This year we’re splitting a CSA from Jonathan’s Farm with Mike and Ron.
First pickup was arugula, sprouts, bok choy, lettuce mix, asparagus, green onion, and radishes. W00t!
An afternoon visiting Kalynn at Camp Assiniboia included mud covered pigs taking a shower, watching a chicken get rocked to sleep, and a very friendly cow named Baby Burger.
Kalynn (my soonish to be sister-in-law) is doing something pretty cool for Manitobans. She’s creating a website that will connect sustainable farmers, chefs, and consumers. It will be a place where farmers can join together to learn, grow and link directly with consumers, where chefs can source local ingredients, and where consumers can access information about the food being produced in Manitoba.
She kicked off this project with a research phase…and it’s as authentic as you can get. She’s working on and visiting fifty farms in Manitoba this summer to get input directly from farmers.
This afternoon, Kory and I went for a visit to her first stop just outside of Gimli, MB - Interlake Meadows Farm.
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Check out Kalynn’s project blog - Freelance Farmer
I love my job. Today we spent the day at the University of Manitoba's Farm and Food Discovery Centre.