Posted in Uncategorized, tagged community, events, farmers market, Lake Superior Harvest Festival, Lake Superior Sustainable Farming Association, Local food on August 31, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Don’t miss the FREE Lake Superior Harvest Festival this Saturday, September 6, at Bayfront Festival Park. It’s the 21st annual showcase of the Lake Superior Sustainable Farming Association, and the crew from Stone’s Throw Farm will be at the farmers market from 10 am-4 pm selling produce. This year, the festivities run into the evening as well thanks to a collaboration with the Twin Ports Bridge Festival. Parking is free from 10-4, too.
See you there!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged community, Community Supported Agriculture, CSA, Duluth News Tribune, financing, Local food, local food movement, pastured pigs on June 3, 2013| 1 Comment »
As if I wasn’t already convinced that CSA members are some of the best people on this earth, the Duluth News Tribune reports today that our across-the-road neighbors, Rick and Karola Dalen at Northern Harvest Farm, got some help from their CSA members in financing the balloon payment on their farm loan.
The DNT also points out that there’s still time to join a CSA! We still have 2 shares left at Stone’s Throw Farm, and 
we’ll have info on how to order our pastured pork soon.
Time is running out before the first leafy greens of summer are delivered, but there still are openings for additional members at some of the 15 Community Supported Agriculture farms in the Northland.
Community Supported Agriculture connects farmers with eaters to form a sustainable system for local food production and consumption. Most of the farms are organic and use far fewer chemicals to produce their food. They also are local, meaning less energy is used and less pollution expended to harvest the crop and bring it to consumers.
Members benefit by having direct access to fresh local food on a regular basis. And they also may gain a connection to the land and the source of their food.
The farmers gain by having a set income, no matter what the weather or market conditions bring. Members share in the rewards of a bountiful harvest but also share in the risk of farming.” – Duluth News Tribune
Thanks to John Myers and the rest of the staff at the DNT for bringing all this to the attention of their readers, and to Rick & Karola for sharing their story.
And now, a couple more pictures of our currently-muddy piggies (they were so clean for a while! But, they do love to root in the mud). As Elden said this weekend, “When did the pigs get big?”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged community, Community Supported Agriculture, conferences, CSA, events, health, Lake Superior Sustainable Farming Association, Local food, local food movement, school lunch on February 27, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Friday & Saturday, March 8 & 9: Good Food Transforming our Region SummitAbout the keynote:
Dr. [David] Wallinga applies a systems lens to think about health impacts of food and how it is produced, processed, packaged and distributed in today’s global, industrialized food system.”
About the workshops:
Through the lens of food, workshops will include topics such as economic development and jobs, farmer and producer networking, food access, policy advocacy, healthy food, research and infrastructure, food hubs, and farm to school.”
Thursday, March 14: FREE CSA Open HouseStop by the Zeitgeist Arts Lobby between 5-7 pm to:
Everyone is welcome at this much-anticipated annual event. In addition to great music by great farmers, there will be a silent auction, stories, humor and more.”
This event is a benefit for the non-profit Lake Superior Sustainable Farming Association.
Stone's Throw Farm 