It’s time to get those seed catalogs out and start thinking about ordering seeds for the coming season! This is the time of year when hope springs eternal and all of us farmers get to dream about the bountiful harvest to come. While you’ve got seeds on your mind we wanted to write a post to mention some considerations before you place that seed order.
Lucy has a heart for the Marshallese community in northwest Arkansas. She also has fresh organic vegetables for them. Lucy is farming a plot of land in Fayetteville and donating much of her abundance. She helps her Marshallese community adapt their traditional diets with local produce
Picking Arkansas strawberries on a balmy spring day is a beautiful thing. It reaffirms that life is indeed good. Appel Farms has 10 acres in production, offering both strawberries and pumpkins for the picking. The old family home is now a commercial kitchen with a small dining space and a little produce shop. Appel Farms has a lot going on for a tiny little farm in the heart of a thriving, growing
The drive to Dripping Springs Garden takes you through truly stunning views of the Ozarks. Once you arrive, the peace of the farm settles over you. On a recent visit, the fog of a cool spring morning nestled into the lush dark greens of the foliage. The farm is host to CAFF apprentices where Mark and Michael train a new generation of
Growing up on a farm in Minnesota, Mark Den Herder was uncomfortable with the confinement style of raising pigs. He thought to himself, “I’ll never do that.” And, he hasn’t. The pigs at his dH Farm in West Fork look pretty dang happy. As do the sheep, the dogs, the plants, the chickens, and the kids. As a summer morning settles in, we get a peek at life on a small organic farm in the hills Arkansas.
By connecting small farmers to available land, technical assistance and capital, along with improving their access to sales and distribution services, the program is building a national model for small farmers looking to meet growing demand for fresh, local produce.
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