Farm Happenings for April 16, 2019

Happy First Week of the 2019 Spring CSA Season! With some actual good spring weather this year, we have been able to get a lot more planted outside already than we had at this point last year so crops will be coming in earlier than years past. This weeks share will feature items from our hydroponic production including lettuce, cucumbers, and green tomatoes (we are hoping to start seeing some red by the end of the week), and spinach, arugula, radishes, and green onions from the high tunnel. We are starting the season off with a sweet treat of Strawberry ice cream as well as some basil plants for you to grow some of your own herbs.

The farm is already been bustling with activity this year starting with the annual Winter Blues Farmers Market in February, Mixed Container workshop the end of March, and our first Farm to Table dinner the first week of April. We have moved into Capitol Market earlier than we have been able the past two years as well.

This Saturday we are hosting our Second Annual Adult Easter Egg Hunt. We have sold 200 tickets to this event meaning we will be donating $1,000 dollars to the Ronald McDonald House in Charleston as we are donating $5 of each ticket to the house.

We hope you enjoy your first share of the season and we look forward to seeing everyone this week.

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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