It is nice to take time off from writing this blog every once in a while, especially when it feels like there isn’t anything new to say. The Free Farm Stand feels like it is running on auto-pilot or cruise control and there isn’t much …
“Sow flowers so your surroundings become a garden.” This is from a poem by Rahman Baba, a seventeenth century Afghan/Sufi poet I recently discovered and the words have stuck with me. That is all we are doing at the Free Farm Stand is sowing flowers. We …
I am writing this from what is called the Heartland of America. I have been visiting in-laws in Peoria, Illinois and entirely missed the Free Farm Stand this week. I am so grateful for all the many hands that have kept the Stand open, from picking …