if you have been a loyal reader, you could no doubt list off a number of things that i love about my local food community. things like knowing my farmers’ names, seeing how they raise my food and having to wash the soil off my greens (or finding a bug in them). in this post read more
while i have been talking with beth and tim for quite some time about visiting erehwon farm, it wasn’t until this past friday that we were able to make it happen. with the forecasted milder days and sub-freezing nights beth mentioned that they had tapped the farm’s maple trees and planned to spend the week read more
pure prairie farm did bring its produce to market by late march. in fact, izabella was at the community winter market on march 6 with fresh greens. despite my plans to get in on the first harvest i was a week late in getting to the market and consequently just bought my bags this past read more
last week i finally visited with one of the first farmers that i had approached regarding this project. her name is izabella. she and her business partner bill operate pure prairie farm. izabella has been involved with the local food movement in and around geneva for a number of years but recently acquired a few acres read more