Greetings,
The wet weather is making it especially hard on us organic farmers. Since we don’t use any chemicals, such as herbicides, all the weeding must be done mechanically and by hand. And the grass and weeds are growing so fast we can hardly keep up!
Some vegetables are doing well with so much moisture. For instance, we have the largest heads of romaine lettuce we have ever seen! Green bean plants are huge and covered with blooms and small beans.(expect them next week) However, plants like tomatoes are drowning in some places. We hope it dries up some right away because tomatoes will be ripening soon. In fact, we have already picked a few to eat. Hmmmmm!! Perhaps we will have some at the market in a week or two.
Spring hay is almost a total loss. But perhaps there will be more summer mowings. Anyway, the cows are happy as can be with all the green tender forage.
Have you noticed the debate in Washington about health care and the emphasis on disease prevention? It seems from the discussion prevention is going to the doctor regularly. We think a better way is eating local food grown and processed without chemicals. And that is not just our opinion since there is plenty of research to back us up. At least some doctors must agree because cancer patients continue to tell us their doctor told them to eat this way. And people sensitive or allergic to chemicals in food continue to use our products. It just makes sense that a health care system should begin with healthy real food! Yes, it cost more initially. But what is the real cost of eating from the industrialized food system?
We have a good supply of delicious Pasture Finished Jersey beef including steaks and ground beef for those summer cook-outs.
Our freezers are brimming with Pasture Raised Chicken in both split and boneless/skinless breast, whole legs, whole wings, backs, necks, and whole chickens.
Vegetables this week include romaine lettuce, arugula, basil, Swiss chard, sugar snap peas, new potatoes, zypher squash, both pickling and burpless cukes, cabbage, and beets.
Our hours at the Piedmont Triad Farmers Market are Wednesday – Friday (9:00 until 3:00) and Saturday (8:00 until 4:00).
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