Sora Farm
Category: Newsletter
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Sora Farm Newsletter – Vol. 11
This coming Saturday, AGI Coop is hosing Christmas Market and we will be there! There will be bonfire, mulled wine, cider, Bailey’s coffee, hot chocolate, a Somerset Farm turkey sausage or a plant-based sausage on a bun, sweet treats, live festive music, and of course, our bread. Following is our schedule and availabilities this week:
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Saturday market
When you come to the market tomorrow (Dec. 7), don’t be disappointed if you don’t see us at our regular spot. We will be indoor at Farmers’ table with Good Earth Farm and Watercliff Permaculture Farm. This is our arrangement for winter when the volume of produce of each farmer is relatively small. We still
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Sora Farm Newsletter – Vol. 10
Thank you to those of you who requested for information on our miso-making workshop. We are happy to share this healthy and delicious tradition of Japan! In this workshop, we will: Available dates for December and January are: Class size will be small (2-4 people, maximum 5). Fee is $75/person including all the ingredients and
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Sora Farm Newsletter – Vol. 9
One week after we started making apple vinegar (link here), the liquid became darker and started to taste like alcohol! The surface is really bubbly. Definitely something is going on. We strained and moved the bottle to our pantry where it is cool and dark. 3 to 4 more weeks and it is supposed to
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Sora Farm Newsletter – Vol. 8
As we mentioned in our blog (link here) we started making apple vinegar with apple skin and cores last Friday. It has already become bubbly. After 1 week, it is supposed to become alcoholic. We will share the progress in our next newsletter. Our salad mix is back this week! Last week many people came
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Sora Farm Newsletter – Vol. 7
We planted four apple trees this spring. They survived aphides attack during summer and have grown nicely. Now one of them is blooming! Whatever the reason is, looking at these pretty flowers certainly brightens up our day. This week, our veggies need a break. Therefore, we will not host a farm gate sale… We will
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Sora Farm Newsletter – Vol. 6
We have been delivering our salad mix to Ground Up and Bruno’s Kitchen and Catering every Tuesday until last week… now we had to ask them for a break… For Saturday market last week, it took us almost 4 hours to harvest and make 21 bags of salad mix. During summer it was less than
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Sora Farm Newsletter – Vol. 5
Some of you may have noticed that we haven’t had komatsuna, which is one of our staple produce, for a while… we have been planting them and sharing (involuntarily) with slugs. Finally, we have some available this week! They are still relatively small but we will harvest in order to beat slugs. Slugs are annoying
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Sora Farm Newsletter – Vol. 4 –
Before I started farming, all the lettuces I knew were iceberg, red leaf and romaine. Now I am amazed how many varieties exist and how different and beautiful each of them is! The photos show red oakleaf lettuce. We planted them because one of our customers said these are his favourite. They are tender and
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Sora Farm News letter – Vol. 3 –
Happy Thanksgiving! Taking this opportunity, we would like to express our sincere appreciation for supporting us throughout the season. Last week we had first frost at our place… luckily, we have put cover over lettuce beds just in time. We also transplanted lettuce seedlings in our greenhouse. We are doing our best to keep supplying
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