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Farm Facts U.S. consumers spend just 10% of their disposable income on food each year. In comparison: Indonesia 55% Philippines 38% China 26% France 15% Japan 14% 98% of U.S. farms are owned by individuals, family partnerships or family corporations. Just 2% of America’s farms and ranches are owned by non-family corporations. Most U.S. farm products sold are produced on farms owned by individuals, family partnerships and family corporations (86%) Non family corporations only account for 14% of sales. Today U.S. farmers are the most productive, each farmer produces enough food to feed...
Read MoreIt is a GREAT day to be on the farm!
Not only is this day’s beauty one for the record books but we also decided to make it the start to our 2010 potato harvest! Everyone was all smiles as we put the windrower and harvester to work. This time of year we usually start by digging small sections for specific orders. It allows us to work out the kinks in the equipment and break the warehouse packaging crew in slowly. Ahead of our harvester a windrower digs 4 rows of potatoes and deposits them among the 4 rows that the harvester is set up to dig. This allows the harvester to pick up the a total 8 rows with each pass...
Read MoreBean Crop Looks Amazing!
To all you dry bean lovers out there… This year’s crop is looking divine! The weather we have had this summer has been perfect for all crops but has produced beautiful bean plants. Sunshine, warmth and the occasional rain shower have aided in what looks to be a very promising yield. Last summer it rained so much the bean plants struggled to break through the ground and early cool temperatures made them difficult to harvest. Keep your fingers crossed that the weather continues to cooperate! See the beautiful sight for yourself!
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Green Thumb Farms and Cold River Vodka are featured in this great article in Farming: The Journal of Northeast Agriculture. Check it out! http://www.farmingmagazine.com/article.php?id=5401 From Potato Chips to Potato Vodka by Kathleen Hatt A lot of passion + a little Internet = a new market Donnie Thibodeau with a 50-pound bag of potatoes for the restaurant market. Photos by Kathleen Hatt. When Donnie Thibodeau’s father Larry first saw the Saco River Valley farm with corn growing 9 feet high, he wondered whether potatoes, too, would grow as well in its sandy, rock-free soil. A lifelong...
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