Good Food from Healthy Farms
Archive for May, 2010
T-Shirt Champion Crowned
May 24th
Congratulations to Gina Rae V. the first person to post a photo of themselves with a Terra t-shirt from our Gear Store. Gina Rae will receive two weeks of organic produce on us. Congrats, Gina Rae and thanks for showing your organic pride!
Standing Against Discrimination
May 20th
Seldom do we feel compelled to take one side or the other on any partisan issue of the day. Most of the time our promotion of good food, family farms and organics is non-partisan. But when an industry is under attack – more specifically, when the people that make up an industry are under attack – we feel it is our duty to take a stand in defense of the injustice. More >
What? What? Terra T-Shirt Contest!
May 17th
Greetings Organic Eaters! It’s time to show your Organic pride by participating in the Terra T-Shirt Contest. We’ve made announcements about this before, but there’s still opportunity to participate. We’re giving away TWO WEEKS OF ORGANIC PRODUCE. How do you participate? It’s quite simple.
1. Go to our Terra Zazzle Gear page and pick out your favorite T-shirt design.
2. When your shirt arrives, put it on and snap a photo celebrating organics.
3. Post your photo on our facebook page or email it to etrotter(at)terra-organics(dot)com.
The first one to complete all of the steps wins!
As mentioned, this contest has already been going on for a couple weeks and considering we haven’t received any photos yet, you have a fantastic chance to win! Think about it, for the price of displaying your organic pride, you’ll be awarded with two boxes of produce. Help us spread the word of organics and get zazzling.
Bonus Points: Suggest in comments or send in a new design idea and if we use your idea you’ll win an exciting bonus prize.
Ask Dan: Trouble in the News
May 13th
Call it a perfect storm. Since the advent of organics in the marketplace in the mid-to-late 90′s, there has not been a confluence of events and media reports that has done more to challenge the industrial food paradigm than what we have seen in recent weeks. I was asked to speak on a panel of entrepreneurs this past week at a breakfast held in Seattle by my alma mater, University of Puget Sound, and these were a few of the stories I highlighted: More >
Ask Dan: Local, Healthy Meat?
May 7th
Image by http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotoosvanrobin/
We are frequently asked to reveal our source for local, healthy meat. We love Cheryl the Pig Lady, Thundering Hooves and Heritage Meats. In fact, we will soon be offering products from both Heritage Meats and Thundering Hooves. In the mean time, there are a couple of other options out there for you, the discerning and conscientious eater.
I can’t speak from personal experience (yet!) about our first referral, but Inger Owen, and her husband, Dave, operate Fraction Farm in Eatonville, WA. There, the couple raises antibiotic and hormone-free pastured poultry and is WSDA certified for on-site slaughtering. The requirement for on-farm slaughtering is that all meat is sold from the premises within a 48 hour window and is never frozen. That means that you can buy your bird the same day that it was harvested and bring it straight home to the rotisserie. Their next farm day is Sunday, May 16th, from 10am – 2pm; whole chickens are available for $4.00 per pound. Email Inger at inger@fractionfarm.com for more information.
The second referral is Bruce Dunlop, from Lopez Island Farm. In addition to restaurant sales, an on-farm retail stand, processed jams, syrups and chutneys, Bruce sells pre-ordered meat out of the back of his pickup truck in the Proctor District of Tacoma. Once a month (if we’re lucky) he makes the drive down from Lopez with his delicious pork, beef and lamb. His next trip is planned for early June, so email him at bruce@lopezislandfarm.com if you’d like to be put on the mailing list to receive an order form every month or so.
Terra Meets Cartoonists League (CLAW)
May 3rd
As part of our community outreach, Terra Organics sponsored an event last Wednesday, organized by none other than the Tacoma-based CLAW (Cartoonists League of Absurd Washingtonians). This talented collective of cartoonists meets twice a month to draw together, celebrate the art of cartooning and, of course, fight off zombies. More >
Celebrate Organics with Terra Gear!
May 1st
It’s here. The Official Terra Organic merchandise store! Now is your chance to show off your Organic-Pride with a Terra Organics or Tahoma Farms shirt, cooking apron, hat, coffee mug, and more. Even better is that our store offers some Organic cotton options.
Fan Photo Contest
We’re so excited about our new store that for the first person to send in/or post on our facebook page a photo of themselves decked out in Terra Gear will receive their next TWO DELIVERIES FOR FREE.
Take a look at some of our designs below and head over to http://www.zazzle.com/terraorganics for your favorite and a chance to win!
How to Win
Step 1: Purchase your favorite item from our gear store: http://www.zazzle.com/terraorganics
Step 2: Sport the item and show off your Organic Pride for a photo
Step 3: Send that photo in to etrotter (at) terra-organics (dot) com or or post on our facebook page
Step 4: The first person who completes Steps 1-3 wins their next two deliveries for FREE.
