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On the 5 th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we would like to acknowledge the people of New Orleans and surrounding areas for their courage, strength and tenacity in getting their communities and lives back on the road to recovery. Much work is still...

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Fall

All We Need Farm   -   Sep 02, 2010 - By Stacey

Just in case you haven’t spent the last two weeks “under the Texas sun”, I thought that I would share with you that fall is on its way.During August, our days were hot, hot, hot and sticky humid.Now we are transitioning into shorter days, the sun is rising...

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(Ward answers foreboding doorbell) Fresh basil, corn, green beans, red potatoes.  Grow.  Chop.  Cook.  It’s just good.  No need for enticing adjectives. Watch here and get printable recipe.   Also this week read about ...

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We grow for Taste

Miolea Organic Farm   -   Sep 02, 2010 - By Brian_1

There are things we grow that are not the best looking when compared to local conventional farms and definitely not the Industrial Food Complex.So when we take our heirloom tomatoes to the market we have to really sell them (convince the consumer that the...

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Before I start to tell you about the wonderful goodies that will be available at the Bluegrass Farmers' Market this Saturday, let me say thank you again to all who voted for us in the America's Favorite Farmers Market contest. We are so proud to be...

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Slow Day, Slow Food

Homestead Pantry   -   Sep 02, 2010 - By Homestead Artisa

Twas a slow day on Homestead Springsberry.  Since we had the two oldest off to college all day, I took advantage of the peace and quiet to 'rest' while I did a couple loads of laundry, finished a book, and we prepared a nice dinner.  You...

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September 1st We are in the midst of our grape harvest.  It's been a super hot and sometimes too dry summer,and some of the grapes have not fared as well as we hoped.    However, we have a nice French-American grape that makes a nice...

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We are disappointed that we did not win the title again this year in our division.The competition was fierce.We would like to congratulate the winner in our category (the medium category), Falls Church Farmers Market in Falls Church, VA, who took the title...

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We did it!  The Bluegrass Farmers' Market was voted #1 in Kentucky in the "America's Favorite Farmers Market" contest run by the American Farmland Trust!   That's right, we won the honor of being voted the #1 market by our...

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New Additions

Pine Needle Farm   -   Sep 01, 2010 - By Ann_2

Well, we have two new additions to the crew here.  This last week-end I went over to Spokane, WA and picked up two miniature horses!  One is a former show horse that has won everything there is to win her yearling year, and the other one is just...

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