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Chickens in the Coop, Tomatoes Potted Up

Seasons at Procter Farm   -   Apr 26, 2012 - By Rebekah

The Brandywine plant is an heirloom tomato, which means that the flowers are openly pollinated and seeds can be saved from year to year. They produce excellent-tasting fruit and grow indeterminately, which means that there is no set number of flowers and...

Friends of Westminster Farmers

Westminster Farmers' Market   -   Apr 26, 2012 - By Dean

You Can Help Your Town's Farmers’ Market,  Join the Friends A new group has been formed by Patty Hurd and Karen Sargent; “Friends of Westminster Farmers”. They will endeavor to form a cohesive group of volunteers, that will foster...

Filet's last day.

Moonstruck Farms   -   Apr 26, 2012 - By Rowena

I found out today that even when you have a hate/love relationship with a beef cow they are just on the farm too long not to build some bond with.  Eddie from Barstow Custom Butchering came by and dropped off pork so I was busy organizing it in the...

photo by Guy Mendes Welcome back to the LocalHarvest newsletter. This year the National Endowment for the Humanities bestowed its highest honor for intellectual achievement in the humanities on the farmer, essayist, novelist, conservationist, and...

From mad cow disease to pink slime.Is meat safe to...

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

The mega meat businesses are now eating their own medicine after so many years of mega profits selling meat to the public tainted with PINK SLIME.They started to file bankruptcy and it is the social media to blame! Now iis the Time to switch to grass fed and...

A very Busy Day on the Ranch :)

The Artistic Farmer   -   Apr 25, 2012 - By Petra

I hope everyone is enjoying this lovely day. It is pretty warm here in Central Texas and I have been a "busy bee ". Already the pasture clean up and fertilizing of the fields is complete. Fiber carded and spun, Floor Boards removed and I have...

Shop the flea market/barn sale at the farm...

Na-Da Farm   -   Apr 25, 2012 - By Jason and Anne Marie

we are preparing once again for: Flea Market Style Magazine named our barn sale "one of the best vintage flea markets from coast to coast" in their Spring 2012 issue! Midwest Living Magazine, in Sept. 2011, featured our flea market/barn sale...

5 Calves, 1 to go.

Tangle Tree Ranch   -   Apr 25, 2012 - By Marte Holen

Ramona calved today, a nice heifer calf. So now I waiting for Tinkerbell. I checked her udder, but it is not filled up enough, or swollen enough, yet. If we get some bad weather in, she can switch her body around in a short time.  When Tinkerbell...

Stuffed Napa Cabbage

Farm Share West/Organic Now   -   Apr 25, 2012 - By Marika

This week, we had a freakishly huge bok choy and a freakishly huge napa cabbage. I pretended they were battling each other, complete with Godzilla music, in our "what's in the bag?" video. I made the bok choy last night, in a stir-fry with...

Herbal Sale, Updates & Exciting News!

Morgan Botanicals   -   Apr 24, 2012 - By Jessica_7

We're having a BIG SALE over at Morgan Botanicals! Spring Cleaning and re-arranging and additions all at the same time.  So much to do.....Tidying, dusting, singing. Moving a few things out, marking a few things down, making room, making herbals....