Staying Healthy During Back to School Season
It’s back to school season which means homework, carpools, and preparing school lunches. This time of year can be stressful, and it’s hard to stay creative with healthy meals on a tight schedule. Using healthy ingredients like broccoli makes it easy to create snacks that your family will love eating. Broccoli is one of the […]
The Health Benefits of Broccoli
The Health Benefits of Broccoli: Healthy Living with Broccoli Broccoli, a vegetable related to cauliflower, cabbage, kale, bok choy, arugula, Brussels sprouts, collards, watercress, and radishes, is informally classified as a cruciferous vegetable and offers many health benefits. Cruciferous is the nickname for vegetables in the mustard family because the four petals that most of […]
Broccoli Marketing & Merchandising for the Fall Season
A Grocer’s Guide to Fall Broccoli Sales With the fall months approaching comes the promise of cooler weather, back to school, and key opportunities for boosting sales. This year, make sure broccoli is included in the fun with strategic marketing, both in-store and online. From featuring fall-friendly recipes at in-store demos to tapping into social […]
Bill Greens Maine
Bill Greens Maine did a wonderful piece on Smith’s Farm, check it out here! https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/entertainment/television/bill-greens-maine/sixth-generation-smiths-farm-is-one-of-the-easts-largest/97-594751809
Broccoli for Health
Medical News Today posted a great article with the science behind the healthy properties of broccoli. Broccoli is known to reduce diabetes, heart disease, many forms of cancer, increase bone density- thats just a few of the amazing benefits to persuade you to EAT MORE BROCCOLI! Check out the article below: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/266765.php
Broccoli Crowning
Tara educated a class of pre-schoolers on the basics of growing broccoli and cauliflower today. The children were taught about optimal growing conditions and the learned the difference between crowns and bunches- there may be some broccoli left in the hair of the kids as they “crowned” themselves!! Slideshows of the farms and harvest crews […]
CDC Releases E. Coli Update
The CDC released a statement on Wednesday regarding the recent e. coli breakout that was apparently linked to leafy greens. Please click on the link to read the full article. https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2018/s0110-update-ecoli.html
Rolling Out Broccoli Transplants in FL
12/11/17 Lance Smith was in the Florida field with the production team today as the new tape plant transplanter was being put to field. This innovative technology will help us get our farm-fresh Stag broccoli to your local grocery store in abundance!
Festival of Trees
Come see our Stag tree at the 2017 Festival of Trees this weekend, being held at Northern Maine Community College Gymnasium in Presque Isle, ME! The tree and gifts will be raffled off at the end of the event, come on out and catch some holiday spirit! Dec. 1-3, 2017. https://www.facebook.com/events/294387211074096/
Produce Primer
Ever wonder how the fresh produce you buy in the grocery store gets there? Yeah, I’d never thought about it either until I started working at Smith’s Farm. I just went to the store, list in hand (or not) ready to check things off and put them in the cart. Now I do remember thinking, […]
