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Order By January 18th at Midnight for Delivery on the 21st:
High Springs, 807 Wellness Group-Gainesville, Ocala, Dade City, Tampa, Brandon, Bradenton, Clearwater, St. Pete
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Madison
Order By Jan. 22nd at midnight for delivery on the 26th:
Central and South Florida:  Ocoee, Vero, Fort Pierce, Port St. Lucie, and Palm Beach Gardens
Order By Jan. 25th at Midnight for Delivery on the 28th: Jacksonville:  Beaches, Mandarin and St. Augustine.
Order By Jan. 27th at midnight for delivery on the 29th:
Madison
Order By Jan. 28th at Midnight for Delivery on the 30th:
441 Farmer's Market, Gainesville

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Alachua County 441 Farmers Market...

FCF News

We are in the time of year when we are nurturing millions and millions of babies, rye plants that is!  (No human babies from Alicia or Angela but I am sure we will have one or 2 of those by the next farm report!) We normally plant around November 1^st but because of the warm weather this year it ended up being much later.  It takes about 45 days for the rye to be mature enough to graze but once it comes it is the best time of year for us. The peas are still doing fine and the cows are in excellent condition but they will be very happy when the rye comes in, it is just the best.

Help Wanted!  We are looking for a person who is internet savvy with some web development experience to work with us.  20-25 hours /week or more depending on skill level.  The person would be in charge of processing orders, answering phone calls and e-mails and updating inventory and other information on our website.  If interested please e-mail us and we can give you more details.

As most of you know we try to stay on the cutting edge of technology and we like staying up on modern times.  We try to be “green” in any way possible i.e. recycling our egg cartons and containers etc.  Well, our 13 year old is stepping back in time and going forward with “green” to a whole new level with a pair of Halflinger work horses. I grew up Amish Mennonite in Lancaster county PA and all our neighbors were Old Order Amish while my dad farmed with tractors.  NEVER in my wildest dreams did I think I would ever be farming with horses but my daughters have gone horse crazy and I am going along with it and we will see where it takes us. Using the peas to feed the cows in winter has effectively eliminated feeding hay so I do not need a tractor to move hay into and out of the hay barn anymore, so one thing remains and that is mowing grass. We will now be doing that with an old style sickle bar mower, Amish style. We will see how this all works out. Hey, my tractor cannot eat grass and mow! It takes diesel fuel so I guess this is going green? Cost of the horses and mower, about the same as the tractor with mower. Cost of fuel with horses, zero, as they can eat grass with the cows, we will see if other hidden cost arise but for now it seems good or better, at least as long as my girls are horse crazy. I am told this is a growing trend in the EU as well as the USA and other places.  Lily is also looking into planting a few acres of veggies, horsy style, who knew?

New Items………….
Fermented Kefir Water: Plain $4/qt and Strawberry Lemonade $5/qt
Honey:  Pepperberry truly raw and unfiltered, 1 quart $18
Sweet Potatoes: 40lb box for $30
From Little River Organics:
Orlando Tangelos:   ¼ bushel for $16
Blood oranges:  4lb bag for $6

Organic Eggs: Exposing the Fraud of Grocery Store the same is true for milk and meat as well as chicken 

And now for a little humor….
Subject: Little Girl on a Plane.
 An atheist was seated next to a little girl on an airplane and he turned 
To her and said, "Do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you strike 
Up a conversation with your fellow passenger."
 
The little girl, who had just started to read her book, replied to the total 
... Stranger, "What would you want to talk about?"
"Oh, I don't know," said the atheist. "How about why there is no God, 
Or no Heaven or Hell, or no life after death?" as he smiled smugly.
"Okay," she said. "Those could be interesting topics but let me ask 
You a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same 
Stuff - grass. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns 
Out a flat patty, but a horse produces clumps. Why do you suppose that is?"
The atheist, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence, 
Thinks about it and says, "Hmmm, I have no idea." To which 
The little girl replies, "Do you really feel qualified to discuss 
God, Heaven and Hell, or life after death, when you don't know shit?"
And then she went back to reading her book.

Lily and her new team: Ann and Andy

Pork highlights... 

Dennis and Alicia and the FCF Team