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		<title>Farm Bill Advocacy 101</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2023 20:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With National Farmers&#8217; Market Week just around the corner, it seems like a good time to highlight some ways the Farm Bill can better support vibrant local food systems. And what you can do to get involved! First, a quick Farm Bill primer:&#160;The Farm Bill shapes virtually every aspect of the U.S. food and agricultural system—what kind of food [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Our Safety Net</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2022 19:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This season has been a wild one. Between the two-farm juggling act, rising costs of inputs, and my new off-farm job, Landon and I often felt a bit overwhelmed. In those moments, we felt especially grateful for our Garden Stake CSA&#8211;for all the customers who had committed to supporting us amidst the mistakes, the upheaval, and the belated email responses. Thank you for being our safety net during this critical time. We are honored to grow food for you and your families, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Plans deferred</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2020 21:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On the even years, we invite both my family and Landon&#8217;s to a giant farm Thanksgiving. We move all the furniture out of the living room (with the exception of the record player) and stuff the space with people, big and small. It&#8217;s a celebration of the harvest and the joining of families and regularly [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A new day</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2020 21:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Breath is coming a little easier on the farm these days. With just two markets left this season, we can divide all the plantings in half&#8211;one for now, one for later. Next year&#8217;s compost is resting in windrows, and our food safety pre-audit with the PA Dept. of Ag went really smoothly. The garlic is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Farm metamorphosis</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2020 21:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So much of small-scale farming involves finding new uses for old things: the broken tent that becomes a canopy for the harvest truck, the abandoned disc harrow scavenged for bed-forming pieces, and the old garage door now used to keep the chickens dry. Even farming itself sometimes feels like an act of repurposing. Land that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The magic of row cover</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2020 21:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am often amazed by what can be accomplished with a thin sheet of woven fabric. With frosty temperatures in the forecast last week, we took a few moments to cover some cold-sensitive veggies with row cover, including our very last planting of string beans. The beans in the foreground were fully exposed, while the background [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Mother&#8217;s Day Musings</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2019 15:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last week, we went to visit the farm of some friends who also have a young child. Frankie and her co-conspirator immediately got into some excellent mischief, digging around in a pile of finished compost and racing through a 3-foot stand of bolted arugula. Watching them play, I was reminded how full of adventure and wonder farm life can be [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Holy smokes, Season 9!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2019 15:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Our 9th season kicks off this Sunday at Headhouse Market! While looking back at Season 8 newsletters, I learned that last year&#8217;s first &#8220;At the Market&#8221; email started on this optimistic note: &#8220;Can you believe it? Maybe it&#8217;s just the warm weather talking, but Landon and I have a good feeling about this one.&#8221; Turns [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>#wintergoals</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2018 02:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ask any grower in southeast PA about 2018 and the answer is sure to be the same: this season was a challenge. From the late-March snowstorms to Summer&#8217;s record-breaking rains, the weather put up one stumbling block after the next. We struggled to maintain healthy crops and high spirits as our fields succumbed to the wetness. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sweet Collaboration</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2018 02:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This project stayed on the back burner for most of the summer, but the fig tunnel is finally nearing completion. Its success is entirely thanks to Landon, who has worked doggedly to get this thing built before our grant deadline in December. With the end walls up and the frame in place, it only takes [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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