After writing the piece last week on the high levels of pesticides on conventional apples and that high levels are also found in apple juice and apple sauce. It was interesting that this week the controversy hitting the news is that “The Dr. Oz Show” says in the 33 samples of five brands of apple [...]
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Week 13 Newsletter September 14 & 15 The garlic festival this past weekend was a huge success! Thank- you to those of you who could make it out to this event. With The Garlic Festival coming to a close, it means that it is time for us to get into planting mode. The garlic will [...]
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Week 12 Newsletter September 7 & 8, 2011 For a pdf printable version of the Week 12 Newsletter click here The weather has taken a sudden cool off. Pants and sweaters required for the first day of school. This cooling trend will slow down the number of crops coming off the field next week, although it [...]
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Week 11 Newsletter August 31 & September 1, 2011 For a pdf printable version of the Newsletter Week 11 click here. Summer is nearly over, where did the time go? If you have school age kids hopefully you have had some time over the summer to get them involved in the cooking, if not September is a [...]
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Week 10 Newsletter August 24 & 25, 2011 For a pdf version of the Newsletter Week 10 click here. Tornado’s in Goderich remind us that mother nature is all powerful. We need to appreciate all that mother nature gives us, the sun and the rain to grow our crops. Although we may not understand why tornados [...]
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Week 9 Newsletter August 17 & 18, 2011 For a pdf printable version of the Newsletter Week 9 click here Wow we are half way through the harvest season already, I hope you are enjoying all the local, organic produce so far. I saw fresh Ontario peaches in the grocery store today, and it reminded me [...]
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Week 8 Newsletter August 10 & 11, 2011 For a pdf printable version of the Newsletter Week 8 click here THANK YOU FOR BUYING LOCAL BUYING FRESH!!! It’s a busy time of year here at August’s Harvest and we are loving every minute of it! August is typically the optimal harvesting season for garlic and [...]
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Week 7 Newsletter August 3 & 4, 2011 For a pdf printable version of the Thank goodness for the rain we received last week, it is being totted as the million dollar rain in the farming industry. I hope that you had the chance to try the beet recipes, if not, golden/red beets will be [...]
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Week 6 Newsletter July 27 & 28, 2011 For a pdf printable version of Week 6 Newsletter click here Although the warm weather has made it very difficult to be in the fields for any extended period of time, it has helped to bring the crops along quickly this week. Several of the crops that [...]
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Week 5 Newsletter July 20 & 21, 2011 For a pdf printable version of the Week 5 Newsletter click here Thank you so much to everyone who made it out to the CSA day. A great time was had by all. We had our best planters ever, over ½ a row of purple basil, ground cherries [...]
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