Sora Farm
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 27
Finally, it feels like spring. Our outside Christmas tree became a favorite spot for a little bird. As new farmers, we have small excitements all the time. Of the photos below, can you tell which one is tomato and which one is chard? Photo 1 is tomato and photo 2 is chard. I didn’t know…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 26
It has been cold and rainy and even christmas cactus thinks it is time to bloom… However, it is not time for holidays for us. In our propagation house, lettuces are growing. Bok choi and kales started to germinate. We planted seeds of eggplant, broccoli, more lettuce, and some rice for experiment. We used to…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 25
This week we have a good news and a bad news… Let us start with a bad news. In our greenhouse, we noticed that some of the komatsuna and mizuna were eaten. Didn’t look like slugs. It shouldn’t be crows as the greenhouse doors were closed. We set several mouse traps, and caught 7 in…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 24
New season has begun! Even though eagles are often visiting us, we can’t keep our eyes on sora (the sky). So far, mustard, spinach, komatsuna and snap peas were seeded outside, first batch of lettuce seedlings were planted, and next batch of lettuce is in our propagation house. In this week we plan to seed…
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Sora Farm Newsletter – Vol. 13
Christmas is just around the corner and we are having almost 10 °C this week. In Toronto, where our daughter and her dog (her baby?) is, it has been -18 °C for these few days. There is no market on Wednesday, Dec. 25. We wish all of you very merry Christmas. This fall and winter…
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Schedule for Dec. Jan. Feb.
Only one more market before Christmas! We will be around during holidays and keep baking except for Wednesdays, Dec. 25 and Jan. 1. Dates and time that we are at the market will be: 10am – 1pm Saturdays, Dec. 28, Jan. 4, 11, 18, 25 2:30 – 4pm Wednesdays, Jan. 8, 15, 22 We are…
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Sora Farm Newsletter – Vol. 12
Last Saturday started with power outage… raining and crazy windy… the sky was pretty gloomy… but luckily, we had Christmas market! We like to see our customers brighten their faces when they see our products and that is why we always try to invent something new! Potato explosion is an evolved version of our “farmer’s…
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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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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: Make approx. 1kg of shiro-miso (white miso) each to take home Learn about different kinds of miso and taste some of them Learn ideas…
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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…
