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Sunshine after the Rain :)

The Artistic Farmer   -   May 16, 2012 - By Petra

What a wonderful Wednesday it is. We where blessed with more rain yesterday and today the earth and all the inhabitants here are overjoyed with the beautiful warm sunshiny day today. The peacock that found his way to our ranch a few days ago seems like he...

Organic Standards Corruption and Small Farms

Spring Hill Farms   -   May 16, 2012 - By David_8

The more distant your relationship with the person who produces your food, the more potential for corruption. Dr Mercola and the Cornucopia Institute have been pointing out the mass corruption in the organic movement. As with anything that...

Westminster Farmers' Market Report for 05-18-1...

Westminster Farmers' Market   -   May 16, 2012 - By Dean

It’s a Grilling Weekend! And Westminster Farmers’ Market Has What You Need! Looks like a perfect grilling weekend and Westminster Farmers’ Market has everything you need for a delicious local meal.  Offering local burgers with award-winning melted...

End of frost season?

Big Valley Ranch   -   May 15, 2012 - By Desiree

Well, it seems that May 15 has arrived and its officially the end of frost season. The vegetable starts are going into the ground this week, the bees are busy in their new home at the western foot of the orchard. The ducks and chickens are laying daily and the...

The Connectedness of Wheat and Blackberries

L'Ecuyer Gardens   -   May 15, 2012 - By Twilya

I know you are probably wondering what I am drinking, but the two have beautiful relationship on our farm.We are usually offering predictions for the first day of wheat harvest beginning in early June and don’t start cutting until the end of the month.If we...

Spring Harvest

Healthy Culinary Creations LLC   -   May 15, 2012 - By Laurie_1

So far it has been a wonderful spring of produce grown by dedicated local farmers bringing us asparagus, fiddlehead ferns, spinach, turnip tops, japanese radish, arugula, rhubarb, (shall I go on?), tatsoi, baby greens, asian greens, various types of radish,...

Critters I'd like to Vaporize

Mini Miracles Farm CSA   -   May 14, 2012 - By Natalie

When I was a child, I loved all manner of critters. Crawling ones, flying ones and those that ran on little soft pads. Much to my parents chagrin, I was the kid constantly dragging home helpless, abandoned cats, dogs and once on vaccation a seagull hit by a...

News Bleep from the Wild - Biotopia # 17 - May 12t...

Biotopia Family Farm   -   May 14, 2012 - By Superfood

News Bleep from the Wild - B i o t opia - # 17 - May 12th, 2012 Hello my friends of the Wild Greens! Welcome to our next News Bleep form the Wild / Biotopia - Farm & Forage ! Can you feel the changes in the air? I...

French Gardens And Good Manners

Farm Share West/Organic Now   -   May 14, 2012 - By Marika

There's been some rumblings in the parenting community lately that, now that the Tiger Mom claims to superior Asian parenting have died down, it's the French that are now taking over as aspirational parents of the moment. Any excuse to make us parents...

Dead Honey Bees in Ohio

Spring Hill Farms   -   May 14, 2012 - By David_8

Hundreds of thousands of honey bees have been found dead in Delaware, Fairfield, Hardin, Miami, Pickaway and Ross counties in April. Jim North believes an insecticide called neonicotinoids is responsible for the huge amount of dead bees. The Columbus...