Lots of good stuff for the reading out there on the interwebs. Here’s our (not-very-regular) end of week recap Let us know if we missed something!

Over the years, industrial agriculture has caused us to depend on a handful of commercial varieties of fruits and vegetables and as a result, thousands of heirloom varieties have disappeared. Check out this info-graphic from the folks at National Geographic showing the varieties of seeds offered just a century ago compared to what’s available now. Yikes!

Date: Thursday, July 7, 2011
Time: 4:00 – 6:00 pm
Where: Maple Hill Farm

Join us for a hands-on class all about Integrated Pest Management! Learn to control the bugs before they control you, without the use of chemical or organic sprays and pesticides.

(We’re on the shelves at the new Whole Foods! Be sure to support our local farms by picking up some of that tasty local lettuce, fresh from Singing Earth Farm! Read on for why we think it’s so important…) Last Sunday, I participated in the Taste 434 panel discussion at the Paramount. Side by side …

What if the White House Garden were planted with subsidized crops from the Food and Farm Bill instead?

It’s been more than few weeks since our plant sale and open house, but it’s never too late to share photos, right? We had such a great day — more than 300 of our friends and neighbors stopped by (can you really stay “stopped by” when you’re all the way out in Scottsville?), we sold …