Posted in News on March 17, 2011
Today we are excited to share that we will be receiving the 2010 Cooperator of the Year award given by the Oxford County Soil and Water Conservation District! Our nomination came from our local Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) office. We will receive this award at the next Board of Supervisors annual meeting. The award is given to those land [...]
Posted in News on January 5, 2011
New for 2011 we have added our MOFGA certified organic Jacob’s Cattle and Yellow Eye beans to our online store. As always you can still purchase our conventional Soldier Beans, Yellow Eye Beans, Jacob’s Cattle Beans and Red Kidney Beans. Happy New Year!!!
Posted in News on November 10, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Around the Farm on October 13, 2010
We are happy to report that all of the potatoes are harvested and we are bursting at the seems with what is a very large crop in both the amount and size of each potato. The Green Thumb Chefs are available, they are a Round White variety that people often to refer to as our [...]
Posted in Around the Farm, News on October 4, 2010
The heavy rain last week put a hault on the bean harvesting, but we hope to resume at the end of this week. Please bear with us, we are as anxious as you are to get them out of the ground! In the meantime check out these pictures of the harvesting operation. Soldier Beans, Yellow Eye Beans, [...]
Posted in Recipes on August 25, 2010
Sweet and Sour Potato Salad 16 medium potatoes 5 medium eggs, hard cooked, chopped 2-1/2 C. pickles, sweet, chopped 2 tsp. celery seeds 1 tsp. mustard, dry 1 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. pepper parsley sprigs (optional) Dressing: 3 egg yolks 1/2 C. sugar 1/2 C. vinegar 2 Tbsp. butter, or margarine 1-1/2 C. mayonnaise Instructions: [...]
Posted in News on August 19, 2010
Check out our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=16414&id=111340152239625&ref=mf for a series of photos of the potato packaging order of operations. Packing season is here so keep an eye out in your local stores for our new potatoes!
Posted in News on August 11, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in News on August 6, 2010
The warehouse crew has been busy preparing for the arrival of the 2010 crop. This summer they have worked on updating the wash line to include new flume technology and a new elevator which will result in cleaner potatoes through a more efficient process. The storages have all been emptied and disinfected, patiently awaiting harvest to [...]
Posted in News on July 30, 2010
These tractors are hooked up and waiting patiently for someone to take them to the field and start harvesting potatoes. It won’t be long now and Green Thumb Farms’ spuds will be hitting dinner tables throughout New England!
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