A few months back I sat down with my favorite fiber artist, Grace Gerber of Larkspur Funny Farm. Grace is what I would call a goat whisperer. Never in my life have I met anyone who is so in tune with their four legged family as much as Grace.
I asked Grace about how a...
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3rd Annual Organic Field Days
Date: Saturday, May 29, 2010
Time: 11:00 am- 2:00 pm
Location: Gray Horse Farm
286 Hobbs Lane
Clinton Corners, New York
Back by popular demand, we will open the Farm (even more than usual) up to everyone to see. Enjoy Draft Horse Demonstrations,Pick your Own Eggs, Children can decorate their own Egg Cartons, Scavenger hunt,...
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“No, thanks, Charlie. I don’t want any iris.”That’s what I told my neighbor Charlie for nearly twenty years after my husband and I bought our
five acres in rural Pennsylvania. Charlie and his wife Betty, enthusuastic iris growers, offered me rhizomes every year, and every year I declined.
We were going to start a CSA………or maybe grow Christmas trees………or perhaps specialize...
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Just a short time ago Bill’s Berry Farm, near Grandview, Washington was little more than a dream for owners, Bill and Julie Michener. Oh, they had a farm, but after 15 years of commercially farming their 70 acres of apples and cherries they knew they needed to do things differently. Actually, the Micheners, along...
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The CuttingFarm is owned and operated by Susan and Keith Cutting. The CuttingFarm is a small diversified naturally managed family farm.
We are located in the Town of Springfield, New Hampshire. The greater Dartmouth, Lake Sunapee geographical region contains portions of Grafton, Sullivan and Merrimack Counties in the mid western part of New Hampshire.
Our History
Susan...
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The Sanford Farmers Market was started in 2007 by Michelle Ferrell. It is a super friendly small town community market. We average between 20-40 vendors that set up at the market every season.
We are a year round market open every Saturday from 9am-2pm. The Market offers a wide variety of items such as:
Farm...
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Little Sky Lavender Farm first came into being in 1985, with 18 apple and pear trees to begin a small orchard. Our three acres, located in a small valley in the Santa Cruz Mountains, north of Boulder Creek, California, grows under a little piece of sky ringed immediately with Redwood, Douglas Fir, Live Oak,...
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Saturday mornings are for sleeping late and watching cartoons, right? Wrong! Well, not the first Saturday morning of the month anyway. Folks from all over come early and stay late for the Green Market at the Corinth Depot.
Green Market at the Corinth Depot, recently voted the Best Small Event by the Mississippi Tourism Association,...
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Now that everyone and everything is completely immersed in “going green” (or at least it seems that way from an advertising and media standpoint), it seems rather obvious that one of the main areas of focus is the food we consume, how it was grown, and where it comes from. When you eat locally...
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Kansas City Food Circle’s 12th Annual Exhibition of Farmers
2010 EAT LOCAL! Expos
2 Saturdays
March 27th & April 3rd, 2010
BUY DIRECT from LOCAL FAMILY FARMERS
* High-quality, organic veggies on-site & by CSA subscription
* Free-range meat and eggs
* Organic veggie seedlings and plants for your spring garden
* Free Kansas City Food Circle Directory of Local Producers
* Original...
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