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  • Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 62

    Have you heard of “hamanatto”? We discovered it during our trip to Japan last year. It is not the same as sticky, slimy “natto”. It is preserved food/condiment made with black beans. They are full of umami. Last week, my koji teacher in Toronto had a class online and we all made it.　 Process is…

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  • Pick up order at the Farm tomorrow

    In the latest newsletter, we announced that we are ending Wednesday pick up. We thought we do not have much more left to provide. We walked around the garden this morning and found that some of the vegetables are still growing. Therefore, we decided to take orders today (Wednesday) for Tomorrow (Thursday) pick up. We…

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  • Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 61

    November 23 is “Labour Thanksgiving Day” in Japan. We have never fully understood what this holiday is about, so we did some research. Labor Thanksgiving Day originates from a ceremony named niinamesai. This ceremony is held at the Imperial Court for the Emperor to offer new crop of rice to the gods of heaven and…

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  • Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 60

    Here is the update of Kenji’s project in our newsletter in April. It took a while but the washing station for salad mix for next season is ready! With triple sink, our salad mix will be even more cleaner and safer as well as tasty. Can’t wait for spring. As we mentioned in our newsletter…

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  • Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 59

    Our daughter, Yuka, and her dog, Milo, have been staying with us since last Thursday. They live in downtown Toronto and this is their first visit to Gabriola. Yuka took Milo for a walk and did not come back for almost 2 hours. She said it was so nice to smell trees instead of exhaust…

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  • Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 58

    November 3rd is “Culture Day” in Japan. It is a national holiday to love freedom and peace and to promote culture. The “love of freedom and peace” is declared in the Constitution of Japan, which was promulgated on November 3rd, 1946. To commemorate this event, this date was designated as Culture Day. Many museums offer…

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  • Green tomato marmalade recipe

    Ingredients: 2 pounds green tomatoes 2 tbsp ginger finely chopped 1/2 grated zest and juice of lemon 2 cups sugar Method: Mix tomatoes with ginger and lemon. Add sugar and mix. Leave it overnight. Boil over medium high heat, until thickened (1-2 hours).

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  • Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 57

    “Our mission is to prove healthy food can be delicious and fun!” You will find this message on the first page of our website. However, we were not always like that. It all started when our son was born and started to eat food. As we realized that we were solely responsible for what he…

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  • Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 56

    Rainy season has arrived and we started wrapping up some of the garden areas… However, no need to feel sad. Cold season means bread season. Kenji has been so enthusiastic to create new products that I can hardly catch up for posting. The photos below are “Apple Bread” we brought to the market last Saturday.…

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  • Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 55

    Happy Thanksgiving Day! In Japan, there is no national holiday called “Thanksgiving Day”, but traditionally, full moon in mid autumn is celebrated to express gratitude for　the harvest. This year, it was October 6th. We were hoping that the rice plants in our garden would grow some ears of rice by then so that we could…

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