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The Slow Flow

Mott Family Farm   -   Aug 06, 2010 - By Shelley_1

In the Dog Days of summer I've learned the art of slowness. Slow moving. Slow cooking. Slow picking. Slow packing. Sometimes even my thought processes are slowed down--all in my body's effort to cope with the sticky heat. In our non-air conditioned...

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Ending Early This Year

Tulsa City Farm   -   Aug 05, 2010 - By Malcolm

 It is sad that, we are pulling up plants still producing. My daughter started school today.She goes to a year round school as they call it. Her summer break is short. So we are open a short period.Saturday will be our last day open.

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Our thanks to all who showed up last Saturday for our National Farmers Market Week celebration. We hope you enjoy your bags and “tote” them with pride! We had a great time and apparently so did our customers! Our farmers will be bringing nothing but the...

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1st Place Cook-Off Winner, Margee Berry beat out 7 other contestants with her "Warm Weather Watermelon Crabmeat Kissed South Seas Soup." The Gilroy Garlic Festival has been over for a week, but I still miss it… no more garlic scampi, no more...

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The Gilroy Garlic Festival is here and you’re still irresistibly drawn to it every year for reasons you may not even comprehend. This simple test will confirm if YOU are hooked on the Gilroy Garlic Festival: 1. You’ve arrived at the Festival and it’s...

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1 – Choose the best chicken coop or house for your space. If you have a smaller space you’ll want to be sure you have a coop that can comfortably fit in that area. In addition, do not overstuff your coop, make sure you consider how much space each chicken...

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Harvest Update

Elliott Family Farm   -   Aug 05, 2010 - By Samuel_1

Harvest time was very busy. I didn't get to give the updates I wanted on the harvest due to problems with internet service. I will be posting a video soon. We had lots of new customers come to the farm. SO many, in fact, that we did not go to DFM. Most...

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Westminster Farmers’ Market Report from Maple Heights Farm Getting the Most from the Farmers’ Market Facebook… Watch facebook on Friday as vendors will keep you informed of what they will be bringing to the market this week! ...

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  It's week 15 of our food adventure, where has the time gone? Things on the farm are mixed. On the good side of things we are getting rain but not too much rain. Most of the storms have missed us. The rain gets about 3 miles away and evaporates...

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  Good morning, It is a new month and we have several new members bringing our total up to 8 (I would like to have 20 but we take what we are served. It does looks like we may get to that point the last two months of this food adventure). As we...

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