The weird Summer weather continues with a big cool down after LOTS more rain yesterday. Can't say we ever remember 75-degree high in August in the South. . .
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Another gorgeous Summer $20 Farmers Pick!
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We have a couple of notes about this week's orders: we had extra Cherry Tomatoes so we swapped them for the Slicing Tomatoes we had planned on for the Box Salad Boxes. These are the fantastic Sungold Cherry Tomatoes so they're really better than the regular Slicers! The Mixed Basil in the $40 Farmers Pick boxes is Sweet Basil and Purple Basil. Also we had a note about the wonderful Pasture-Raised Chickens from White Oak Pastures: at one time they were processed and labeled as Certified USDA Organic but at some point they made the decision to drop this certification. The quality and growing methods are still very much what we require of our producers and we hope everyone enjoys them! As they state on their website "We feel that we go far beyond the USDA certified organic standards with our grass-fed beef, lamb and pastured poultry program." If you have any further questions about White Oak Pasture's wonderful meats and production practices check out their website:
www.whiteoakpastures.com.I often find myself humming or singing that old John Denver song "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" while
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Pigs are very social and they like it when we work in the yard with them.
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doing farm chores. The first line of it always make me smile: "Well, life on the farm is kinda laid-back.. ." because it's really not! There is always something to pick, plant, harvest, feed or pack up in a box to deliver with 1,000 more things waiting 'til we have time to get to them. This time of year the Pigs take up a lot of our attention as they are getting bigger and, well, let's just say very
insistent about getting their meals on time! Ours are very happy Pigs, they get to roam around on about 1.5 acres, eating weeds and grass, rooting and wallowing in a few mud holes we maintain for their pleasure. They are not pets: we raise them with the intention of harvesting them for Sausage and BBQ. We know that happy animals result in Good Meat so it's important that while they are growing they are literally happy as pigs in mud! We're very proud of our happy farmyard animals.
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These guys know I have their bucket of kitchen scraps!
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