Last week, I attended the American Farm Bureau (AFB) National Conference which was held in Seattle. The AFB hasn’t held its national conference in Seattle since the 1950s. Normally I wouldn’t head off to an AFB convention, but it was so close to home that I decided to go. It didn’t hurt either that the […]
This is the famous time of the New Year’s Resolutions. We save up all of our energy, build up all the muster we have, to make the big push to change something. If we could only apply all the time we spend waiting to implement the change to the actual change, most of us would […]
Another core principle at Klesick Family Farm is to give back to our community. Last year, with your help, the Klesick Family Farm delivered 463 boxes of good to the Stanwood and Snohomish food banks. That is $11,000.00 of quality organic fruits and vegetables. There is no way our farm could meet this need without […]
Since the inception of our home delivery business in1999, we have always focused on purchasing our fresh fruits and vegetables from local farmers first. Every week, I call my farmer friends to find out what they currently have available that I can add to our boxes. If I need to find more produce, I then […]
It was this time last year that our farm and faming neighbors were hunkering down and sand bagging like crazy. The January ’09 flood was a record event. Flooding is a fairly normal event during the winter, but last January was the perfect storm. We had snow melting, huge amounts of rain and really […]
The days of heavy holiday foods laden with luscious cream and butter are now a thing of the past, but their memory lives on in the form of tight fitting clothes and an extra pound (or three). We remember those days of celebrating with joy and fondness, but as the new year is upon us, […]
This is the famous time of the New Year’s Resolutions. We save up all of our energy, build up all the muster we have, to make the big push to change something. If we could only apply all the time we spend waiting to implement the change to the actual change, most of us would […]
Researchers are apparently going to research whether chickens are happy in cages or not? Sadly, I think that Benjamin Franklin was right when he said, “nothing is more uncommon than common sense.” I have raised chickens and they do like to keep close quarters, but only when they are Roosting (sleeping), not all the time. […]
Supporting Local Farms Since the inception of our home delivery business in1999, we have always focused on purchasing our fresh fruits and vegetables from local farmers first. Every week, I call my farmer friends to find out what they currently have available that I can add to our boxes. If I need to find more […]
* We wish you all the best in 2010! * Over $11,000 worth of quality organic produce was donated to the Stanwood and Snohomish food banks in 2009!
Something happened along the way that has changed agriculture from farming to food production. It is a subtle shift, but nonetheless profound and impactful. Farmers have always been interested in increased production and efficiencies. Farming is like all other business, you have to have a profit to stay in business or in the language of […]
This time of year my oven is rarely off. My mind swells with satisfaction as the scent of cinnamon and ginger dance through the air mingling with the subtle pine scent wafting from our Christmas tree. It’s a joyous time when something inside me longs to bake each and every day. Rather than acquiring the […]
This last week, I came across a couple of good articles at Rodale Institute that I wanted to share with you. Lupus, other autoimmune diseases linked to insecticide exposure A recent study shows that women who use insecticides are at elevated risk for autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. The results of the […]
This last week, I came across a couple of good articles at Rodale Institute that I wanted to share with you. Lupus, other autoimmune diseases linked to insecticide exposure A recent study shows that women who use insecticides are at elevated risk for autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. The results of […]
Enjoying the Holiday Meals Are you rushing around yet? It’s the season for holiday plans, schedules, trying to find and give that perfect gift, and entertaining friends and family. It’s also a time of dietary excess, increased stress, and let’s not forget colds and flu. Statistics show that December is the most stressful month of […]
Flooding is something that valley farmers contend with. We get use to it, sort of, we work around it and sometimes in it, and mostly, hope that the river decides to stay within its banks. This first flood of the year appears to be mostly benign and for that I am thankful. I am also […]
As a farmer, I tend to interact with a lot of other farmers. We see each other at various meetings and driving between fields. As a rule farmers tend to be pretty stable folk, we recognize that no matter who is President of America or Snohomish County Executive we are going to have to plow […]
