Farm Happenings for May 5, 2020

Happy Sunday Farm Family,

Peter Rabbit and my wife's dog sandy would be super happy with this weeks CSA because carrots are finally ready. Who would have ever thought a dog would like carrots but Sandy likes them so much when she hears the snap of one she comes running.

The baby bells and lunchbox sweet peppers are starting to show color so I think by next week we will be able to start offering them for shares.

I went to Leon this past week and checked in on the crops down there.

Things are looking great. Strawberries are absolutely loaded. I picked a handful so hopefully if the weather plays nice we will start picking in the next 10 days. If so, we may have berries in next weeks shares but for sure the following week.

I hope everyone has a good week and hopefully gets to celebrate Mother's Day closer to normal this year.

Since 1927, our farm has been a well-known landmark in the Kanawha Valley, and our family has been an active part of the community. Our family roots began in Buffalo with Veto and Nellie Gritt’s establishment of our current farm operation. Today, we continue to thrive with our family's fourth generation growing up on the farm. We have changed, evolved, and adapted our agribusiness to serve the needs of our local and regional customers. Gone are the days of delivering eggs in the C10 to the front doors of Buffalo before greenhouses and our first farm stand. Many improvements have been made to our farm, and we continue extensive planning for the future of the farm and retail market.

The diversity of our business model, from our multitude of crops, companion products, marketing strategies, and support of other local farms has helped us weather many storms and the volatility of agricultural income. Pick Your Own, Agritourism, and our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) all are strengths that make us unique and lively. Our relationships with growers and suppliers are truly local, most within a 50-mile radius.

As a family, we are proud of our contributions to the community of Buffalo as we serve as stewards of the land, provide employment opportunities on our farm and in our retail locations, and grow and provide farm-fresh products. The combined 400 acres of land we farm provide beauty and open space in Buffalo, as well as an opportunity to provide family in our community with healthy food options. Over 80 individuals are employed over the course of a year, allowing us to contribute to the growth of our local economy. As a long-standing employer in our community, we have had the opportunity to ‘raise’ many teenagers who come back after further education and raising families to say how valuable their experience at Gritt’s was to their life. We have had the pleasure of having multiple generations of families be a part of our farm, too.

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