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Farm Happenings at Rora Valley Farms
Harvest Morning on the Farm
This week I thought I would give you a snapshot of what it is like on harvest morning when we pick all your vegetables for the week.
The night before I print off the pick-list with all of the vegetable that you chose for your bags. Then the next morning I get out to the garden bright and earl1 read more »
Cool Tools on the Farm
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The spring produce is really starting to come in. This week I picked the first of the Sugar Snap Peas and the greens and roots are abundant. We are working hard to stay ahead of the weeds and trellis the tomatoes in the high tunnel.
While we don't use any gas powered tools in the garden,1 read more »
An Answer to Prayer!
This season I am really trying to dial in my production and post-harvest systems on the farm. That way I can eliminate wasted time and effort dealing with inefficient systems and spend more time doing things that create value for you.
One example of wasted effort is moving produce from the ga1 read more »
Spring Time on the Farm!
This is the time of year that makes me especially grateful that God has called me to be a farmer. The weather is absolutely beautiful, the grass is such a rich green, the trees are bursting with new leaves, and there is new life everywhere. Last month our farm dog, Shep, had 10 adorable puppies and1 read more »
Farm Dinner this Saturday! And new season starting next week.
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This Saturday, April 13th from 4:00-7:30 we are having our spring Farmship Member Dinner! It is one of our ways of saying thanks for your support. By coming you can see where your food comes from, fellowship with other farmship members, and enjoy a farm fresh meal!
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Hard work, satisfying results as spring is on the way!
Lately we have been working long days to get the spring crops in. Potatoes, broccoli, cabbage, beets, kale, spinach, lettuce, and more! I found a local source for composted leaves and have made several loads with our dump trailer to pick some up. It is finally warming up a little and the crops are1 read more »
Killer Cold!
I almost broke a sweat working this morning in the garden, but this time last week was cold! Unfortunately, having weather that cold after a long spell of warm weather was too much for many of our early spring crops, even under frost blankets. We lost most of the broccoli plants, cauliflower, beets1 read more »
Birthdays, compost, trailers, and planting!
Hey Everyone!
We hope you have been having a wonderful year so far. Today our little boy Edwin Gianavel turned 3 years old! Time really flies and we are trying to soak up every minute. Thanks for your support that allows us to spend more time with our kids!
It has been nice and warm lat1 read more »
Racing the Spring Season!
Wow! It really got warm quick! What a relief from the bitter cold we have been experiencing. Now it is a race to get all the spring crops in the ground: peas, onions, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, beets, collards, swiss chard, kale, lettuce, arugula, etc.! I just got back in from planting a bed o1 read more »
About the farm
Rora Valley Farms is located in beautiful rural Coosa County, Alabama and is owned and operated by the Sanders Family and was established in 2009. Currently my wife Dorothy and I (Noah) oversee the vegetable and bakery operations while my cousin Luke Sanders and his wife Kristin oversee the meat and egg production. Our kids help out as well! Here at Rora Valley Farms we strive to produce real food. Many industrial foods today put on a good show, but fail to provide our bodies with the nutrients we need to function properly. When God designed our bodies, He also designed amazing foods to fuel them. But most industrial foods have strayed from that original design, and we have reaped the consequences. Through building healthy, living soil and utilizing natural systems of production and management we strive to harvest food that feeds our bodies, as well as our taste buds.
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