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Presidential Farmstand, 3-6pm Today

“It will not be doubted that with reference either to individual or national welfare, agriculture is of primary importance.” – President George Washington

“Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most wedded to its liberty and interests, by the most lasting bonds.” – President Thomas Jefferson

“The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.” – President Franklin D. Roosevelt from the Letter to all State Governors on a Uniform Soil Conservation Law (February 26, 1937)

ARTfarm is open today at our regular Monday 3-6 time and place on South Shore Road: Sweet salad mix, spicy salad mix, arugula, microgreens, sweet corn, loads of cherry tomatoes, slicing tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, chili peppers, sweet peppers, Italian basil, holy basil, garlic chives, cilantro, fresh ginger root, loads of Julie mangoes, and loads of sweet Mediterranean figs!

From our partner we have I-Sha’s vegan coconut cream ice cream in local fruit flavors!
IMG_8276.JPGWe hope everyone has spent some enjoyable time at the Ag Fair this weekend! The fair is still open today if you haven’t had a chance to get your local-flavor-farm-groove on yet! Go, ride the rides, eat yummy local foods, enjoy the great wares and crafts of artists and vendors, look at all the school projects, get your groove on with some great local bands, ride the soul train, pet baby animals, smell the pigs, and check out all the plants and produce!

Dragonfruit Mania Wednesday at ARTfarm

20140702-152520-55520442.jpg …some crazy chefs flew in from St. Thomas and started eating the Dragonfruit right off the vine. We had to smack their little hands and usher them away from the plant.

Sweet mix, baby arugula, microgreens, sweet salad mix, spicy salad mix, crispy cucumbers, Italian basil, fresh rosemary, fresh beautiful bananas, pineapples, passionfruit, tamarind pods, mangoes. From our partners, delicious vegan ice cream from Feel I and raw local honey from Errol.

ARTfarm Saturday Farmstand

Sweet Saturday! Open 10 AM – 12 noon on the South Shore. Lots of goodies, despite the dry dry weather: Sweet salad mix, spicy salad mix, baby spicy salad mix, baby arugula, microgreens, kale, collards, mustard greens, large bunched arugula, radicchio, dandelion greens, Chinese cabbage, broccoli, broccoli leaves, Bodhi beans, carrots, beets, onions, fresh ginger root, cilantro, Italian basil, Thai basil, lemon basil, holy basil, dill, garlic chives, recao, epazote, mint, thyme, sage, rosemary, lemongrass, fennel, figs, cherry tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, slicer tomatoes, pineapples, passionfruit, sweet corn, lettuce heads. We will also have vegan coconut-based ice cream from I-Sha, raw local honey from the Jolly Hill Apiary, and fresh local eggs, from Marti Gotts.

Lots of things are flowering (including our passionfruit vines) and the bees are going crazy! An eco-friendly way to get rid of a swarm of bees that are not desired in your home or yard is to call a beekeeper. They have special equipment and can remove the swarm safely to another location where they will happily continue to pollinate plants and make our world a sweeter and greener place. Purchase local honey, and you’ll always have the phone number of a nearby beekeeper right in your kitchen! 20140426-084259.jpg

Get Fresh on Valentine’s Day!

Tell your love you want them to live a long, long time: buy them some healthy organically grown delicious fresh sweet fruits and veggies! (Love yourself, too!) Pick up some fresh farm flowers, some valentine-red tomatoes, some sweet magenta-red beets, deeply purple mustard greens, red passionfruits, and other love treats at ARTfarm this afternoon to make your Valentine’s dinner an expression of true love!

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Delicious ARTfarm beets, freshly harvested from the gardens, ready for you to turn into a red-themed dish for your loved one on Valentine’s Day (or any day you’re feeling the love)!

If you’re heading out to dinner tomorrow night, ARTfarm has you covered! You can enjoy our sweet fresh produce lovingly prepared by our favorite chefs at Savant, Salud! Bistro, Tavern 1844, Dashi, Tutto Bene, Kendrick’s, Cultured Pelican, Duggan’s Reef, and the Terrace at the Buccaneer.

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Passionfruits have a sweety-tarty flavor that adds lift and life to all kinds of recipes! Popular for juice, delicious eaten out of hand or with a spoon… one of nature’s amazing gifts! Happy Valentine’s Day!

For today’s pre-Valentine farmstand, 3-6pm, ARTfarm is offering unconditionally: Fresh cut flowers, beautiful red tomatoes, cheerful cherry tomatoes, romantic Mediterranean figs, adorable hot pink radishes, tender teen arugula, sweet salad mix, spicy salad mix, beautiful fresh beets with their greens, crunchy cucumbers, purple long beans, onions, garlic chives, mustard greens, basil, sage, cilantro (frilly and flat leaf), dill, local honey, vegan ice cream!

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Hot pink, sweet and spicy little breakfast radishes make a tasty little salad for the love bunny in your life. Crunch crunch!