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Excitement and Frustrations

Bloom Where You're Planted Farm   -   Nov 16, 2009 - By Teresa_2

This is both an exciting and frustrating time of a pumpkin farmer's year.  It is exciting because we have lots of ideas running through our heads about next season and all we want to do and add.  It is also exciting to have a bit of free time...

Beautiful Weather!

Debbie's Garden   -   Nov 16, 2009 - By Chickadee1

I was thinking that the weather here in Georgia has been strange this year. I have never seen so much RAIN, even back in the day when we got "normal" rainfall.  And this year we thought we were going to have a "normal" cool fall like...

November

Happy Hills Alpaca Farm   -   Nov 16, 2009 - By wawanuky

           Chester too suddenly too fast now gone. My beautiful black smoke Persian cat. He was one that I had bred, one of the second litter from Muusta. He was our favorite kitten and grew...

Mass Local Food is now offering free delivery to housebound members in the towns of Holden, MA and Westminster, MA.  We offer a limited number of free-deliveries, first come first served at www.massfoodcoop.org/shop .  If you need free delivery...

Welcome back to the LocalHarvest newsletter. This time of year, people from the North often ask us how they can keep buying local food through the winter. In the produce realm, I usually recommend becoming familiar with winter storage crops – apples,...

Long anticipated Litter of Piglets FINALLY arrive!

Antaya Acres Heritage Farm   -   Nov 15, 2009 - By Brett & Stephanie

Our final litter of piglets for the season finally arrived last night.  Congratulations to Junebug, our 18 month old registered Tamworth sow!  11 vigorous cross-bred youngsters were born in less than an hour and a half.  She is an expert...

The Nutritional Benefits of Goat Milk

Breeze Hill Farm   -   Nov 15, 2009 - By MaLinda

The following is a great article about the benefits of Goats Milk and I wanted to share it with you all. Click on the link to learn more…. The Nutritional Benefits of Goat Milk by Miriah Reynolds from the July/August, 2009 issue of Dairy Goat...

The Girls

Sweet Harmony Farm   -   Nov 15, 2009 - By Mona

We have been blessed by many glorious days of Indian summer lately.  It gives us extra time to cut, split, and stack the four cords of wood we burn over the winter.  There are still some beets and carrots in the garden which I’ve left in on purpose...

Free delivery is only offered in Westminster at this time.  See www.massfoodcoop.org/shop for more information.  And contact us through email if you need a delivery on Friday, December 4th.

Timing vs. Genetic "Space"

F.A. Farm   -   Nov 14, 2009 - By Walter_1

Back when I was coaching soccer, I taught my players to think in terms of time vs. space. For example, when the attacker is coming downfield with the ball, he (or she) has the advantage in timing because he (or she) is initiating each move. The defender will...