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Call to Action: Farm Bill HB 2336

Posted in CSA, farm, farmer's market, farming, food saftey, local food, tagged community supported agriculture, farmer's market, farming, food politics, food preservation, food safety on February 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I really have been meaning to get a proper post up here on the blog. January was unintentionally quiet on this space, and it felt good and fine, since the farm is at its quietest for that one beautiful, still month. Since February blew in with a fresh breeze and a bit of upstart in [...]

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Gathering together a new way of farming and eating

Posted in chickens, community, farming, food saftey, local food, newsletter, organic, permaculture, potluck, tagged farming, food politics, food safety, newsletter on August 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

This weekend we hosted our second farm potluck of the year, this time in conjunction with Slow Foods of Yamhill County. Unlike our earlier potluck this season, which was wide open to both farm members and market customers as well as our greater community of friends, this gathering brought in folks mostly from the Slow [...]

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At market and in the farm kitchen this week

Posted in Chard, chickens, cooking, CSA, cycles, farmer's market, farming, flowers, home, local food, newsletter, salad mix, seasonal eating, spring, summer, turnip greens, tagged farming, newsletter, seasons, spring, summer on June 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Pickings were slim this week at our market booth and a few others as the cool weather and gray days were again here more than gone. We could hardly believe that there was so little growth from last week’s harvest to this week’s. This happens in early spring, but the pace of growth usually continues [...]

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Working with the weather

Posted in challenges, cycles, farmer's market, farming, gardening, local food, nature, newsletter, seasonal eating, spring, summer, Uncategorized, tagged farming, newsletter, planting, seasons, spring, summer on June 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Yesterday morning, we were so thrilled to be greeted by the sun. After such a long and rainy harvest day on Wednesday, we had high hopes for a dry and warm market. Unfortunately, by the time we were setting up for the day, a coolness and cloud cover had returned, and although we stayed dry [...]

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Summer love

Posted in challenges, cooking, CSA, cycles, family, farm, farming, flowers, gardening, home, local food, nature, newsletter, seasonal eating, summer, tagged farming, newsletter, rhythym, seasons, summer on July 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I am sure that at this moment, we all have one thing taking up residence in our minds, filling in all the spaces between our many other thoughts, unavoidably resurfacing in the front again and again. And what could so ubiquitously bring us together in such grand collective consciousness besides the weather: it is hot! [...]

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