chois, and gobs of sugar snap peas.  YIPPEEEE!!!   I'd hoped to have a few more things for you at the beginning, but the...

My Wife said the Kale was Delicious

Conroe Saturday AM market   -   Jun 04, 2012 - By Fred

My Wife said the salad I hid the Kale in, was Delicious. Important word to recognize in the opening sentence was HID. The Kale was in the bottom of the bowl hidden under all the mixed greens.  To prepare the Kale for the salad I placed torn pieces in...

Tuesday Goodness at the Bluegrass Farmers' Mar...

Bluegrass Farmers Market   -   Jun 03, 2012 - By Kentucky Proud

Before we talk about all of the wonderful homegrown goodness that will be available at the Tuesday market, the Bluegrass Farmers' Market has some big news to share with you...we now ave a second market location! Yup, that's right...now you can shop at...

Spinach learns a new trick

At Home in Nature   -   Jun 03, 2012 - By Mary_5

Spinach is great when fresh in salads or on sandwiches, but have you tried using it as a steamed vegetable or in your lasagna? Mmm! To improve your favorite lasagna with spinach, layer (3-5 leaves thick) spinach between the pasta. But a real treat is to use...

The other day I was harvesting for market. It was a unseasonably cool drizzly day. I have worked through the early efficiency issues and have the harvest down. On a new place it takes time to develop the methods of washing, packing and getting ready for...

It is Now June

L'Ecuyer Gardens   -   Jun 02, 2012 - By Twilya

This week has been a full one!I spent the rest of the week making deliveries, trimming tomato plants, attending t-ball games, enjoying lunch with some new friends, junking and working on my Sunday market. Wednesday I made a last minute change and attended...

Some of My Favorite Things

Moonstruck Farms   -   Jun 02, 2012 - By Rowena

Some of my favorite things....roses, fresh green beans, the first tomato of the season and Molly!!  She has truly been a blessing lately with babies everywhere and new pens going in and moving animals this way and that!!  Yes, if you don't close...

After rocket fuel was found in milk and traced to ...

Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Jun 02, 2012 - By Tony_1

Are we getting attacked by peanuts or milk or simply by drugs that render us cannibals?Who are the terrosrists behind contaminated foods and DRUGS that kill?Why are they legal to buy ?Why not regulate what harms our body and mind in forms of drugs or...