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The Food We Don't Eat

Marshfield Farmers' Market   -   Jul 20, 2016 - By Lorrie

Though I'm a strong proponent of paying attention to the food you're purchasing and eating, I think that something greatly overlooked in our society is the food you're not eating. I'm sure we can all recall at some point in our lives when a...

WONDERFUL FOLKS

Morrison Orchards   -   Jul 19, 2016 - By Kathy_4

Wow! What a great end to our sweet cherry season 2016! We met so many lovely people down at the stand! Thanks especially to the guy on the bike who went out of his way to re-find us to tell us of his new found love of Fuji apples after having one for the first...

Writing for Food

Greenleaf Farms   -   Jul 18, 2016 - By Suki

Gastronomica magazine has some things for online reviewing.  Not much was interesting, but this one got my attention:   We are what we eat.  Here's an excerpt In June 1938, the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act (“FDCA”)...

FARM TECHNOLOGY DAYS

Earthcare Suri Alpacas LLC   -   Jul 17, 2016 - By Darlene

Farm Technology Days this Tues, Wed & Thurs from 9-4 at Snudden Farms, N764 Zenda Rd, Lake Geneva, WI  Earthcare Suri Alpacas will be in the FAMILY LIVING TENT number 7 on Rural Mutual side.  Please stop in and say HI!!!  Lots of specials...

The Ameraucana Alliance APA Judges

Greenleaf Farms   -   Jul 17, 2016 - By Suki

The Ameraucana Alliance has two directors that are Judges.  Jim Fegan and Jeannette Frank.Just posting this in case you are in their area and looking for good fowl.

The chantecler died

Greenleaf Farms   -   Jul 16, 2016 - By Suki

Yesterday, my last Chantecler, a partridge hen, died.  She had not been laying in a while, since last summer, but we kept her around for winter:  Chants are great winter birds and though the Almanack said it would not be nearly as cold as the past 2,...

The importance of a breeding plan

Greenleaf Farms   -   Jul 16, 2016 - By Suki

A friend of mine, Ike, has a great breeding plan for his lavender Ameraucanas, but, and this is the hilarious part, somewhere along the line, he lost track of it, and starting breeding lavenders with white beaks.  He thinks what happened, and his guess is...

New Harvest of Lychee Wildflower Honey

What's the Buzz?   -   Jul 15, 2016 - By Marcie

I love it! This is my favorite time of year! We're drowning in mangos, and the Lychee honey has been taken off the hives. Many years it's Lychee/Avocado, but not this year. The Avocados didn't do much while the Lychees were blossoming this Spring,...

It's Jelly making' time!

Me and My Honey   -   Jul 14, 2016 - By Dawn _4

Well, here we are in the middle of July and working hard to prepare some wonderful new goodies because what fun is it to just have the same old stuff?!  The bees are very aggressive this year and Dave has decided that he needs to invest in a new bee suit...