ShooFly Organic Farm
Annette Ewing, C.I.E.I.O
and Jim Ewing, C.D.B
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NO FARMS-NO FOOD!
Short Articles/pages
by Annette Waya Ewing
WHY IS BUYING LOCAL PRODUCE EVEN BETTER THAN BUYING ORGANIC?
Articles By Jim Ewing:
reprinted from
Clarion-Ledger
SHOOFLY FARM BLOG
Our produce is periodically available at Rainbow Whole Foods Co-op,
in Jackson, MS.
Please write to us if you are interested.
We are growing Shiitake and Giant Wine Cap Stropharia and will be harvesting them late spring.
We have beez!
and with any luck will be seliing raw local honey in the comb next fall. We are committed to chemical free, kind-to-bees practices. We love beez!
NEW!
Video-Talk
MARK BITTMAN
NYTimes Bestselling Food Writer
Speaks about our eating habits and why plant-based diet is best for all. CLICK HERE
IF
you do not change direction,
you may end up where you are heading.
-Lao Tzu
Welcome to Fall Season...
Welcome to our little family farm!
We specialize in seasonal organic heirloom and gourmet produce, lovingly tended by hand, picked fresh and delivered within hours to some of Jackson's finest food establishments.
Our aim is sustainability, we grow organically, using beneficial insects to control garden pests, and well composted green and animal manures to amend the soil. Any other amendments we use are OMRI approved. We do not use even the organically approved pesticides, or herbicides. We prefer instead to focus on soil health, which leads to plant health and the best tasting, most nutritious produce.
(Yes, that is me on a friend's tractor.)
ShooFly is the former name of the town where we live. When it grew large enough to justify a post office, evidently ShooFly was not acceptable (!) so it was re-named Lena.
We grow according to/exceeding organic standards, and are a Certified Naturallly Grown farm. We are small, about 2 acres under cultivation, at present.
SHOOFLY FARM BLOG
Stop by to read or browse ALL of Jim's archived weekly articles written for the Clarion-Ledger, the statewide newspaper of Mississippi.
November/December 2011 News
Its GREENS season and we have plenty! Salad mizuna, purple mizuna, lettuces, purple mustard greens, chinese mustard greens, chinese cabbage, tatsoi, brassica greens, collards, red turnip greens, golden turnip greens, arugula, rainbow chard, baby beet greens...
Eat Your Daily Winter Greens Tips
These greens - Pak Choy, Chinese Collards, Red Kale, Purple Mizuna, Mizuna, Red Turnip, Arugula, Rainbow Chard, Radish Tops, Giant Red Mustard, Turnip, Collard, Mustard and so on…
Salad Mizuna is best raw—the stems are tender and sweet. Try tossing it with fresh lemon, garlic, olive oil and sea salt –serve immediately.
Other greens are wonderful chopped and cooked quickly-a minute or so for tender greens and a couple of minutes (until stem-tender) for the cabbage-y leaved greens like Kale.
Stir frying is great! Onions are great with greens. Wonderful sauces are anything soy or miso based. Garlic,ginger, lemon pepper, all go well. Eden’s Ume Plum Vinegar is especially good on greens, a little goes a long way, it is sea salty. Ponzu sauce is great too…as well as vinaigrette salad dressings.
For a meat eater’s meal, fry up some organic bacon, sausage or ground turkey (in the freezer section here) and add the greens. A sprinkle of organic raw sugar mellows and brings out the flavor of mustard and turnip greens…follow with a splash of raw organic apple cider vinegar and you have a subtle sweet and sour flavor and enhanced nutrition.
Try adding chopped cooked kale or brassicas to your mashed potatoes or sweet potatoes.
All greens are wonderful added during the last few minutes of cooking soup—either your homemade soup, or a canned organic soup.
Add lightly cooked chopped kale or collards to your next quiche…or make a crustless quiche by mixing raw eggs, grated cheese, lightly sautéed onions and kale/collards, a little cooked bacon or sausage (optional) pour in a greased baking dish and bake at 350 until set.
We hope you enjoy eating our greens as much as we enjoy growing them!
Have blueberry bushes? If you do, chances are the leaves have turned a beautiful bright red. Now is the time to pick some, dry them at room temp and crumble for a delicious and high anti-oxidant tea.
Ever see a Catalpa Worm? See photo below.
