Shaking Our Beautiful Hips

Rose hips are coming on--and while they may not be shaking, they are truly showing off! These beautiful seed pods are packed with vitamin C and, according to WebMD.com, used to treat many ailments. Tea lovers and herb enthusiasts include them in delicious teas. When harvest time arrives we hope to bring many rose hips to the Clintonville Farmers' Market. 

Organic Consumers Association and Mercola.com Initiate "Boycott Traitor Brands"

Find out:

1. Which Traitor Brands, or parent companies of organic brands, donated millions to defeat Prop 37 (CA) and I-522 (WA)
2. How you can fight for "Your Right to Know about GMOs"

Boycott Traitor Brands

Call these companies and tell them to support your right to know what's in your food!

Blueberry Harvest Closed For Now

Urgent Report: Blueberry Harvest has been interrupted due to an alien invasion last evening. Apparently, an alien spaceship swooped down and abducted all our ripe blueberries

...or it could have been birds.

Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience. If we have more blueberries available this season, we will let you know. Otherwise, we hope to see you next year during Blueberry Harvest.

Babe’s Jewels®

This Saturday, July 19^th, at Clintonville Farmers’ Market, you will find Granny B’s collection of cherry and small tomatoes, Babe’s Jewels®.

Babe’s Jewels®: Granny B's Tomato Medley

Babe’s Jewels®: Granny B's Tomato Medley

Grown in Granny B’s High Tunnel on straw bales, these jewels can include any combination of the following varieties, and more:

• Black Cherry
• Chadwick Cherry or Camp Joy
• Sweetie
• Green Grape
• Isis Candy
• Dancing With Smurfs
• Geranium Kiss

Hope to see you at CFM.

Babe’s Beauties®: Granny B’s Summer Squash Medley

This Saturday, July 12th, at Clintonville Farmers’ Market, you will find Granny B’s signature collection of summer squash, Babe’s Beauties®.

Our squash medley includes the following varieties:

• Green Bush Vegetable Marrow Squash
• Ronde de Nice
• Bianco Di Trieste
• Bennings Green Tint
• Yellow Scallopini

Summer's Bounty On Parade

See you soon at Granny B: U-Pick Schedule and Terms.

Black Raspberries

Blueberries

Currants

Gooseberries

Gooseberries

Blackberries - coming soon

Blueberry U-Pick Begins

Blueberries are in season and ready to pick beginning this Saturday, July 5th, from 9 AM - 2 PM. For more details, visit: U-Pick Schedule and Terms. 

Best Practices for Picking Blueberries:

1. Pick only those blueberries that are fully ripe (see photos below).
2. Come early in the day to beat the heat.
3. Come early in the day for maximum availability. During strawberry season we often sold out before noon.

Solid blue with no colored blushing at all

We look forward to seeing you! 

The blushing might be pretty...but the berries just aren't sweet enough yet.

Flying Horse Farms Staff Volunteers at Granny B

At least 18 staff members from Flying Horse Farms, Mt. Gilead, OH, volunteered today at Granny B Farms, weeding strawberry boxes and raspberry fields. The workers hail from the Midwest, New England, and Ireland. Many are college students, or recent grads, majoring in anthropology, marketing, and pre-med. Others are members of the Alcoa Foundation's Conservation and Sustainability Fellowship Program. All are committed to enriching the lives of the children who attend their program.

Flying Horse Farms is a summer camp providing "serious fun"* for children with serious illness, such as cancer, asthma, heart conditions, and more. Each volunteer gave a brief video interview telling us about the work and play at Flying Horse Farms. Below are a few photos from today's work experience. Videos to be posted soon.

Granny B Farms is pleased to sponsor the Flying Horse with organically grown fruit and vegetables each summer. Thank you to the staff for all their hard work today, and their dedication to a worthy cause.

Reference:
https://www.seriousfunnetwork.org/