Earlier this week, I had a great time giving a tour of JBG to Sonya Cote, executive chef at Eastside Showroom and Hillside Farmacy, and multimedia producer David Barrow. They came to do some filming forThe Homegrown Revival, a project they created to,"allow others to learn, share and create farm grown foods" (to read more about The Homegrown Revival and get info on their upcoming dinners, visit their website atthehomegrownrevival.com). When I was talking to Sonya and David about JBG, I was struck by how much better we have gotten at growing high quality produce. There are so many things that go into determining vegetable quality, and when I first started farming, I had a lot to learn. I still do! Vegetable quality is affected by almost every aspect of our operations, starting from how we grow our transplants to how we handle and store produce post harvest. Just after I finished explaining these many aspects of production to Sonya and David, I was approached by Julie Webb, a long-time workshare volunteer and host of our Bouldin Creek CSA pickup site. What she told me was music to my ears: she said she thought today's box was the best she had ever seen! That is a big compliment from someone who has been getting boxes for over three years. The high quality produce we are growing right now is a result of years of hard work and of our constant drive to improve. Read More