I look forward to seeing you all at the Farmer's Market today. I Hope that you will be able to enjoy the live music. They start up around 9 AM ish...
In your basket you will find. the following USDA Certified Organic Produce.
Eggplant
Basil
Chieftan Red, Yukon God, and Kennebeck New Potatoes
Tomatoes
Cherry Tomatoes
Flavor Burst Peppers
Small head of Purple Cabbage
Cucubmers
Yellow Squash
Thank you for your support!
Ford Waterstrat
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Pictures
Dear Friends,
Please check out some of the pictures on our facebook. Our facebook is called Sustainable Harvest Farm. Just google sustainable harvest farm London ky
Thanks!
Ford
Please check out some of the pictures on our facebook. Our facebook is called Sustainable Harvest Farm. Just google sustainable harvest farm London ky
Thanks!
Ford
Friday, July 29, 2011
Week 8
New Potatoes
Tomatoes
Cherry Tomatoes
Green to Red Bell Peppers
Peaches and Cream Sweet Corn -Non Organic
Pickling Cucumbers
Flavor Burst Peppers
Basil
Yellow Squash
Zucchini
Yellow Zucchini
Cucumbers
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
What's in the Name?
Friends,
I took this information word for word from elmwoodstockfarm.com Elmwood is where I received a lot of training as a farmer. They are located in Georgetown KY. If you have any friends that live in that area, Elmwood is by far the best CSA farm around. Check out their website.
What's In a Name?
Often we are asked questions at the farmers market about organic, or what does sustainably grown mean, or what is all-natural? Does grass fed mean no grain was fed, but aren’t weed seeds considered grain? There are many terms in food marketing to describe production principles, sometimes even willful intention to confuse the public and throw the scent off your understanding. So let’s try to clear some of this up.
Organic is owned by the USDA and denotes a strict set of guidelines, that are overseen by a 15 member Board, administered by a certification agency, with third party inspections for verification. This is a thorough and tedious process that involves verification of every input and an audit process. Only producers, stores or products that are certified organic can legally use the word as a descriptor.
Sustainably Grown- This means the farm or processor decides what they consider sustainable and make you think it is almost organic. Who knows?
Natural- USDA allows food products to use this term for meats when nothing was added to the product after it was harvested. There is no oversight about how the animal was raised with regard to antibiotics, genetically modified grains, hormones, or animal welfare issues.
Cage Free, Free Range, Free Roaming are terms for laying hens that are loose in a ‘house’ that often contains thousands if not tens of thousands of birds that share an egg laying box with other hens but never go outside nor have space to exhibit their “chickenness” as Joel Salatin would say.
Pastured Poultry- Layers, broilers or turkeys that have access to pasture and consume plants, insects, and can scratch in the dirt for dusting or can exhibit their chickenness.
Grass Fed- There is an American Grassfed Association that is wrestling with growers and consumers about any grain in the diet. The issue for cattle and sheep is when feeding grain, it changes the pH of the digestive system, therefore altering the fatty acids in the meat in a way that tends to be less healthy for us to consume.
Locally Grown- For large grocery stores this generally means an eight-hour truck drive from the distribution center, not sure about the farm location.
Certified Angus Beef means the animal was all or mostly black and meets a certain meat quality standard. This gives a consistency in the marketplace, but says nothing about how the animals were raised.
“USDA Organic” is the gold standard of truth in labeling for food merchandising. And we are proud to bring it to you weekly.
I took this information word for word from elmwoodstockfarm.com Elmwood is where I received a lot of training as a farmer. They are located in Georgetown KY. If you have any friends that live in that area, Elmwood is by far the best CSA farm around. Check out their website.
What's In a Name?
Often we are asked questions at the farmers market about organic, or what does sustainably grown mean, or what is all-natural? Does grass fed mean no grain was fed, but aren’t weed seeds considered grain? There are many terms in food marketing to describe production principles, sometimes even willful intention to confuse the public and throw the scent off your understanding. So let’s try to clear some of this up.
Organic is owned by the USDA and denotes a strict set of guidelines, that are overseen by a 15 member Board, administered by a certification agency, with third party inspections for verification. This is a thorough and tedious process that involves verification of every input and an audit process. Only producers, stores or products that are certified organic can legally use the word as a descriptor.
Sustainably Grown- This means the farm or processor decides what they consider sustainable and make you think it is almost organic. Who knows?
Natural- USDA allows food products to use this term for meats when nothing was added to the product after it was harvested. There is no oversight about how the animal was raised with regard to antibiotics, genetically modified grains, hormones, or animal welfare issues.
Cage Free, Free Range, Free Roaming are terms for laying hens that are loose in a ‘house’ that often contains thousands if not tens of thousands of birds that share an egg laying box with other hens but never go outside nor have space to exhibit their “chickenness” as Joel Salatin would say.
Pastured Poultry- Layers, broilers or turkeys that have access to pasture and consume plants, insects, and can scratch in the dirt for dusting or can exhibit their chickenness.
Grass Fed- There is an American Grassfed Association that is wrestling with growers and consumers about any grain in the diet. The issue for cattle and sheep is when feeding grain, it changes the pH of the digestive system, therefore altering the fatty acids in the meat in a way that tends to be less healthy for us to consume.
Locally Grown- For large grocery stores this generally means an eight-hour truck drive from the distribution center, not sure about the farm location.
Certified Angus Beef means the animal was all or mostly black and meets a certain meat quality standard. This gives a consistency in the marketplace, but says nothing about how the animals were raised.
“USDA Organic” is the gold standard of truth in labeling for food merchandising. And we are proud to bring it to you weekly.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Week 7
This week's CSA basket if purchased without your CSA agreement averages out at around 28 dollars. You're Price 22 Dollars!! A CSA member mentioned that this amount of vegetables at Good Foods/Whole Foods/Etc would easily cost 50 dollars. How fresh do you think the items at those stores are? At Good Foods Co-op I remember seeing Cherries from the remote mtns of WA state where my dad grew up.
Thank you for your support!
New Items for this week
- Several Varities of Red Tomatoes
- Cherry Tomatoes
- Green to Red Bell Peppers
- Peaches and Cream Sweet Corn -Non Organic
- Marketmore Cucumbers
- Egg Plant
- Mini Purple and Mini Regular Cabbage
- Green Beans
Other Items
- Flavor Burst Peppers
- Basil
- Yellow Squash
- Zucchini
- Yellow Zucchini
- Cucumbers
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
LIKE Tomatoes?
Dear Friends,
- It looks like the CSA baskets should all get a couple of ripe tomatoes.
- If it dries out enough, I should also be able to dig some red and white new potatoes.
- For the next several weeks we should have extra cucumbers, peppers, and squash. If anyone would like to purchase extra of any of these for canning/freezing/etc. please let me know and I'll give you a deal to die for.
- if you "Facebook" please "LIKE US/MAKE US" YOUR FRIEND or however that works, I'm still trying to get the swing of that.
Sincere thanks!
Ford Waterstrat
Saturday, July 16, 2011
God is Good
I wanted to thank all of you for your support in our farming endeavor. Our day at the farmer's market was a real blessing! I got to meet some more people that are so supportive of our Organic Farming Practices. Many of you shared that with me that you follow Christ. It is wonderful to be surronded and supported by you all.
Sincere thanks
Ford Waterstrat
Sincere thanks
Ford Waterstrat
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