We are all a little blurry-eyed this Monday morning as we wander around the farm, picking up tables, hay bales, scarecrows, pumpkins, and misplaced items. This weekend’s Hoes Down Harvest Festival has come to an end, and in its wake, there are a multitude of things that must be cleaned and organized and a multitude […] The post News from the Farm | October 6, 2025 first appeared on Full Belly Farm.| Full Belly Farm
Photo credit: Ella Galaty At the turn of the month, us Full Belly flower farmers are transitioning our flower power from fresh to dried bouquets and arrangements. Therefore, these are our final days of fresh, cut flower sales, and we want to thank you for enjoying these buds and blossoms with us all season long. […] The post News from the Farm | September 29, 2025 first appeared on Full Belly Farm.| Full Belly Farm
Slicing into a ripe Piel de Sapo melon this morning, I realized that I was a victim of seduction. As with so many of the plant families here, seeds were spilling out of the incision, the fruits are a mere vessel for the “go forth and multiply” maxim of a plant’s directive for sustainability. Inside| Full Belly Farm - Certified Organic Vegetables, Fruit, Flowers & Wool Since 1985
The anti-competitive tentacles of this deal reach much deeper than a consolidation that makes two competitors into one. This is about who will shape the future of grain handling and oilseed processing in Western Canada.| Manitoba Co-operator
It’s the last full week of summer – the autumnal equinox is next week! What’s happening as we wrap up summer? Harvesting! Lots of things, including lots of gorgeous eggplant which went in last week’s CSA boxes. Look how tall some of those plants are! Some varieties have thorns too, making long sleeves and gloves […] The post News from the Farm | September 15, 2025 first appeared on Full Belly Farm.| Full Belly Farm
If you were to gather a group of Full Belly folks, any role, and ask them what they find satisfying about farming, you’d get a range of answers, but some common themes would emerge. Harvesting and getting produce to you is ultimately why we’re here. We’re not just growing plants and raising animals for the| Full Belly Farm - Certified Organic Vegetables, Fruit, Flowers & Wool Since 1985
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Another amazing summer has almost come to an end. We’ve been too busy picking tomatoes and flowers to grace your dinner tables to even turn the pages on our calendars. But, the farmers of Full Belly Farm generally do not count time day to day. Instead, we see the changing seasons by the events that […] The post News from the Farm | September 1, 2025 first appeared on Full Belly Farm.| Full Belly Farm
As mentioned last week, this is the time of year to plant our fall crops. So far, we’ve direct seeded beets, carrots, and spinach (more about that process here), and have transplanted broccoli and leeks, with many more to come. These cool weather crops don’t like the heat, but we have to start them now. […] The post News from the Farm | August 25, 2025 first appeared on Full Belly Farm.| Full Belly Farm
While keeping incredibly busy harvesting summer produce, we’ve also got fall on our minds and lots of fall prep on our To Do lists! We’re starting to cut and cure winter squash. The first samples showed up in the office last week. It happens every year around this time, but still feels like a surprise.| Full Belly Farm - Certified Organic Vegetables, Fruit, Flowers & Wool Since 1985
It’s estimated that there are 50,000 pepper varieties grown worldwide. We grow only a small portion of that diverse world. What we grow changes every year – I’ve conducted a pepper census and here’s the 2025 list: Sweet Hot For those who like a game – how many can you ID in the photos below? […] The post News from the Farm | August 11, 2025 first appeared on Full Belly Farm.| Full Belly Farm
Hello from the tomato field! It’s more of a sea of tomatoes, or perhaps a jungle. If we didn’t use a hedge trimmer to keep things tidy, the vines would grow so wild that the rows would be impassable. The air smells like tomatoes, and many happy and industrious spiders have strung webs between the| Full Belly Farm - Certified Organic Vegetables, Fruit, Flowers & Wool Since 1985
Today’s News from the Farm is an interview with a real farm VIP, our Human Resources Manager, Stephanie Ortiz-Villanueva! She's essential to keeping things running smoothly! When did you come to Full Belly Farm?September 2021, almost four years ago! But who’s counting? Things fly by so fast when you’re busy. And what are you busy| Full Belly Farm - Certified Organic Vegetables, Fruit, Flowers & Wool Since 1985
We are a highly diversified farm, growing countless types of vegetables, fruits, and flowers and even within a single type of vegetable, often many varieties of each. We don’t just grow food for humans though; we’re also growing food for countless soil microorganisms and macroorganisms, including our sheep! Our sheep graze on fields of cover| Full Belly Farm - Certified Organic Vegetables, Fruit, Flowers & Wool Since 1985
This Friday is the first day of summer and we’re (almost) ready. The gang’s all here (almost). Last week, right on cue, several of the summer classics were ready to start harvesting. Too many to document but it gives a glimpse of what you can find this week at one of our Farmers Markets and| Full Belly Farm - Certified Organic Vegetables, Fruit, Flowers & Wool Since 1985
The Kishkan and Swaan families of Pinnacle View Livestock at Quesnel, B.C., were awarded the 2024 Canadian Limousin Association Award of Distinction.| Canadian Cattlemen
I think there’s only one word to describe last week: HOT. The coolest high temperature was Monday when it still got above 100, and it only got hotter as the week went on. Being outside when it’s 110 or above feels similar to the blast of hot, dry air you get when you open the| Full Belly Farm - Organic Vegetables, Fruit, Flowers & Wool
It’s another flower update! Flowers are a big part of what we do, so we want everyone to be in the know. As described last week (which you can read here), this time of year is when we plant most of our spring flowers. On Thursday and Friday, the flower team aided by some interns| Full Belly Farm - Certified Organic Vegetables, Fruit, Flowers & Wool Since 1985
April showers bring May flowers, but when do you plant those flowers? It varies between years but Full Belly Farm, spring flowers went in the ground on Tuesday and Thursday of last week. Dru and Jan direct seeded 20 beds of flowers on Tuesday and Jan, the flower team, and Alfredo and his crew transplanted| Full Belly Farm - Certified Organic Vegetables, Fruit, Flowers & Wool Since 1985
If you’ve been to a magic show, like one at a theatre like the Paramount Theatre in Austin, you know the magical feeling of nostalgia and anticipation. House music begins to fade as the lights dim, the crowd quiets, ripe with anticipation. Stage lights come up as the curtain retracts...…| Barton Hill Farms
It’s opening weekend on the farm! Find out what we’ve got going on in Bastrop. Open on weekends from Oct. 1 - Nov. 6 and Columbus Day. Tickets available now!| Barton Hill Farms
It’s one of the best times of the year: corn maze reveal time! This year, we’re getting Mazed and Confused. This special design pays tribute to one of Austin's favorite sons—the one and only Matthew McConaughey. Come out to Barton Hill Farms to solve the 5-acre corn maze which includes…| Barton Hill Farms
