IMPORTANT JEFF POPPEN UPDATE!
Long Hungry Creek Farm will officially be offering a CSA for 2013, and is now taking members. As we mentioned earlier and as reported in the Tennessean, USA today, and other large publications, Jeff was forced to close down operations on his main farm due to the pollution caused by his neighbor's chicken houses. He wants people to know he is NOT throwing in the towel, however, and will still be farming next year!Whew.Here is the link to his farm's Facebook Page to learn more.We've been unsure of what Jeff's plans were, but figured there was no way he wouldn't be farming. At least we hoped. This news, however, makes us happy and sad at the same time. Ecstatic Jeff will still be farming and feeding hundreds of families next year, teaching several young aspiring farmers how to grow food; devastated he has to move and leave behind one of our favorite farms in Tennessee.We have to protect our small farms. Healthy land is something becoming increasingly less common, but conversely, increasingly more important. Save a farm, buy local.Jesse.
