All foods contain some calories, but it is believed that some foods take up more caloric energy to digest then the calories that are in them resulting in what is called the “Negative calorie effect”.       
Negative calorie foods are the ones that when you eat them raw or in some cases slightly cooked with nothing [...]

Winter squash nutritional benefits
The winter squash group includes pumpkin, acorn, butternut, and spaghetti squash.  The richer the color, the richer the concentration.   They provide excellent sources of carotenes.
Winter squash offer a very good source of vitamins B1, B6, and C.  It may be able to reduce the severity of conditions of asthma, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis. [...]

An heirloom tomato is generally considered to be a variety that has been passed down, through several generations of a family, usually for 50 or more years,  because of it’s valued characteristics and can be found in a wide variety of colors, shapes, flavors and sizes.
Heirloom tomatoes are not only flavorful, juicy, and rich, they [...]

BEETS

According to Hippocrates, the father of medicine, beets and their leaves are considered useful in healing and as an aphrodisiac. 
Beets contain compounds that help protect against heart disease, birth defects and colon cancer. They are high in fiber and have the highest sugar content of all vegetables, yet are very low in calories.
Beets are particularly [...]

A huge heirloom beet grew at our farm.  Look at it!

Dried gourds can be a very good decoration for any ocassion.
If you are interested in getting a dried gourd to decorate for Christmas, New Year or othe holiday, call us at (952) 906-0247, leave your phone number and we will get as many gourds as you want!
Here are some websites I found that can give [...]

Watch Peter pick corn
Submitted by sfiecke on September 11, 2008 – 2:11pm.
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Shakopee News – Watch Peter pick corn
In today’s print edition of the Shakopee Valley News, we told the story of local vegetable grower Peter Marshall, who picks corn the old-fashioned way– by hand. His corn has grown in [...]