Tag Archives: Real Time Farms

5 Mile Farms is “Too Real To Fail”

5 Mile Farms is doing something very different, and people are taking notice.  This week I met up with the founder, Randy Jewart, to talk about his goals and hopes for the farm and what makes it stand out from the … Continue reading

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When the Goating Gets Tough, Mary Gets Milking

As Mary Ridgon recounts, “All of us receive the same amount of hours in the day. What we do with them is up to us and ultimately defines who we are.”

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Don’t Stop Bee-lievin’

Shakespeare, even in 1599, knew the great importance of bees in society saying in his play Henry V: “for so work the honey-bees, creatures that by a rule in nature teach the act of order to a peopled kingdom.” This … Continue reading

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Aw Snaps!

Check out our favorite photos from the past week – and then share your photos of a farm, food artisan or farmers market. You might be one of our favorites next week! J Bar L Ranches – Lima, MT & Twin Bridges, MT

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Bridging the Divide Between GMO and Organic

Looking out across the patchwork of farms that surround the town of Waialua on Oahu’s North Shore it is easy to see the tension between GMO and heritage crops, conventional and organic farming, and economic versus environmental sustainability that has … Continue reading

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A Silvopastoral System Preserves Agrarian Landscapes and Lifeways

Do you see something, that doesn’t belong? Jack, the one without horns, is just one of the anomalies you’ll come across at Grove Creek Farm. Located about 20 miles east of Athens, tucked into the Georgia countryside, is a unique couple … Continue reading

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Hearts in the Mix, Love’s in the Batter

Rebecca Wood is smitten with baking. I can imagine her measuring her ingredients with care, tipping out each one into a big welcoming bowl, and happily mixing these into a wonderful blend ready for the oven, her face smiling gently as she … Continue reading

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Aw Snaps!

Check out our favorite photos from the past week – and then share your photos of a farm, food artisan or farmers market. You might be one of our favorites next week! Olakai Hawaii – Kahuku, HI 5 Mile Farms – Austin, TX Laloo’s Goat … Continue reading

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Self-taught Malters Become Massachusetts’ One and Only

Say you want to start a local brewery. You network with local farmers, you have access to local grains, there’s nothing stopping you. Au contrare, my friend. In order to make the grains usable in the beer brewing process, they … Continue reading

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Bread Euphoria: Delicious Simplicity

“Today, my favorite bread is the baguette,” Mark Pollard, co-owner of Bread Euphoria in Haydenville, Massachusetts tells me. He explains that his favorite loaf changes almost daily, and by looking at the fully stocked shelf of golden crusts and flaky white centers, … Continue reading

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