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9 Tips For Strawberry Picking in Light of COVID-19

May 16, 2020 by Kate Zurschmeide

Straw mulch lines the rows of strawberries while a young boy is strawberry picking at Great Country Farms in Northern Virginia.

May is strawberry time, and a lot of farmers have been getting ready for pickers since last August, when the plants went into the ground. Back then, none of us […]

Filed Under: Big Pictures, Local Farming Tagged With: Pcik Your Own Strawberries Loudoun County VA, Pick Your Own Strawberries During COVID-19, You pick safety under COVID-19, You pick with COVID restrictions

No-Till Saves Time

April 27, 2020 by Kate Zurschmeide

In the last post, we talked about switching to no-till in order to preserve the soil’s micro-biome, which is crucial for bringing crops to their full nutritional capacity. This post […]

Filed Under: Big Pictures, On Foggy Bottom Road Tagged With: industrial farming, no-till planting, Round-up, weed control

Preserving the Soil’s Ecosystem

April 13, 2020 by Kate Zurschmeide

In previous years, when we used to till our fields, all the rain we’ve had in the last 48 hours would have meant there was no way I’d be heading […]

Filed Under: Big Pictures, Local Farming Tagged With: no-till planting, soil microbiome

Why No-Till Planting?

April 8, 2020 by Kate Zurschmeide

Regenerative agriculture is a way of farming that fosters the health of our ecosystem in this moment, while also building toward a healthy future. This approach has many components, one […]

Filed Under: Big Pictures, On Foggy Bottom Road

We are Here ~ Farming for your Family!

April 2, 2020 by Kate Zurschmeide

We are all finding new ways to shop, cook, entertain, connect and cope in the light of COVID-19.  One colleague encouraged, “Put down the phone and write.” That has inspired […]

Filed Under: Eat, Local Farming Tagged With: CSA, farm eggs, farm market, farm to table, ground beef, home delivery, Local Food, local produce, Loudoun farm, regenerative farming, virginia

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