Author Archives: caswomac
Syrup Traceability
Okay… so this format will change soon, but since traceability has been mentioned on the back of the packaging starting with deliveries three weeks ago, something had to be done! Look for the little stamped number on the back label … Continue reading
Syrup canning facility at GWF
Remember a few years ago when I posted those pictures of the sawyer, cutting some beams for a building? Well, after another visit from him, some excavation, insulation, site work, etc. we finally poured concrete a few weeks ago. Now … Continue reading
Pumpkin Village Syrup!? (where’s my green wind??)
Yes…It’s both sad and exciting. We’ve run out of Grade A Medium Amber from our 2012 season! It was a quite poor season for everyone in 2012. We made about 1/2 the crop as 2011. There was a week of … Continue reading
EAT MORE SYRUP
David: Bo Muller-Moore (one guy making t-shirts above his garage) Goliath: Chick-fil-A (sold $3.5 BILLION worth of product in 2010) The Beef: Chick-fil-A claims that a t-shirt maker using the slogan “Eat More Kale” is infringing upon their chicken selling … Continue reading
GMO’s cause hairy babies!? Take action here.
Okay, well probably not. There’s certainly a lot of concern about GE foods (GMOs – Genetically Modified Organisms). There has been a big push by food advocates of all kinds to support GE food labeling. According to a 2010 Thomson … Continue reading
RIDICULOUS: Nevada Health Inspector shuts down farm dinner. This just happened October 21, 2011. Wow.
Read the full story here See some videos Check out Farm To Consumer Legal Defense Fund, an advocacy group here
Hurricane Irene visits VT, doesn’t bring her tourist pocketbook
It’s been a wild time for some communities in Vermont since Hurricane Irene spun up off the coast and got stuck over VT and parts of upstate NY. Incomprehensible damage to many communities along waterways small and large both. We … Continue reading
Pumpkin Village Product Demo Events!
Okay, Okay, due to low interest, due to poor marketing, and also a general lack of time this fall, see posts to follow on sugarhouse remodeling, life with a 5 month old, etc. There will be no demos this fall. … Continue reading
I’ll admit this also… I’m a father – as of 6/26/11!
That’s right! Martha successfully and amazingly produced a baby boy, Jasper, weighing 7 lbs. 12 oz. June 26th. We are enamoured, excited, and entrenched. Back when we were young, playing the board game Life, it never seemed that difficult to … Continue reading
American Jars for American Jobs (I’ll admit it, I’m a secessionist.)
In so many ways the fourth of July reminds me of the challenges of existing in a world so aggressively influenced by United States big business (er, government). The persistent meddling of the US government into sovereign nations’ private affairs … Continue reading
