February Newsletter
Good thing February occasionally has 29 days. Otherwise this February newsletter would be late. It has been a while since I last updated everyone on farm happenings. Sorry for the silence but it is due to a couple very important reasons. First, the only thing growing here are snowbanks and second, the only thing being […]
State of the Farm Address
My fellow farm members: Today in Woodbury, a teacher spent extra time searching for the tomatoes she canned from this past summer’s CSA share and did her part to lift her family’s nutrition level to the highest in more than three decades. An entrepreneur flipped open her freezer to locate the delicious green beans she […]
Employment Opportunity
Fresh Earth Farms (www.FreshEarthFarms.com) is a Community Supported Agriculture farm located just east of the Twin Cities (south of Afton). We are seeking an enthusiastic person to assist in the laborious, never-ending task of supplying fresh, wholesome vegetables to our CSA members. The ideal candidate will have: An overwhelming interest in sustainable agriculture The ability […]
Give Peas a Chance
Winter Musings
This article expands on a presentation/discussion I had with a Food Politics class at the University of Minnesota this past month. Being a Political Science class it delves into politics and may not be suitable for all readers. Parental discretion is advised. One of the problems with farming in Minnesota is you get the winters […]
Food Shelf
We here at Fresh Earth Farms take our holidays seriously. And one of the most serious holidays is Halloween. This year — as we do every year — we did our best to scare the heck out of the children by giving out Brussels sprouts. It’s odd how we failed to have any trick-or-treaters stop by again […]
The Season is Over
As everyone should already know, the season is officially over. Thank you for supporting our farm. We appreciate your confidence in us. The harvest for the hungry event is a go for this Saturday. We are planning on starting at 1:00 and going until everything worth harvesting is harvested or 5:00, whichever comes first. If […]
Food Shelf
With the season just about over we still have quite a bit of produce left to harvest in the field. We have a couple rows of potatoes (probably around 500 pounds), a couple rows of carrots (a couple hundred pounds), some leeks, Brussels sprouts, fennel and who knows what else. What we have done in […]
Last Week of the 2013 Season
This is the last week of the season. Please plan accordingly. A few announcements to get things started. We now have pricing for winter FruitShare. Winter FruitShare is like Summer FruitShare but in the winter and with different fruit. On a dreary winter day it is like having a taste of warm sunshine in every […]