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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
Beans are fun!
At Home in Nature - Apr 27, 2011 - By Mary_5
Normally, we don't encourage people to play with their food. But there are exptions. When the weather is too bad to go outside, have a fun day of games and crafts inside! Have you ever made a rainstick? Rainsticks are fun musical...
Newspapers are better for the environment!
At Home in Nature - Apr 27, 2011 - By Mary_5
Did you know: some people object because it is not environmentally friendly to use paper for printing.Yet reading newspaper print has a lower impact on global warming than reading online, according to one of the world's leading paper-makers, because the...
Okay, so I am a hypocrite
Miolea Organic Farm - Apr 27, 2011 - By Brian_1
We closed last year’s books and, as was documented here, it was brutal. Just like investment portfolio’s we have to diversify further. I do not think the average American understands how difficult being a small farm can be.However, I cannot...
Opening Market Day
Austin Area Farmers Market - Apr 26, 2011 - By Heidi
Opening day at the Market is coming up fast! We are so excited to begin this season! For the first time, our market has a manager and we will be introducing new features to our market such as a community booth for non-profit organizations, cooking...
Easter Dinner
Specialty Meats and Gourmet - Apr 26, 2011 - By The Meat Detective
Easter Dinner This year we made it our mission, that everything on our Easter Dinner Table would be from a local source and we considered local as being produced in Wisconsin or Minnesota. Lamb Chops (Shepherds Song Farm - Downing, WI) topped with...
Facebook Site Name Updated
Coach Stop Farm - Apr 26, 2011 - By Conni
You can now find us on Facebook by going to http://www.facebook.com/CoachStopFarm1.
Spring Plants at the Williamsburg Farmers Market i...
Williamsburg Farmers Market - Apr 26, 2011 - By WFM
Saturday, April 30, 2011 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Potted plants including herbs and flowering annuals are a feature of the spring markets at the Williamsburg Farmers Market in Merchants Square , along with asparagus, spring greens and pasture-raised...
Save Your Fuel Money Eat More Pork
Spring Hill Farms - Apr 26, 2011 - By David_8
Tamworth Pigs Plowing Here at Spring Hill Farms we don't like buying $4 a gallon gas anymore than you do. We don't like buying gasoline or diesel at any price as far as that goes. That's one of the main reasons we employed Tamworth ...
The Incubator
Pleasant Valley Farm - Apr 25, 2011 - By Emily
As a kid, my Easter mornings were pretty standard...a basket of chocolate bunnies and marshmallow peeps (and eating as many as possible before church!). Now, my Easter mornings are far less sugary, but with lots of the same creatures. Tiny, fuzzy...
Canned Goods
Renaissance Farm - Apr 25, 2011 - By Linda_2
Our list of yummy canned goods! Come in for a sample!! Lemon Raspberry Marmalade Pint $6.99 Peach Preserves Pint $5.99 Blueberry Preserves Pint $6.99 Red...