Slow Food Upstate
A local chapter of Slow Food USA in the Upstate of South Carolina
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Greenville, SC, USA
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About Me
I am a dairy farmer in the Greenville, SC area. I have been farming here for 31 years. As an "early" farmer, conventional farming was all I understood--chemicals, purchased fertilizers, feeding the cows whatever it took to "make milk". As far as I knew, I was successful, but that kind of success was "harmful". The land was being plowed, the crops were being sprayed to keep out weeds, and the plants were being allowed to grow to their fullest heights, and then were chopped up for feed. According to the 'experts" this was the way to farm. One day my cows decided to "show " me who was in charge and they broke our of the confined area, went to a pasture that was being readied for plowing,fertilizing,planting. In that pasture was young, April growth of lambs quarter, fescue, and the "weeds". The cows mowed this field for me and came back to the barn that evening with more milk . This led me to what I refer to as "a Divine" intervention in my life. I studied the cows, let them out to other "April" pastures with "weeds" and found some very interesting behavior. All of this developed into Clemson University doing a 3 year research grant on my farm researching various forages that were plante to "make milk" and was quite a successful project. We learned that if a cow could graze April type growth of a non mature plant, she would make milk. No longer was I having to plow, spray,and purchase fertilizers. The soil began to recover, the earthworms came back, and plants grew only for the nutrient value-- quality, not quantity. As a result of this change in our lives, we now bottle Happy Cow Creamery milk. We low temp pasterrize, do not homogenize, and have what we think is "the best milk" you can find, but the most important thing aspect is that it is healthy, and the COWS ARE HAPPY! Post a CommentOops!The words you entered did not match the given text. Please try again. 0 Comments |
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Moonshine Madness at Dark Corners Distillery
Celebrate the Southern Traditon of Moonshine with Slow Food Upstate at Dark Corners on January 15
Tour the distillary, learn how moonshine is made legally on Main St. and listen to some great music by Rocky Bottom Bluegrass, and of course, taste the hand spirited whiskeys made right here in Greenville, SC
This event will feature a special batch of Moonshine prepared with local Pumpkin Town corn by distiller and owner Joe Fenten. As a part of Slow Food Upstate's mission to educate the community with regards to local food, local food traditions, and sustainability, we would like to point out some of the "green" effects of this event...
CSA's now available for 2012
A Community Supported Agriculture program allows you to purchase a share of the produce from the farm. Each one is different-so explore
Clemson University Student Organic Farm
Internships now Available
Slow Food Upstate and the Earth Market
Carolina Farm Stewardship Job Openings
Meet me at the Earth Market, on the lawn at the McDunn Gallery, 741 Rutherford Rd., Greenville SC 29609
Every Third Thursday, 2-6 pm through September.
Earth Markets 2012
May 17, June 21, July 19, Aug. 16, Sept. 20
See the Earth Market on WSPA TV
See our calendar for more information.
Membership to Slow Food Special Offer, $25.00
Become a Member, for just $25.00 Special Offer extended.
Slow Food Upstate is featured on One Cause, a web site that allows you to shop on line and your selected merchants will contribute a percentage of the sale to Slow Food Upstate. Go to www.onecause.com and become a member, then select Slow Food Upstate as your Cause to support. Add the One Cause browser tab to your computer and select your merchants through the One Cause web site. One Cause will then send Slow Food Upstate the contributions. You must however, access the merchant through the One Cause web site to participate.
These contributions will help further the Slow Food Upstate programs and projects in our area.
Board Members
Jennifer Sparks
Janette Wesley, Chapter Leader
Ann Marshall
Debbie Cooke
Marnie Record, Co-Chair
Renato Vicario, Taste Integrity
Clark and Katherine Mizell
Adam Gautsch
Donna Johnston
Anna Kate Hipp
Linda Lee
Beth Kunkle, Clemson
Cassandra Nelson
Lil Glenn
James Wilkins
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