Farm Happenings for July 7, 2020

The summer heat is finally here. We do get some positives from it in terms of helping things grow, it just increases our need for watering. The field crew has been busy this past week getting the big reel irrigator going to water all the sweet corn. We pull it out around 1500 feet out and it sprays water 150 ft in a semi circle as it pulls back in. It is certainly pretty neat to see it working. We are hoping to have sweet corn ready for next weeks shares and after that we will have it for the remaining duration of the season. Tomatoes are starting to kick back up this week so we will have plenty of those for shares. We are also picking the first sweet and hot banana peppers from the field this week as another new item in shares. Cantaloupe look like they will be ready probably next week so we will have those as well. This kind of weather is absolutely perfect for cantaloupe to be super sweet so we are excited about those as well.

Our second Farm to Table dinner is Friday night so Chef Patterson is taking this week off of baking but we will have something good next week.

Hope everyone enjoyed the Fourth of July weekend.

Have a great week and if you have any questions or concerns feel free to let me know.

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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