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By freshearthfarms, on September 28th, 2010
 Lots of big projects these last many weeks: squash, edamame, pumpkins, potatoes, garlic, onions, shallots are all harvested at the same time. That doesn’t sound right. What I mean is the all that plants in a given category, say squash, are ready at the same time and need to be harvested and stored as opposed to say tomatoes that we harvest over many weeks. These large project make for very long days, weeks and months! And of course the usual harvesting of weekly produce doesn’t stop.
So due
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By freshearthfarms, on September 18th, 2010
There is an order form available to order 2011 shares. Join by the end of October and get 2011 shares at 2010 prices.
In addition we have extended FruitShare year-round. See FruitShare for more details.
By freshearthfarms, on September 16th, 2010
Baby Bok Choi with Onions and Garlic in soy sauce
What a delight! Two Newsletters in one week. Must be a bit slow on the farm eh Chris? Au contraire mon frere. In reality there is a lot going on, that’s why we need two newsletters. That and the fact we forgot to put some stuff in the last newsletter. Oh, and there’s an update to the news in the last newsletter. So without further ado, here are the important things you need
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By freshearthfarms, on September 14th, 2010
 I just read an article where the manufactures of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) have applied to the Federal Government for permission to use a new name on food labels. These manufacturers feel HFCS has gotten a bum rap over the last few years. There is fear among consumers regarding HFCS; consumers think that HFCS is more harmful and more likely to cause obesity than ordinary sugar. This has led to a significant drop in consumption of HFCS, in fact it has fallen to the lowest
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By freshearthfarms, on September 10th, 2010
More evidence about the effect of chemicals on your veggies!
http://www.gocomics.com/duplex/2010/09/10/
By freshearthfarms, on September 7th, 2010
 This farming season is just like all the other seasons. By that I mean it is completely different than every other season. There has never been one like it before as was the case with last season and the season before and the season before. They are all different and so they are all the same – i.e. different.
Why was this year so different? It was warm and rainy. We’ve had warm and dry. We’ve had cool. We haven’t had a lot of rainy, except the fall
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