Posts Tagged ‘csa’

Planting Starts for a Winter Garden (video)

Planting Starts for a Winter Garden (video)

Now that the winter season is close at hand, have you considered growing a winter garden? Kelly Wood shows us how she transplants her kale starts into her garden beds.

Community Supported Agriculture for Seafood

Community Supported Agriculture for Seafood

You join a CSA every year, buy eggs fresh from the farmer at the market, and you only buy locally-sourced, pastured pork and beef. But what about that salmon on your grill this summer? Do you know the waters from which it came, know the fisherman who hauled it in?

Barn Raising and Community Support Celebrated at Pete’s Greens

Barn Raising and Community Support Celebrated at Pete’s Greens

After a disastrous fire, a community came together to raise money which led to a new barn for Pete’s Greens in Craftsbury, Vermont.

What Does Clean Food Mean To You? (video)

What Does Clean Food Mean To You? (video)

What does clean food mean to you?

Farm Loop Tour: Connecting with your Local Farming Community (video)

Farm Loop Tour: Connecting with your Local Farming Community (video)

The Molalla Country farm loop tour is open year round to the public, and offers a wide diversity of farms to visit, sample products, and meet the farmers.

The Unconventional Harvest: Tantré Farm

The Unconventional Harvest: Tantré Farm

Riding in the hot July sun I could smell basil more than a quarter mile from Tantré Farm.

A Look at Small Scale Farming in Lucan, Minnesota

A Look at Small Scale Farming in Lucan, Minnesota

This episode tells the story of several different small scale farmers in and around Lucan, Minnesota, located 150 miles South West of the Twin Cities.

New Financing Opportunity for Small Farmers in Midwest

New Financing Opportunity for Small Farmers in Midwest

March 17, 2011 It’s known that banks typically will not loan money to someone who wants to buy farmland in order to farm it. An example of this is a local farmer (see video below) who was repeatedly turned away from mainstream banks just because he wanted to buy a farm and farm it. He [...]