Greetings!
Last weekend's farm tour was fun! We had 106 visitors share two wonderful afternoons with us and learn about our farm and greenhouses. It was nice to see familiar faces from the market and to match faces to names we know from our newsletter list. For those of you who were able to visit and took photos, please send them along. We were so busy showing you around, we didn't get a chance to take any pictures of the event! Farm tour fun continues tomorrow with the 2010 Charlotte Garden Tour presented by The Mecklenburg County Fruit & Vegetable Coalition and Slow Food Charlotte. Visit www.canyoudigitcharlotte.org for more information. I will give a demonstration on Seed Saving at the end of the tour at the 4:00 pm Garden Gathering. We will be at market at 7:15 tomorrow with mixed baby lettuce, Aji Dulce peppers, Islander (purple) bell peppers, Dancer eggplant, herb plants and our special blend of soil amendments. Hope to see you tomorrow! |
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Did you know:
From "The Scoop" a newsletter by The Organic Center:
It is possible to drive from Kentucky to eastern Oregon through the heart of Wisconsin and Minnesota without seeing a single dairy cow herd grazing on pasture.
Source: Trip by Chuck and Karen Benbrook from the Cincinnati airport to Troy, Oregon, August 19-24, 2010
The number of hours flown by crop dusters increased 29% between 2003 and 2007, in an attempt to keep up with worsening diseases in GE and no-till corn and soybeans.
Source: Michael Crumb, "Demand for crop dusting soars with new pesticides," AP News, September 21, 2009
Black rice contains more antioxidants and fiber per spoonful than blueberries and blackberries.
Source: Dill Hendrick, "Black Rice is Cheap Way to Get Antioxidants," WebMd, August 26, 2010
The U.S. government has charged 15 people, including 10 German nationals, with smuggling $40 million worth of antibiotic-laced honey from China into the United States. The ring smuggled the honey into the U.S. to avoid $80 million in import duties. This is the biggest food smuggling case ever prosecuted in the U.S.
Source: "U.S. Cracks Down on Chinese Honey Smuggling Ring, IFT News, September 8, 2010
The number of hog farms in the U.S. has declined 89% in the past 30 years.
Only 4% of hogs produced in 2009 were sold in an open, cash market, down from almost two-thirds in 1994.
Source: "Reforming Meat," New York Times editorial, September 7, 2010
One in ten meals in China is cooked with oil dredged from sewers. Reselling used cooking oil collected from sewers is legal in China.
Source: Malcolm Moore, "China goes organic after scandal of cooking oil from sewers," The Telegraph, August 30, 2010
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Sincerely,
Mary Roberts
Windcrest Farm
It has taken me all my life to understand it is not necessary to understand everything. - Rene Coty |
