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 March 11, 2011
Potato farmers see strong season By The Mainebiz News Staff 03/07/11 Maine saw a strong potato harvest in 2010, with its value increasing 3% over the previous year. Preliminary figures from the National Agricultural Statistics Service report a harvest of 1.6 billion pounds with a value of $159.2 million, according to The Associated Press. The [...]
Posted in News on November 29, 2010
Lose the Weight, NOT the Potatoes New Research Shows Potatoes Can Be Part of a Weight Loss Regimen Denver, CO., October 12, 2010 – Research just released by the University of California, Davis and the National Center for Food Safety and Technology, Illinois Institute of Technology demonstrates that people can include potatoes in their diet [...]
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 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 8, 2010
After taking a poll around the farm nobody can accurately remember whether 3 or 5 years have passed since the weather called for irrigation, but today we were forced to dig out the big guns! Literally… Some of the potato plants had run out of energy so we are in the process of throwing them enough water so they [...]
Posted in News on June 29, 2010
Just three weeks ago we were so happy to see the potato plants popping up through the ground! Today those same plants are in a more mature glory and showing off their beautiful blossoms and we are constantly “scouting” for pests to protect them from. June has proved to be a much drier month than [...]
Posted in News on March 28, 2010
Here at Green Thumb we are entering our second year of organic farming. For 2009 we have dedicated our entire Webster field to organic growing methods. Organic crops produced will include organic Dark Red Norland potatoes, organic Caribe potatoes, and Jacob’s Cattle dry beans. We will also be offering transitionally grown Yukon Gold potatoes. Transitional [...]
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