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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
Monday, June 6th CSA shipping
Rainbow Ranch Farms - Jun 06, 2011 - By Poly
Today, we are shipping CSA boxes, please check your email for UPS tracking numbers. All tracking numbers will be in your email box on or before 3:00pm. If you are expecting a shipment, and do not get a tracking number, please do not panic, simply call me...
Just lettuce. A little too hot, but it makes the ...
Abbe Hills Farm CSA - Jun 06, 2011 - By Laura_1
Greetings shareholders, This week, we’ll have some very nice lettuce.That’s all.It’s not very much, but it’s a little something to get the CSA started.Next week, we’ll have more lettuce, small white onions, radishes, some kinds of greens.The snap peas are...
Slow Food Meeting for June 25th
Slow Food - Conway/Myrtle Beach Convivium - Jun 05, 2011 - By JP
Our next Slow Food Conway/ MB meeting will be held at member Dawn Miller's house June 25th at 5:30PM. 3rd meeting for Slow Food Conway/ MB. To select nominate and vote in officers. Formalize and apply for membership with Slow Food USA as...
Cleo, Cher, and their babies
Rise&Shine Urban Farm - Jun 05, 2011 - By Susan_4
Just thought I would let everyone see the newest arrivals at the farm. Both Cleo and Cher have at least twelve babies each. I say at least twelve because I have not been able to count the fast moving darlings yet. This is what a heritage...
Are CSA's Worth It?
Victory Acres Farm and CSA - Jun 05, 2011 - By Farmer Eric
Everyone that I talk to thinks that more locally grown foods are a wonderful thing.Most people that I know want a local farm that will provide fresh, healthy, sustainable produce.But very few people realize all that goes into making that possible. Growing...
A great book!
At Home in Nature - Jun 05, 2011 - By Mary_5
Read this book! Combining natural farming and traditional agriculture with the latest in scientific research may seem like a difficult thing, but farming and gardening hasn't ever been easier. Less work, less cost, more production! This...
Le Menu (what's cookin'?)
At Home in Nature - Jun 05, 2011 - By Mary_5
NEWS FROM THE FARM AND RECIPES While out on wild harvests we saw lark buntings again playing in the warm eveningtime. The weather has finally warmed up (maybe because we finally built shelters for our plants?) and the birds (domestic and wild) are...
Ancient and modern wilderness preservation
At Home in Nature - Jun 04, 2011 - By Mary_5
Though the names of Roosevelt, Mills, Muir, Thoreau are known in the United States as advocates for conservation of natural resources, the first time natural resources were conserved by a government was during the reign of the Emperor Ashoka I of what is today...
Star watching for farmers
At Home in Nature - Jun 04, 2011 - By Mary_5
Look to the skies just before sunrise and you’ll see something interesting: the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter appear to be in a line!Though not actually in alignment, our perspective from Earth makes them appear so, but it is a good time to consider...
In a jiffy or a moment?
At Home in Nature - Jun 04, 2011 - By Mary_5
We use the words daily without thinking of them.But we have to remember that units of measurement have becoming increasingly standardized and based on units of ten.Long before meter / foot debate began, long before we were using dollars made of 100 cents, long...