Archive for June 2014
September 14th: Farm to Table Dinner – A Rice Sagra
Blue Moon Acres hosts Farm to Table Dinner with Chef Max Hansen to Benefit T.A.S.K. A Rice Sagra Sunday September 14th, 4pm-9pm In Italy, a Sagra is a village festival centered around the harvest of a local and seasonal crop. The festivities feature an array of dishes prepared with the edible star of the day. …
Read More »August 1st: First Friday is Movie Night on the Farm! 5pm-9pm
Blue Moon Acres hosts First Friday at the Farm Market – August – Movie Night on the Farm! Friday August 1st, 5pm-9pm Bring your blanket, chairs, and coolers of food & drink to picnic next to our organic flower field while watching two films (TBD) on the projector screen. Unionville Vineyards wine, Amwell Valley organic…
Read More »8 Tips on How You Can Live Locally
Wondering what steps you can take to become more aligned with your local community and environment? Erica Evans, Beginning Farmer Program Coordinator at NOFA-NJ, shares with us 8 ways you can live locally. 1. If your municipality allows, raise your own chickens. In my own hometown, I participated in many town council meetings advocating for…
Read More »How to Make a Simple Salad Dressing
One of the perks of working for Blue Moon is free greens. During the spring and summer, this means salad for at least one meal a day for me, every day of the week. A challenge (aka an opportunity for improvement) I face is keeping my salads interesting. How do I do this when the…
Read More »Top Five Most Influential Women of Modern Farming
For most of its long and inglorious history, farming has been a male-dominated profession. Women may have played vital roles, but ownership and decision-making was the exclusive domain of men. According to a recent USDA report, however, that trend is rapidly changing. Over the last three decades, the number of women-operated farms nearly tripled. Currently, around…
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