Hare Brain Farms

05/24/2024

I'm so thankful for this garden. I'm looking forward to the countless hours of labor. 🥰🥰🥰

05/01/2024

Buy from your local farmers!

Why do we hate farmers? Why as a society have we commodified and proverbially ground down our food production to this metaphorical "machine".

While multi billion dollar companies are boasting of record profits multi-generational farms are being sold off one after another. Farm land is being conglomerated and bought up by corporate entities and the small family farms are being pushed and priced out of the market.

How can we argue with the economy of scale? The per unit price of some of these large scale farms is crazy cheap! Of course small farms can't compete in that market.. Moreover, although its getting easier, it's still hard to sweet talk consumers into buying higher quality produce grown to be healthy rather than shipping and shelf stable. To the layman they all smell, taste, and look the same!

Why are we afraid for farmers to make a living? Why do we hate on small farms trying to start up and make a profit scoffing at their pricing structure?

"I can get that cheaper at [insert major grocery chain]"

Of course you can! But that's not the point. Gone are the days of the local grocer who took browning bananas and baked them in banana bread for the next morning. Now we live in the commodified purgatory of produce and we're seeing study after study reveal its making people sick...

Small farmers are forced to have 1 or 2 extra jobs just to make ends meet because it doesn't make sense to "just" grow food... What would happen if we glamorized food growing like we do "hustling" to make a buck?

I understand that food in a necessity but farmers deserve a living wage too. Instead, many struggle while at the top corporate (and sometimes government) giants pull the strings telling growers what THEY will pay for chicken, eggs, and milk.

Where did we go wrong such that our society glamorizes hollow celebrities rather than hard working humans toiling with their families in the dirt.

The problem is farmers don't farm for the money.
They don't farm for the fame.
They farm for the food.

02/27/2024

Spring is so near. Everything begins to become so full of life again! 🥰

02/26/2024

I save a lot of money by buying a whole pork loin and cutting it myself. I got 4 meals for the price of one tray of chops. The green beans were canned last year out of the garden. So delicious.

02/24/2024

Calendula flowers. This is the base of all of my skincare solutions. I can't wait to see them in the field again this year! I'm planning to grow even more. They just look like warm weather, don't they?

02/20/2024

Tomato update. 🍅 🥰

02/17/2024

My medicine cabinet takes up a lot of space! I'm so thankful to God for these remedies. Herbal hot chocolate for the win! 🤣

02/15/2024

For any of my local friends looking for a CSA! This one isn't far away! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556131947441&mibextid=ZbWKwL

Market Farm offering bi-weekly CSA memberships through our website serving Huntsville, AL

02/11/2024

My nightstand, I have spent the winter studying. It's almost time to put it into practice.

02/09/2024

Random Sh*taki for the win! Yummy!

02/04/2024

These girls are getting their nesting boxes today! 🥰 I can't wait for my mama's to release the hostages!

02/03/2024

I'm making sure the seed stock is viable that I will be storing. This is my first year saving a good portion of my seeds. I'm really trying to use heirloom variety fruit and vegetables. I'm pleasantly surprised. The Lady Godiva seed came from one lonesome squash. I planted it at the wrong time. I basically planted it as a bait crop unknowingly. This year my bait crop will be blue hubbard. Live and learn. Lady Godiva squash is a hulless seed variety. One serving of seeds has about 2.5 grams of omega-6 and 22 milligrams of omega-3 fat. I am determined to get a decent crop this year! Omegas are very beneficial for my fibromyalgia.

02/02/2024

Hard to believe this tiny leaf will be this giant tomato in a few more months! 🥰

01/27/2024

This guy is the sweetest!! I never thought I would want to keep a Ruby Eyed White. But here we are. He even got an angels name. I'm big on temperament in my genetics as well as body type. He looks good in both areas. 😍

01/27/2024

My little one wanted dumplings for dinner. 🤣

01/25/2024

I can't wait for this dirt to become these beautiful tomatoes! 🥰🥰🥰 First seeds in the ground. Hoping for a better pepper year!