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• Welcome to Onionville

  A sea of organic onions has washed up at the horse barn at Bee Heaven Farm. The onions  are laid out in two double rows on either side of the walkway, and one layer deep on tables in two of the stalls. The red spring onions still have their tops [...]
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• Catch the buzz

  Indie filmmaker Maryam Henein is back in town with a free screening of her documentary Vanishing of the Bees, co-sponsored by Tropical Audubon Society and Slow Food Miami. Come see an award winning, informative, provocative, beautifully filmed documentary about the ongoing honeybee crisis. To sweeten the deal, farmer Margie Pikarsky [...]
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• Flashback Friday: Pinecrest market, Dec. 2

  Here’s a look back, the first of a series, of Bee Heaven Farm/Redland Organics at Pinecrest Farmers Market this winter. Their last day was April 28th, 2013, and now the market season is over for them until fall. Farmer Margie, husband Nick, and their hard working crew will be back [...]
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• CSA share: week 20

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• Strawberry love

  This conjoined strawberry came from Sunshine Organic Farm. Even though I handled it gently, it was so ripe that it bruised easily, and leaked bright red juices all over my hand. Doesn’t it look like a large moth, or perhaps a heart? Grown locally at Sunshine Organic Farm. Filed under: [...]
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• Patch of green in the desert

  Brownsville Farmers Market is small, a clutch of three tents set up in the entrance plaza of the Jesse Trice Community Health Center. But this is where Melissa Contreras of the Urban Oasis Project non-profit, and her assistants, set up shop this season, selling fresh, local and organic fruits and [...]
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• CSA share: week 19

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• CSA share: week 18

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• CSA share: week 17

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• Apples and carrots in heaven

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  He was the unofficial good will ambassador of Bee Heaven Farm. He was tall and white, quiet and gentle, spirited and playful, and at the very sight of him, kids of all ages lit up and cried out, “A horse!” His name was Bali, short for Balbriggan, and he was [...]
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