The Weblog
This page contains news, event information, and other items added by Ian and Adam, the resident farmers at Old 99. We send out a message every week, but most are set with a delete date about two weeks later. I archive some of the posts if they have content other than weekly availability of produce and meat.
You can send me questions too, which if they are of a general nature, I can post to this Old99 blog.
Old 99 Farm, week of Aug 29 2021
Summer’s End Equinox Celebration and Climate Mobilization
Old 99 Farm is hosting friends, customers and relations to celebrate a great harvest and kick off to mobilize climate action in the Dundas valley. Bring your family to enjoy the farm scenery and animals. Find out real actions to reduce the worst of climate disruptions. Our intent is to host a celebration of summer’s end, a bountiful harvest, and local climate initiatives we can all do. Family friendly of course. Register at Eventbrite here. Limited for first 100 people.
The Menu: Saturday Sept 18
2pm to 4pm: arrival for welcome and sharing a marketplace of ideas (see below)
4 to 6: assembly of citizens: to hear the science and grieve the consequences
6pm to 7:30 dinner(bring your own utensils), and drumming
7:30 Music by The Rewynds, a pop rock group with climate connections Dancing and Open Mic
Closing when last dancers leave.
Climate Mobilization Marketplace
Groups and individuals will set up kiosks about their ideas for local climate mobilization. This includes activities like food harvesting and preserving, seed saving, treeplanting, downsizing and rightsizing, tiny houses, nature walks, deep renovation of homes, repurposing yards, neighbourhood resilience clubs and block captains, energy/carbon footprint checkups, suburban retrofitting, and etc.
This event will be rain or shine, renting a bigtop tent. We will use eventbrite to keep track of numbers so we don’t go over the covid outdoor gathering limit.
Produce available this week
Veggies available this week include turnip greens, beet greens, beets, purple top white turnips, rainbow swiss chard, collard greens, green cabbage, scallions (Bunching onions), Leeks, fuku Komachi turnips, carrots, tropeana onions just to name a few.
We now have lots of potatoes ready to go. Several different varieties: Purple, white skinned, red skinned, russet.
We have fresh picked peaches! Tree ripened and of course organic. Fancy grade blemish free for eating out of the hand and bulk for canning. Watermelons, musk melons (cantaloupe) and many varieties of tomatoes can be ordered online. The new garlic crop is in. Apples and pears not yet tree-ripened for harvest, but soon we will have them available.
We have prepared Black currant juice (pressure canned) and basil pesto (frozen) and will make on request sauerkraut.
Don’t forget about our amazing pastured beef and pork as well as our very popular pastured eggs.
Its getting time to order your chickens for winter. We will have about 100 birds going in and we can specify halves, whole or parts; as in drumsticks, thighs, boneless breast, . Order ahead, we’ll keep them frozen for you, and give 10% discount to boot, if over $150.
Remember to place your order before 7am Thursday. Orders placed after this time may not be processed.
Market times are Thursday and Friday 4pm to 6pm.
Special Offer: Pick up your non-partisan election sign here announcing ‘Climate Emergency’ for your front window, apartment door, or lawn. $10 at cost, a project by Grant Linney, Climate educator and long time resident of Dundas. #climategrant on Facebook.
