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Farm Happenings at Bayfield Foods
10.1.21 Farm Happening
It's the first weekend of October, and you know what that means around here? Applefest! If you aren't planning to come over and take it all in firsthand, or you just don't want the A-fest vibes to stop, don't worry - we've got you covered. You can add an Applefest Box to your CSA1 read more »
9.24.21 Farm Happenings
Happy Fall Equinox week! From here on out, we're losing daylight, and we've still got so much to do here. Shorter days and cooler nights mean closing up the tomato hoophouses every evening, then opening them up again first thing in the morning so they can "vent" out all that warm humid air to1 read more »
9.17.21 Farm Happenings
September rains have finally arrived, and we're thankful. Last weekend we got 1.1 inches of rain overnight, our largest single precipitation event (other than the 2.5 inches in 20 minutes deluge we got in July) since mid May! The rain last night was also well received, adding ano1 read more »
9.10.21 Farm Happenings
Welcome to fall! There's no doubt now that summer is quickly waning. Cool nights give way to misty, foggy mornings thick with dew. We start our mornings in rubber boots and layers, but by lunchtime things have dried off and we are shedding layers, abandoning the boots for some foo1 read more »
9.2.21FarmHappenings
It's been another jam packed week here at Great Oak Farm. Harvest, harvest, harvest is just about all we have time to do these days! Despite the drought, the crops are still looking good. Last weekend, we were lucky to get 1.2"of rain, but the ground is so dry that on Sunday we co1 read more »
8.27.21 Farm Happenings
27,154. That's how many gallons of water each acre of produce needs for optimal growth each week. Combined together, our fields of produce ideally need a little over 400 THOUSAND gallons of water each week. Sounds like an insane amount of water, doesn't it? Luckily, an inch1 read more »
8.20.21 Farm Happenings
This week sure has been a scorcher. This heat is serious corn growin' weather, so it's no surprise that the first planting of sweet corn is finally ready to be picked! We gave it a taste test and dang is it sweet. The squash is ripening in the heat nicely as well - we are seeing s1 read more »
8.13.21 Farm Happenings
Happy Friday the 13th weekend - and welcome to week 12 of the summer CSA season!
Last week on Friday after I had written the newsletter, I worked until dark to finish prepping the fields we were planning to seed into fall cover crops. I would have rather called it a day at 5 on Fr1 read more »
About the farm
The Bayfield Regional Food Producers Cooperative (Bayfield Foods) was formed in June of 2010 by farmers and food producers in the Chequamegon Bay region of northern Wisconsin. Our mission is to provide customers with high quality, nutritious, and sustainably-grown foods produced in Ashland and Bayfield Counties in Wisconsin.
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