The people who originally owned this home were avid fishermen, they planted many catalpa trees, just to gather the worms. Now each year we invite our fishing naeighbors to collect them. They are shown here on a blueberry bush, but their only food is catalpa leaves (so far, we hope--as they completely strip the tree each year!)
THE CATALPA SPHINX is a common hawk or sphinx moth, (Photo 1) but it is the caterpillar stage, (Photo 2), that is most often encountered and best known. The caterpillars, commonly called catalpa worms or "catawba" worms, feed on leaves of catalpa and often completely strip trees of foliage. Loss of foliage may be serious, especially for shade and ornamental trees and nursery stock. While the catalpa worm is well known as a tree pest, it may be as well or better known to some for its attractiveness to fish. The caterpillars have long been valued for fish bait, and references to their collection by fishermen date back at least to the 1870's when the species was first described .
L.L. Hyche, Associate Professor
Department of Entomology
Auburn University
3/94
Please Write or call for veggie availability. (601) 654-3301.
Margaret Thomas wrote:
"I happened upon some of your baby greens at Rainbow Friday. Got two packs & they were great! (Note the past tense verb!) One pack I put in the quiche I made using the recipe Annette had posted at Rainbow. It was yummy delicious. Thanks, you two, for your ShooFly produce! Maybe I'll try it at Nick's in Fondren next time!"
You can eat our produce at Nicks and Mermaid restaurants now, featured in their fall vegetable plate. They are voted the "Best Fine Dining" and "Best New Restaurant" respectively, in Jackson, MS. http://www.nicksrestaurant.com/ Be sure to check out their new executive Chef, Steven d'Angelo, who trained and worked with Emeril Lagasse in New Orleans and elsewhere.
Jim writes a once-a-week (Fridays) organic gardening and related matters of interest column in the Clarion-Ledger (Mississippi statewide newspaper.) Check it out here: http://www.clarionledger.com/section/feat, it is running in the Home and Garden section. He is covering a wide range of topics, and it is geared toward the home gardener and people interested in a healthy lifestyle.
Jim was elected to the Board of Directors, Mississippi Fruit and Vegetable Growers Assn. during their annual meeting this month in Natchez, MS. We were one of the only organic growers represented at the conference, so this is a great progress for OG growers in MS.
I have been elected Secretary of The Board of Gaining Ground Sustainability Institute of Mississippi. Jim is a Regional Coodinator for the Jackson area. Friend John Ruskey of Quapaw Canoes is now Regional Coordinator for the Delta area.
We have met some great people who have created a community garden in downtown Jackson, they are Jackson Inner City Growers, run by Tre Roberts.
TRY lacto-fermented veggies this spring! Tasty, highly nutritious, and great for your guts, where much of your immune system function (60-70%) happens. My updated article about it and all resources you need to get started...HERE
We have discovered a great place online to buy gourmet and organic non-alcoholic juices and sparkling juices made with fine wine varietals and premium ciders, much better than what you can find in the grocery stores. Great for special occasions. They have wonderful customer service. Sweetwater Cellars.
Photo blog of 'putting in'one of the main plots, last fall.
http://blueskywatersblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/picture-show-assembling-fall-garden.html
We grow MICRO GREENS to order...the true ones--TINY TINY!
NOT baby greens. Delicious, nutritious, and too hip!
Great on sandwiches, salads, and as edible garnish.
You may order from us for pick up, or free delivery in the Jackson Metro area only. 2 week lead time needed for all micro greens orders.
>INFO and ORDER Micro Greens HERE<
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When Shopping, Look for The Fair Trade Certified(tm) Label
Fair Trade Certified(tm) products directly support a better life for farmers and farm workers in the developing world through fair prices, community development and environmental stewardship.
Through Fair Trade, small farmer organizations market their own harvests through direct, longterm contracts with international buyers, learn how to manage their businesses and compete in the global marketplace. For some products, Fair Trade welcomes estates and plantations that are
committed to social responsibility, community development, and environmental stewardship to participate for the benefit of their workers. Small farmers and farm workers benefit from premiums that allow them to invest in building their communities and bettering their lives.
The Fair Trade Certified(tm) label is a simple way for consumers to know that their products were produced under socially, economically and environmentally sustainable conditions.
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We are members of Local Harvest, here is our webpage on their site:
http://www.localharvest.org/shoofly-farms-M22334
and Members of Slow Food International/USA.
as well as Native Seeds...
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