Growing up on my family's farm in Pennsylvania, I never would have pictured the life I live at Willow Haven farm. As a kid I spent summers in our large family garden we called, “The Truck Patch”. I helped mom every summer, picking beans, weeding, and cutting fruit and vegetables for the hundreds of jars of canned and frozen produce we put up. Now I spends less time out in the field and more time in the kitchen doing the same preserving for my own farm family. Farmer Reuben values my many hours doing much of the behind the scenes marketing, writing emails to cultivate customers and capturing the farm story each week. I'm always learning along the way in my quest to improve the farm experience for each of her current and future farm members in our 500+ member, year-round customized farm box delivery program. Reading our stories will connect you with your food in a way you never experienced before. Someday soon you will want to fit local food into your life and we'll be here to help you.
Tired of Pain? How I helped Farmer Reuben
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Hi Reader, Grimacing with pain and walking slowly, Farmer Reuben entered the kitchen. "I didn’t do anything hard this morning." Moving empty market boxes and twisting and lifting was all it took to strain Reuben’s back and send him to the house to rest.
We Are Open!
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Click over to my blog for:
- My heart warming moment at the Member Appreciation Dinner and Auction
- Telling the story of your food: why growing broccoli has oddities, why cauliflower hides it's head
- My way to peel beets that is so easy my kids love to do it for me!
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We'll keep farming for you!
Reuben and Tessa DeMaster
Willow Haven Farm
P. S. PSST! Click over to the blog post ...you'll be able to reserve your spot at the next class "Empowering Wellness with Essential Oils" on July 20.
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Tessa DeMaster
Growing up on my family's farm in Pennsylvania, I never would have pictured the life I live at Willow Haven farm. As a kid I spent summers in our large family garden we called, “The Truck Patch”. I helped mom every summer, picking beans, weeding, and cutting fruit and vegetables for the hundreds of jars of canned and frozen produce we put up. Now I spends less time out in the field and more time in the kitchen doing the same preserving for my own farm family. Farmer Reuben values my many hours doing much of the behind the scenes marketing, writing emails to cultivate customers and capturing the farm story each week. I'm always learning along the way in my quest to improve the farm experience for each of her current and future farm members in our 500+ member, year-round customized farm box delivery program. Reading our stories will connect you with your food in a way you never experienced before. Someday soon you will want to fit local food into your life and we'll be here to help you.
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