Posts by Ashley Lyons
Blue Moon Acres Receives 2018 Farm Hero Award from Edible Jersey Magazine
Blue Moon Acres Rice a Pantry Staple for Chef Michael Solomonov
This rice is sensational. Without adding anything else, it tastes like toasted pine nuts in butter. I’ll boil it with water, a little olive oil, some salt, and maybe a little chicken, and I can just eat it right out of the pot. The flavor is creamy, nutty, and robust, and because it’s brown rice…
Read More »Blue Moon Acres featured in Chef Laurent Tourondel’s Magazine
Blue Moon Acres Featured in Edible Philly Magazine: Farming For Chefs
Blue Moon Acres Press Release Fall & Winter 2020-2021
More Recycling, Please.
Many of us are old enough to remember the days before recycling bins, when bottles, cans, and plastic all went into the trash, no questions asked. As a nation, we’ve come a long way since then—over 87 percent of us currently have access to curbside recycling programs—but much work remains to be done. In fact,…
Read More »The Vanishing Small Farm
Everywhere, all over the country, all around the world, small farms are disappearing. According to a USDA report, after peaking at 6.8 million in 1945, U.S. farms fell sharply until the early 1970s; by 2002, only 2.1 million farms remained. If you’ve lived long enough, chances are you remember a few of these small farms,…
Read More »Powered by Bicycle: The Future of Sustainable Farming
Everyone knows bikes are a great way to exercise, enjoy the outdoors, or even commute. But did you know bikes can be converted into useful agricultural tools and machines? From weeding, harvesting, planting, threshing, shelling, winnowing—bikes can do it all. And without greenhouse emissions and expensive repair bills. The following are a few ways that…
Read More »The Mysterious and Fascinating Life of Roots
When we think of roots, most of us think of pale, fibrous, slimy-looking tubes whose only purpose is sucking water out of soil. If we’re gardeners or farmers, we also think of roots as food. But roots do much more than siphon water and provide food—they’re the cornerstone of plant function. And in many ways…
Read More »T’is the Season for Spring Mix
The growing season is ramping up, and you know what that means: spring mix! Each year around this time, we see our first delicious harvest of this delicious crop. The variety of fresh tastes and textures are welcome after a long and cold winter. But just what is spring mix? And where does it come…
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