Farm Happenings for July 9, 2019

Good Afternoon Farm Family,

And just like that it's July. Crazy how time flies this time of year. The fields are inching closer and closer to full production with a few new items hitting your shares this week with sweet banana peppers, jalapeños, and Italian frying peppers starting to be picked. Broccoli if finished for the season with the hotter weather coming in and we are probably on our last week of cauliflower as well. Chinese cabbage is beginning to get ready so you will see that available as well.

On the event side of things, July is a busy month for us as well. We have the following events coming up in the next couple weeks:

July 11th at Valley Park during the Thursday night market we will be doing a make and take succulent creation class

July 13th is our Farm to Table here at the farm

July 19th we will be at Food Truck Friday at the Ronald McDonald House in Charleston

July 20th we will be hosting farm yoga

Lots of great events to join us on. Tickets for the make and take class, farm to table, as well as yoga are all available on our website.

Hope you all enjoyed the 4th of July and are extending it through the weekend. We also still have spots available for summer so feel free to share with your friends and family.

Your Farmer,

Brad Gritt

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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