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Guest Post by Ahnonni Moose.

Friends, let me welcome you to the Crooked Furrow kick-off blog entry. I had to do this guest post because otherwise the farmers would never get round to it. They are busy dudes. And right sexy. Oh, yea. You should get down there and see fer yourself. Better call first, just so they know you're comin'. Not that they'll be up to no good or nothin'. It's courteous and that way they know when to expect visitors. Don't have your hopes up about seein' them work shirtless in the summertime though. These guys are professionals. Well, at least sensible; apply and re-apply sunscreen, big hats and oft times long-sleeves.

OK. So the Crooked Furrow? WTF? I know that's what is on your mind. Heck, my mind too. And who the blazes am I, anyway? This aint 'bout me at all, y'all. It is about a Small Farm named Laughing Duck Farm. See, there are ducks and there were ducks, none which is laughin' now. That is two wholly different tales. Worth telling fer sure, but I don't know, not happy ones. Gruesome one of them is, reckon. Tuther is nice in a adopted-a-duck sorta way. These tales might get telled someday.

Looks like I got distracted. That'll happen. What was I goin' on about? Crooked Furrow is what a farmer gets when he doesn't use a string-line to determine the straight and narrow for the crop rows. I side with at least one of the LDF farmers, the Lesser, or assistant farmer: straight aint great and it is all done by hand anyways. No GPS or some shit. Why, my old Gramps use to say,"Anything too perfectly lined up looses something." He was talkin' 'bout a brick patio, I think. So, well, these red hot farmers apply it to the rows of food they grow.

Neither of the middle aged, beefcake, hard working, hunky farmers, are themselves crooked. At least not in a criminal sense, but in a adjective sense.

These guys are family men. Dreamers. Hard workers. Food providers for a few. Eager, ready willin' and able to provide for more, right in the community.

Which, dig the segway, brings me to CSA.

What is CSA? Of course the letters stand for Community Supported Agriculture. But, what is it?
shareholders. trading goods and/or services. local(at least not involving thousands of miles of travel and packaging). many hands. help. support. shared transport. delivery/drop off. markets...purchase a set amount of weekly goods, ahead of time, for a predetermined cost, and enjoy. Take it to the next level and get your hands in the dirt; harvest, pull weeds or otherwise contribute to the Farm! The Farm and its supporters are a community in its self. A'right then. Gettin' a little deep for old Ahnonni...

Tis a thing worth contemplating. Worth being involved in, a part of. Tis sustainable for the farm, the farmers, and for families.

That's it, folks. Get in there and be a part of It!! Farmers need you and y'all need Farmers.

Thank ya.

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Ok, so that was something I had asked for months ago, to get the ball rolling as it were. Better late than never. Thanks heaps, Ahnonni!