Farm Share Account Primer
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Farm Share Account Primer

This blog post is for farm share members specifically. It will probably be boring and meaningless for the rest of you, but feel free to read on if you’re curious :).

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COVID-19

I never thought it would take a pandemic to get me back to the blog, but here we are… In light of the corona virus/COVID-19, we’ve drafted a letter to communicate what our farm is doing to be proactive about health safety.

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Labels…

After much consideration and a lot of back and forth, we’re doing it: I’m dropping our Organic Certification.

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Pregnant!
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Pregnant!

The rumors are true... I'm pregnant!

What is it like to farm while pregnant? Exhausting. Exhilarating, surprising, hard, inspiring, overwhelming... Exhausting.

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The new online store

Technology... the best and the worst of the modern age! Our customizable, completely flexible, online-based farm share program is the core of our business model. It's been very popular—we've had a waiting list since the first year. I love the easy access our online store gives our customers and the way it opens up our farm to our community.

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Partners!
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Partners!

You know Alex—he's the big, warm, heart of this farm. He's my partner in life and now... he's my partner in business :).

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We’re winning

It has been way too long since I've cracked open the blog... In fact, the last post is from mid-July. The farm was chaotic, stressful, and overwhelming—shocking, it was July! 

Now, it's the end of October, and we're about to complete our third successful year as market farmers. SO much has happened! We've come a long, long way over the last three years and we've come a super long way even just since July. 

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The halfway point.

It's that time of the year again... Summer is in full swing, I'm exhausted, over-committed, the "must-do" lists are piling up, and I can't stop thinking about what comes next. 

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Strawberries!
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Strawberries!

We did it! Year one of Thornfield Farm strawberries is a wrap. 

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Building a homstead.
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Building a homstead.

I never thought I would be one of those people who had farm animals as pets. I never thought I would be one of those people who named a farm animal. I never thought I would be one of those people who welcomed strangers into my home to enjoy a virtual petting zoo. And yet.... 

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