The Market is Open

I will be continuing on with the series today of How to Start/Support Your Local Food Movement. This week I would like to touch on the notion of being a sales representative for your local farmers.
As we get new customers I often ask how they heard of us, and about 90% of the time it is by word of mouth. They heard it straight from YOU, our loyal customers. That just warms my heart! I will be getting new postcards soon and I would love it, if you could pass them out to your friends, family and acquaintances. This will help us grow our local foods movement. Of course we are always looking for new farmers too, and I would welcome the chance to talk to anyone that is growing or producing food in our local communities.
This Friday Ray and I will be celebrating 22 years of marriage. Hannah and Jonah have offered to run the market so that we can have dinner out. I know I am leaving you in their capable hands. See you on Friday,
Angela

The Market is Open

As I was looking for inspiration to write this weblog today I ran across this article by Sustainable Kentucky that talks about how to start/support your local food economy.
Here is the first thing this article suggests doing.

(1) Start with yourself. Seek out local farms and buy from them—year round, every week, rain or shine, higher prices or not. When you attend events, ask for local foods. When you go to locally-owned restaurants, ask for local food. When your group hires a caterer, demand that they buy from local farms and be prepared to pay the extra cost. Go to the nearest farmers market no matter the weather. Be a local food evangelist to your friends without being too preachy. (Win them with flavor!) Take local food to potlucks and family reunions. Give the gift of local food to your friends around the holidays. Join a CSA. Grow your own, buy from a local farm, or don’t eat it!

We are starting our very own local foods movement right here in Caldwell county and I thank you for your support. You are doing step one each and every week for your local farmers and I cannot say thank you enough!
Here is to our very own homegrown foods movement! So exciting!
See you Friday,
Angela

The Market is Open

The market is open and it is so hard to go to work in an office when it is so pretty outside. I would love to be putting my fingers in dirt this week. Alas, off to work I go today!
See everyone on Friday,
Angela

The Market is Open

This past week our farmily hosted the Caldwell County Leadership team to our farm. I get such a kick out of meeting folks and telling them about our farm and how much we are learning and loving what we do. Everyday is a learning experience for us newbies on the farm. We have been doing this farm thing for several years now, but I still feel we have so much to learn. You know what though? I don’t care…. I enjoy the learning process, the constant problem solving that goes on with farming, and the beautiful products that come from all the hard work we do. It makes me so proud. Anyway, I will quit gushing for now!
I look forward to seeing you on Friday,
Angela