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Greetings from the farm.
Here's what's available at our store this weekend:
Sweet Corn
Peppers
Green Beans
Cucumbers
Kale
Blueberries
Selection of Grabski's Hormone Free and Antibiotic Free Meats (including chicken, pork, and beef)
Fresh Little Farm Girl Soap and Sundries
Local Honey
Loose Leaf Tea
Certified Organic, Local Jarred Products
Farm Fresh, Free Range Brown Eggs
Beelzebub's Fresh Salsa
The photo above shows a sweep of cattails in one of our two ponds. This is the type of emergent growth that we encourage. This habitat serves creatures great and small, like the snapping turtle shown below. Cattails also act as a component of ponds and wetland areas that are capable of filtering and cleansing natural systems of impurities.
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Common Snapping Turtle
Snapping Turtles love our ponds, and we sometimes get the opportunity to see them roaming around the yard. This prehistoric looking beast is a sight to behold, and acts quite ferocious when it is on land. Because is not able to withdraw its head into its shell like many other turtles, the Snapping Turtle does as its name implies and snaps.
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Week 7
Box Contents
Please Note: this summary is written before you receive your box-please be aware that some guesswork is involved.
Kale
Cucumbers
Zucchini
Yellow Squash
New Potatoes
Green Beans
Watermelon
Green Peppers
Poblano Peppers
Chives
Blueberries
Sweet Corn: Please note that this sweet corn is not certified organic. It comes from a neighbor farmer, Andy Sabol, who we know to use excellent, low spray growing techniques that produce delicious corn. If you do not wish to receive the sweet corn, please let us know and we will find a substitution.
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"Clean water is under assault. The latest EPA National Water Quality Inventory indicates that agriculture is the leading contributor to water quality impairments, degrading 60 percent of impaired river miles and half of impaired lake acreage. In the United States alone, agricultural pollution accounts for 60 percent of contamination in rivers and lakes."
Your choice to eat organic food positively effects water quality. Learn about other actions that you can take:
Patagonia Initiative: Our Common Waters
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Sincerely,
Jessica
Hunter Farms
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