Big Vegetable News

By freshearthfarms, on March 29th, 2012

I don’t know if any of you follow the news these days but I must say there is big, BIG news out there, especially in the vegetable world.  This is news that dwarfs all other vegetable news.  Bigger than a new variety of carrot.  Bigger than GMO corn.  Almost as big as heat-resistant lettuce.  When I first heard it I couldn’t believe my ears.  I thought I was dreaming. I thought maybe I was having a stroke and hallucinating.  At the very least I thought that I simply misheard

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March 29th, 2012 | Category: Uncategorized | Comments are closed

Teens and Farming

By freshearthfarms, on March 26th, 2012

I thought this was clever, though I don’t know anything about the organization…

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March 26th, 2012 | Tags: | Category: Jokes | Comments are closed

Invasive Species

By freshearthfarms, on March 16th, 2012

This past week I spent some significant time learning about exotic, invasive species.  Invasive species are non-native pests that make their way across the vast oceans to wreck havoc on us unfortunate farmers here in America.  These pests have no natural predators here so they tend to multiply quickly and do a lot of damage before an outbreak is even recognized.  And then it is frequently difficult to identify what caused the problem since the pest may never have been seen in this part of the world.

With the increase in global trade – especially when it comes to food

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March 16th, 2012 | Category: Newsletters | Comments are closed