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Photo by: Culinary Delights Farm Welcome back to the LocalHarvest newsletter. This is the time. Hundreds of thousands of people all over the country are signing up for a CSA. Visions of tender new potatoes, taut, warm melons, and tomatoes, always...

Ground Beef 100% Grass Fed (Customer Message)

Spring Hill Farms   -   Feb 22, 2010 - By David_8

ground beef I'm posting this to alert you to a deal we have available right now due to a mistake at our processor. We had a special order for 90/10 ground beef. Long story short, the order got ran as 80/20 ground beef. So....we have 80/20 ground...

Viva Las Vegas – A Little Culinary Chat With Chef ...

Christopher Ranch   -   Feb 22, 2010 - By Justin_1

Elvis most certainly had it pegged, when he famously crooned,”Viva Las Vegas.” Be it the dice, the bright lights, the 24-hour celebration or Celine Dion, Sin City seemingly has something to offer everyone. For many chefs, culinary...

Announcing INCA Community Gathering in Perry, IA o...

Iowa Network For Community Agriculture   -   Feb 22, 2010 - By INCA Board Member

Iowa Network for Community Agriculture ( INCA ) to host “ Growing Our Roots ” gathering, potluck and annual membership meeting, March 13, 2010, 9:00am to 3:00pm at the Town/Craft Center, 1122 Willis Avenue, Perry, IA 50220. The Gathering is free and open...

Canning Irish!

The Jam and Jelly Lady   -   Feb 22, 2010 - By Sonya

The kitchen smells delicious today!  We're getting ready for a big show in Cincinnati this spring: the Cincinnati Fine Food Show on April 17 and 18.  Praline Syrup and  Strawberry Lemonade are already bubbling on the stove.  But...

The Sap Flows!

Hurricane Farm   -   Feb 22, 2010 - By Chris

It took only a few hours and a sunny morning to get about 100 taps in.  We dug out the buckets, lids, tools, and spouts, loaded up the trucks, and headed across town to the sugar bush. The owners of the land that we use have been hard at work...

February 18th, INCA Board Meeting

Iowa Network For Community Agriculture   -   Feb 22, 2010 - By INCA Board Member

February 18, 2010  In attendance: Ryan Marquardt, Matt Russell, Michael Haedicke, Gina Lloyd, Chris Henning (Gathering Coordinator) 1.The meeting began at 11:10 a.m. 2.The board discussed the advertisement for a paid Assistant to the Executive Board...

Keeping Warm

JustPicked Farms   -   Feb 21, 2010 - By Cheryl_2

February 21 Keeping Warm I had intended to write part two of “Building a hoop house for pastured poultry” this week, but the weather has been somewhat uncooperative for working outdoors.  So, in celebration of the half inch of ice covering...

Easy Winter...So Far

Pine Needle Farm   -   Feb 21, 2010 - By Ann_2

I haven't posted here in a long time!  We are having a pretty easy winter this year.  Not much in the way of snow, only about a foot, if that.  It's been above average temps for quite a while.  I am liking the lack of snow, it makes...

While I was off at work at my engineering job this week, one of our CSA members was hard at work here at the farm putting the final stages on our new maple equipment. Fred took on the project, all the way from taking measurements and ordering the piping...