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Hidden away in the Blue Ridge Mountains: East Fork Farm, Marshall, North Carolina
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Hidden away in the Blue Ridge Mountains: East Fork Farm, Marshall, North Carolina

Taking on a farm as a second career always seems like a good idea from afar, especially if the farm is in North Carolina and you are in New York. Well, maybe that isn’t quite fair. John and Mina Piraino were looking for a slower, more sustainable lifestyle as empty nesters, and the thought of working outside appealed to John, a mechanical engineer by training. Two of their children already lived in Greenville SC, and it felt like everyone in the family was moving south.

May 4, 2020
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#sheep #North Carolina #chickens #Great Pyrenees #grist mill
Introducing... Cook With What You Have, plus a recipe for collard greens with winter squash and bacon
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Introducing... Cook With What You Have, plus a recipe for collard greens with winter squash and bacon

Do you ever find yourself with an abundance of produce from your CSA subscription and are not totally sure what to do with it all? Or, if you're a farmer -- maybe especially because you're a farmer -- you're more than set with a particular ingredient but short on ideas for how to prepare it in interesting ways again and again? We all have our favorites, but variety is always good and reducing waste is a big plus! The USDA estimates that 21% of the available food supply is wasted in homes, but we know that supporters of working farms and ranches want to make a difference in this regard.

Feb 19, 2020
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#seasonal #recipes #farm to table #abundance #cook with what you have
Owens Farm in Sunbury, Pennsylvania
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Owens Farm in Sunbury, Pennsylvania

David and Caroline Owens bought their first farm in 1992 in Pelham, NH as a place to raise their kids and grow their own food. Caroline was a former vocational agriculture teacher with a degree from Cornell now working for a feed company; David was a biomedical engineer with a degree from Boston University. Soon enough, friends and neighbors were asking to buy meat from them. They were on the cusp of the local, pasture-raised food movement raising sheep, pigs, cattle, chickens, and turkeys. They jumped all in.

Feb 3, 2020
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#family farm #pigs #Pennsylvania #farm life #sustainable

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