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Letter to Fred Meyer on non-GMO Labeling

For those of you who were wondering what the letter to Fred Meyer that a few of us farmers sent, here it is…

  
  
I want to show here that we really want our local grocers to be a part of the conversation when it comes to food and truth in advertising. I hope that we hear from Fred Meyer at some point to hear what their thoughts are on this important role they have to play. 

 For a little more background on this issue please read my post “What crops are GMO’s?” And another update from Oregon Farm Bureau, “Farmers take on Fred Meyer for Misleading GMO Advertising.”

Photo Friday, Random Farm Moments

Good morning! Here is a quick crop update, a rainy day kid activity and a beautiful sunrise to start your Friday!     
   The cabbage for seed is coming along nicely. Especially considering how wet this winter has been as we head into spring.   Hoping to get some fertilizer on today, even through a few spots that look like the photo above…wish us luck!   

 So what do we do with a busy kid like Hoot when it’s raining. Well we jump in a lot of puddles and play in a lot of mud, or…we jump in a tractor and take a ride!    

 Which leads us to today, a beautiful start to a day of sunshine and lots of work ahead. Good morning and happy Friday folks!

New Cousin Oliver & Pumpkin Patch

We have had some exciting news in our family!! My brother and sister in law had their first little baby! Welcome to the party little Oliver (Ollie as Hoot calls him) Lester Kirsch!!   He decided to come a few weeks early on October 5th. Weighing in at a whopping 7 lbs 5oz and stretching to a full 21 inches! He’s doing great and his new mom and dad are awesome too!  

In other news…I haven’t had a lot of time lately to sit down and write all the posts rolling around in my head. So just to tide all you faithful followers over I thought I’d post a double post…new cousin and few photos of our fun pumpkin patch trip yesterday to EZ Orchards!   

 It was Hoot’s first time with this whole pumpkin experience and while the most exciting thing to him was the slide and the wagon I think he’s sort of getting that fall spirit.    

   
If you get a chance to head over to EZ Orchards I would highly recommend it! They had live bluegrass music, great food, face painting, petting zoo…basically something for literally kids of all ages! 

I’ll be trying to find time to get some of the words in my head down onto paper or into a blog post soon! Until then hope you enjoyed some new baby Oliver & Hoot photos!! Happy Monday!