Reducing our carbon footprint is an important part of sustainable living and buying where you live is an vital step towards a greener lifestyle. Supporting your local growers is a wonderful way to reduce your carbon footprint. Thus sweetgum grove farm is proud to be apart of the growing wave of supporters of the goodness grown in NC movement. It is easy to do your part to go green one product at a time, by buying local.

The periodic table of the vegetables

The weather here in the Piedmont has been a mix of all kinds of winter precipitation. Little has been done on the farm. Most of the activities are localized to the internet and researching for the upcoming growing season. The image is of the periodic table of vegetables.

Ecopreneur

The definition of Ecopreneur (britannica.com) is one who provides environmentally friendly services, goods, and technology such as recycling, green construction, or organic food. Thus, sweetgum grove farm's, sustainable urban farming mission would fall within this definition. There is a growing movement that has gained speed in recent years for a more simple and back to basics way of life where independence is fostered through self reliance. A buzz word in the food world is organic yet, the course to this point has truly been organic in nature with every new discovery on the road to sustainable urban farming we are progressing to the next logical step in self reliance. A side note worth mentioning is, the fact that the basic principles of sustainable urban farming were common place 100 years ago yet, seem in part to have been lost in the evolution to a technologically advanced society. Ironic! n'est-ce pas?

organic signage/banner

sweetgum grove farm marketing mix

The sweetgum grove farm marketing mix was delivered yesterday and we are well on our way for branding. Our business cards also came and I am so excited about the ability to use these instead of just word of mouth advertising.

Arctic Blast of 2010 snowfall totals

The Arctic Blast of 2010 has left us seeking refuge indoors. The low tonight is predicted to be 12 degrees fahrenheit. The record low for today's date was set in 1966 at 3 degrees fahrenheit. The snowfall totals for the Arctic Blast 2010 range between 7 & 7.5 inches for sweetgum grove farm. The image to the right is of an icicle that is growing on the front porch. It looks to be about 3 feet long.

Snowfall Forecat Update 1 30 2010

Snowfall forecast has been updated and we in the Piedmont Area are going to see potentially up to 1 foot of snow. WOW! This storm is shaping up to be a winter mess!