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How Climate Change is Changing Farming
Farming was never an easy gig, but lately it’s been downright frustrating. Record heat waves, floods, cold-spells, and droughts are cutting into yields and in some instances ruining entire crops. Analysts warn that such climate change-driven extremes could reduce grain production in G20 countries by up to 8.7 percent by 2020 if no significant action…
Read More »8 Things We Love about Spring
1. Cooking with fava beans and asparagus Ashley Lyons, Sales Manager 2. Sleeping with the windows open Emily Boell, Market Manger, Sales 3. Strawberries from Manoff Market Gardens Jeremy Tucker, Sales, Delivery Driver 4. Exchanging jackets for t-shirts 5. Seeing the first flowers blooming Josh Goldsmith, Assistant Market Manager 6. Kayaking in Bucks County Natalie…
Read More »What does it mean to transplant plants?
Here at Blue Moon Acres, we get a jump on spring by starting items that will be growing outside in the greenhouses first, using a method known as transplanting. Transplanting literally means to uproot and replant. We begin the plants in the heated, warm greenhouses in trays, and then gradually transfer them to the ground.…
Read More »Hopewell’s Bluest Restaurant
On route 518 just east of Hopewell, New Jersey, there’s a modest blue double-wide whose front stairs are painted in blue decorative graffiti. Not the kind of place you’d suspect of being a hub of inventive New American cuisine, yet that’s precisely what it is. This is the Blue Bottle Café, home of co-chefs/owners Aaron…
Read More »Living Local: On Raising Chickens and Keeping a Garden
Patti and Emily are both old* school Blue Mooners, with lots of experience themselves in gardening in agriculture. Patti, our seeding and watering specialist, has a BS in Horticulture from Penn State and a pack of chickens and 2 dogs in her backyard. Emily, who manages our market (and market garden) in Buckingham, in addition…
Read More »Five Ridiculously Easy-to-Grow Vegetables
Believe it or not, spring is right around the corner! And you know what that means—time to start planning your garden. Below are five delicious, nutritious, and easy-to-grow vegetables. 1. Beets. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, beets are hearty, healthy, and easy-to-grow. Plant in spring after soil has warmed and dried out. Avoid soil…
Read More »Living Local: Recommendations from Food Producers, Marketers, Consumers, and Advocates on How to Live a Local Life
I am excited to begin this next blog series, and share with you recommendations from some of Blue Moon’s partners and friends who exemplify the local life. We’ll read through suggestions on raising chickens, buying local, being flexible on price, supporting local farmers, gardening basics, and more. Our first Living Local recommendation comes from Mike…
Read More »Growing Lettuce in the Winter?!
Shh—do you hear that sound? That’s the sound of your favorite vegetables growing. In the winter. That’s right, Blue Moon Acres is still at it, even in January. In concert with our Pennington Market’s new winter hours, we’re offering an array of in-season, local, New Jersey Grown veggies. Cabbage, leeks, scallions, beets, kale, collards, spinach,…
Read More »The Chefs’ Bookshelf- Part 6
Chef Kenny Kunz is a thoughtful, deliberate cook, who carefully considers his work in the kitchen and the dishes he is preparing. The cookbooks he recommends for us are true classics from the greats. Kenny Kunz Cook, Ulivo, Philadelphia, PA Recommended Cookbooks: A Return to Cooking, Eric Ripert The French Laundry Cookbook, Thomas Keller Italian…
Read More »Pasture-Raised Eggs for Dummies!
There’s a new egg in town. A pastured egg. Actually, these little ladies have been around for ages, but are only now getting the recognition they deserve. So what are they? And why should you care? Simply put, pastured eggs—or pasture-raised eggs as they’re sometimes called—are eggs hatched from hens that live on pastures. These…
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