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		<title>Midwest Permaculture visits 3RF</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A wonderful group of outdoor design enthusiasts visited our farm on August 17th. These people, hailing from as far away as Bermuda and as near as Livonia, all had a common interest &#8211; how can I make my land more productive, more beautiful, more efficient and more sustainable.  In other words, they were here to learn about permaculture design. 
Permaculture encompasses understanding the composition of soil, the habits of plants and animals, the flow of seasons and the use of  &#8216;alternative&#8217; technology. Greg and I were fortunate to be able to take a ...]]></description>
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		<title>Pedaling the Way: &#8220;Bike Across America&#8221; visits Three Roods Farm.</title>
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 This little trip of mine started out on bicycle. I graduated from college with a Studio Arts degree, and I was hit with the usual uncertainty of not really knowing what I wanted, where I wanted it, or how I wanted to achieve it. Burnt out by the classroom environment and doing assignments just for the sake of doing it, I knew grad school (for now) was out of the picture. But, then what was to become of me? This seemed like the perfect opportunity to travel; if I don’t ...]]></description>
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		<title>Bicyclists from Oregon coming to 3RF!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A group of 11 people left Portland, Oregon 6 weeks ago on a bike trip across America to Boston, Massachusetts.  Their plan is to visit many farms and see whats going in the rural parts of this country.  They are biking in support of local foods and 'food sovereignty'.  Eight are recent college grads and the other 3 are a family.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Intern muses about farm life at 360MainStreet.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With some of his free time around the farm, computer-nerd-turned-farm-intern Garrison Benson is writing a column called &#8220;Agripleasure&#8221; at 360MainStreet.com, a Midland/Bay City/Saginaw/Flint area online cultural magazine. Reposted here is his first entry, about Dr. Greg and the importance of observation in agriculture. (Click here to read the column in its original location.)
When I first rang the doorbell at Three Roods Farm, Dr. Greg Kruszewski (crew-shev-ski) stepped out onto his sunny porch, squinting at me through a pair of thick, almost exaggerated glasses. Like those &#8220;nerd glasses&#8221;  from the dollar ...]]></description>
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		<title>Rhubarb Cheesecake Dreambars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ingredients:
 
1 cup all-purpose flour (we use ww)
1/2 cup butter, softened
 1 tablespoon (og cane) sugar
 1 cup (og cane) sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour (we used ww)
4 cups finely chopped rhubarb
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened (we used neufchatel)
1/2 cup (og cane) sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup sour cream (we substitued yogurt)
1 tablespoon (og cane) sugar
 
 Directions
 
 Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. 
Grease an 11&#215;7 baking dish. In a bowl, mix together 1 cup flour, the softened butter, and 1 tablespoon sugar until well combined; press into the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
Bake the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://threeroodsfarm.com/wordpress/?p=629</link>
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		<title>Interview: Garrison Benson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Interview with Garrison Benson 
by Christi Carpenter and Garrison Benson 
Intern Garrison (Gary) Benson has been working at Three Roods Farm since mid-May and plans to stay to the end of the season. After his month and a half of farm experience, we managed to talk this dashing but bashful intern into a rare interview. 
Christi: How did you come to be at Three Roods Farm? 
Garrison: I recently graduated from Hope College with a Computer Science degree and wanted to learn something more practical and holistic than what I used to do, which is sit around in ...]]></description>
		<link>http://threeroodsfarm.com/wordpress/?p=612</link>
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		<title>Wild Strawberries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A wet spring produced a plentiful supply of tiny strawberries under our feet, mostly in the pasture. Gary picked this handful near the sheep. Garrison Benson is our full season intern.  He is a recent graduate of Hope College with a degree in Computer Technology which he has put on the back burner while he studies the art and science of organic farming at Three Roods Farm.
The sheep have been on pasture since late April when they were sheared. Our 7 ewes gave birth to 13 lambs. They&#8217;re a colorful mix.  All ...]]></description>
		<link>http://threeroodsfarm.com/wordpress/?p=570</link>
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		<title>Garlic Scape Delight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ingredients:
1 cup leftover meat, cut into bite sized pieces
1 cup leftover rice or millet
2 cups garlic scapes cut into 2&#8243; pieces
6 eggs, beaten
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, pressed or chopped
1 banana pepper, chopped
1/4 cup frozen or canned corn kernals
1/2 cup chopped tomato, fresh or canned
olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
Saute onion and garlic in olive oil. Add banana pepper and tomato and stir. Add garlic scapes, stir and cover for a couple of minutes so the scapes can steam cook. Add meat, grain and corn and stir. Pour the beaten ...]]></description>
		<link>http://threeroodsfarm.com/wordpress/?p=567</link>
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		<title>Rhubarb Sorrel Crisp</title>
		<description><![CDATA[4 cups rhubarb, chopped fine
2 cups sorrel, chopped fine
1 cup sugar
1 Tbsp grated orange peel (optional)
1 tsp vanilla (almond extract works well, too)
Combine in a large saucepan. Brind to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce to medium and cook 4 minutes, stirring frequently.
 
1/4 cup water
3Tbs cornstarch
Dissolve cornstarch in water. Add to rhubarb mixture and cook until thickened, stirring constantly. Set aside.
 
1 1/2 cups flour (may substitute part wheat germ or oat bran)
1 1/2 cups rolled oats
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon (cardomom works well, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://threeroodsfarm.com/wordpress/?p=565</link>
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		<title>A New Farm Season Begins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the help of  happy young volunteers, 2010 is off to a great start. Monica Taylor from Delaware and Megan Romano from our own  Columbiaville spent many hours building garden beds, pulling weeds and planting seedlings this spring.  Here they are weeding the rapsberry patch. 
It wasn&#8217;t always like this.  When we started our CSA back in 1995, we needed our CSA members to weed and plant.  Wish I had a few photos of those early days.  Sweat equity went into making this farm what it is today. 
I do have this ...]]></description>
		<link>http://threeroodsfarm.com/wordpress/?p=548</link>
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