What are microgreens, and how do I use them? Two of the most common questions we hear at Farmer’s Markets and at our pick-up locations are “what are these” while gesturing to a bag of strange looking miniature plants, followed by “how do I use them?” Never fear, we have answers here! Those strange little… Read More »
Baking bread is a science. Every ingredient added, every ratio measured, and every knead of the dough leads to a specific set of chemical reactions that results in the perfect loaf. Baking bread is also an art. Balancing and combining flavours, shaping loaves, and braiding dough are all skills left best to an artist. At… Read More »
YYC Growers is about to open up sales on Beef and Pork Shares for the Summer Season. But first, we want to introduce you to 1 of the 2 farms using phenomenal land stewardship work to build soil and ecosystems. Meet Brenda, Vance and Max of Earth Works Farm! Earth Works Farm, our beef and… Read More »
I have fallen in love with the world of vegetables. I see a head of butter lettuce, and am astounded at how beautiful it is. I eat a cherry tomato, and I could just about cry at its burst of wonderful flavor. I watch how much these people care about what they do, and I… Read More »
We started “The Apple Lady” because both Lynden and I love tree ripened BC fruit. We found it difficult to acquire quality fruit in Calgary. Even when paying high prices, we seldom found tree ripe fruit in Calgary that satisfied our needs. BC growers, especially small ones, with tree ripened fruit have trouble finding fair market prices.… Read More »
Partly because I hadn’t heard from my farmers for my next Farmer Friday post, partly because the Feeding the 5,000 inspired me, partly because I wanted to share my thoughts, I decided to give some insight into why I decided to step back from farming and work entirely for YYC Growers this season. So here… Read More »
Walker’s Own Produce can be said to center around goodness. Their focus is on providing good food to good people, from good people. But then, calling their fruits and vegetables merely “good” is to discredit them—fantastic is a more fitting description. The honest and diligent work put into growing and distributing their produce shows just… Read More »
“It’s super dry,” Daniel Chappel tells me as we discuss upcoming crops in the YYC Growers’ warehouse. Daniel is delivering his weekly order; all five of our Northern Rural Farms: Country Thyme, Shirley’s Greenhouse, Eagle Creek, Happiness by the Acre and Steel Pony share delivery, and today, it’s Daniel’s duty. The dryness is surprising. The… Read More »
Having grown up on a farm in Manitoba, Valerie Wipf knows the tools of the trade, the weeds to pull, and the point of perfection for all her vegetables, what’s changed is that she’s no longer farming for somebody else–Seeds to Greens, former farm of Dick and Sue Pearson, is now owned by Valerie. Val… Read More »
This February, during another one of the frigid winter days we experienced this year, YYC Growers headed out for a beach day at Shirley’s Greenhouse. Dawn Buschert and her husband Cam hosted a potluck with a tour of their 36, 000 sq feet of greenhouse. It was -19 Celsius outside, it was 21 degrees inside… Read More »