This page is dedicated to all the other farmers within our beautiful country. Stone walls, rolling fields, old barns.....

The only way to preserve areas with rural appeal is to keep it's small family farms in business. The only way to do that is to support them!

It's not all about looks either. Did you know the average food product travels over 1500 miles before it reaches the shelf? You may need to drive a few miles to get to your local farmers, but you are actually reducing the overall burning of fossil fuels by shopping locally.

Many smaller farmers are using "old-time" methods of fertilizing.....composted manure, blood meal, bone meal..... This (in my opinion) creates a more nutritious and yummy fruit for the consumer. It also reduces the cost of growing it by using what is available nearby rather than purchasing commercially made (and trucked) petro-based fertilizers.

We farm differently. Actually, we farm the way most people envision farming. Toiling in the sun, digging in the dirt with our hands, handpicking at just the right ripeness for flavor......We can't produce the amount the big agribusinesses do. We don't need to. We aren't trying to feed the world....just our little part of it!

Most important though, our varieties are chosen for flavor. After all, isn't that what eating is all about? You cannot find many truly scrumptious varieties in the grocery stores because those varieties cannot tolerate the time and jostling of shipping. The varieties in the stores are chosen to withstand the rigors of shipping.