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BACON BUCKS BACK FOR 2010!

It’s All Good Last year I started with bad news, good news. Though there were plenty of rough spots this year (rain, rain, rain and tomato blight to name four), there was too much too good to re-hash the not so… Some highlights of a thrilling 2009 will be in the upcoming newsletter. We’re forging…

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November 09

Goose and Turkey Reminder Remember to pre-order you holiday turkeys and goose.  Deposits must accompany orders. Our Pilgrim Geese Goose’s Back Go figure.  Don’t know exactly why, but, judging by the calls we’re getting, goose is back on the menu.  Maybe it’s that duck is not enough of a celebration, or people want to know…

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Five Hundred Years of Turkey History

When Cortez landed in the New World, Aztecs had long domesticated “huexolotlin,” the central American wild turkey. Taken back to Europe, this massive and splendid bird, compared to the, ‘til then available partridges, African chickens and Guinea fowl, became the rage. Dispersed and sold by “Turkey merchants,” vendors of Middle Eastern goods, the ‘turkey’-bird swept…

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September 09

We’re Open Year ‘Round In these beautiful Berkshire fall days you are welcome to visit and stroll around the farm.  We’d love to have you come and see what we’re up to and enjoy an autumn excursion to the countryside. (Call us (413/229-3092) or email if we can put an order together for you!) Five…

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Veggie Varieties

Back to Front Page Swiss Chard: Rhubarb Garlic: Persian Star, Ozark, Lortz Italian*, Slovak, and Temptress Kale: Beedy’s Camden*, Red Russian, and White Russian Leeks: Lincoln, Bleu de Solaise *RAFT (Renewing American Food Traditions) is a Slow Food USA project to identify exceptional American foods.

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