Natural Dyed Eggs for Easter

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Natural Dyed Eggs for Easter

Natural Dyed Eggs for Easter

Dying Eggs is a fun way to spend some time creating something unique and special with your family or loved ones. Here’s a sustainable and environmentally friendly way to use foods like cabbage, beets and onion skins to create your own natural egg dyes specially curated by Miss Jenn, our culinary & educational specialist. See… Read More »

Dying Eggs is a fun way to spend some time creating something unique and special with your family or loved ones. Here’s a sustainable and environmentally friendly way to use foods like cabbage, beets and onion skins to create your own natural egg dyes specially curated by Miss Jenn, our culinary & educational specialist. See… Read More »

If you hear an onion ring, answer it!

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If you hear an onion ring, answer it!

If you hear an onion ring, answer it!

Onions may just have been one of the earliest cultivated crops (researchers approximate their cultivation to 5000 years ago) valued for being easy to grow, easy to transport and less perishable than other food of the time.  Researchers suggest that the onion may have proved valuable to human existence as they could easily be dried… Read More »

Onions may just have been one of the earliest cultivated crops (researchers approximate their cultivation to 5000 years ago) valued for being easy to grow, easy to transport and less perishable than other food of the time.  Researchers suggest that the onion may have proved valuable to human existence as they could easily be dried… Read More »

Peeling back the layers of an onion

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Peeling back the layers of an onion

Peeling back the layers of an onion

This week’s eating in season highlight we are peeling back the layers of the flavorful onion. Onions are in the Allium genus family of flowering plants which include garlic, shallots, leeks and chives. These vegetables contain high amounts of plant compounds along with vitamins and minerals believed to have many health benefits. Onions are eaten in a… Read More »

This week’s eating in season highlight we are peeling back the layers of the flavorful onion. Onions are in the Allium genus family of flowering plants which include garlic, shallots, leeks and chives. These vegetables contain high amounts of plant compounds along with vitamins and minerals believed to have many health benefits. Onions are eaten in a… Read More »

Eating in Season – Winter

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Eating in Season – Winter

Eating in Season – Winter

We on the farm have always believed in the practice of eating in season for its numerous benefits including; a healthier lifestyle, reducing your carbon footprint and because we’re farmers and live closely to, and are in touch with the land. An eating in season lifestyle enhances your body with foods and nutrition required to thrive in… Read More »

We on the farm have always believed in the practice of eating in season for its numerous benefits including; a healthier lifestyle, reducing your carbon footprint and because we’re farmers and live closely to, and are in touch with the land. An eating in season lifestyle enhances your body with foods and nutrition required to thrive in… Read More »

Alstede Farms participates in local farm tour

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Alstede Farms participates in local farm tour

Alstede Farms participates in local farm tour

CHESTER, NJ (August 16, 2019) – Alstede Farms participated in an agricultural tour with Congressman Tom Malinowski hosted by the Morris County and Hunterdon County Board of Agriculture on Friday, August 16th. Congressman Malinowski, U.S. representative for New Jersey’s 7th congressional district, toured family farms recognizing local farms and agriculture as an important part of the… Read More »

CHESTER, NJ (August 16, 2019) – Alstede Farms participated in an agricultural tour with Congressman Tom Malinowski hosted by the Morris County and Hunterdon County Board of Agriculture on Friday, August 16th. Congressman Malinowski, U.S. representative for New Jersey’s 7th congressional district, toured family farms recognizing local farms and agriculture as an important part of the… Read More »