Back in the day before industrialized agriculture, a much wider variety of plant foods were grown. Today most produce crops you find in the grocery store are grown in monoculture farms in order to maximize production efficiencies as well as visual and size consistency. There are a pint full of criteria for what constitutes being an heirloom; one being open-pollinated. Open-pollinated plants either … Read More
Let’s Fund a Farm and Kohlrabi (Not Just Another Alien Species)
Our first delivery was June 1, 2011! To celebrate our 5th anniversary, we have created the LET’S FUND A FARM Challenge. We want to highlight the important impact that our customers have on our region’s small farms. We asked some of our farmers how Field Goods has helped their farms. They told us that their average sales and profitability have all increased significantly since … Read More