Where are those eggs??

Good Morning from the South Cumberland Food Hub.

Eggs have been kind of scarce for the last few weeks, and I apologize for that, but the hens just don’t like laying in really cold temperatures. Not only does temperature affect laying hens, but also the amount of daylight and access to water play a part in egg production. Everything in nature is governed by nature and has certain cycles that it follows. One of those cycles is day length. When day length shortens, nature cycles down, rests and waits. She waits for the right time of sunshine and warmth to spring forth new again. But we as farmers don’t always want to cycle down and wait, so we try our best to mimic nature and keep things going even thru the “down” time. This is not always easy to do, and perhaps isn’t meant to be done, but for the sake of the market demand we try our best.

But because of this market demand, farmers are getting smarter and figuring out how to work with nature to extend the seasons. That’s what our farmers who grow for the food hub are doing, honing down the necessary adjustments to produce year round local food. This is especially important when the kind of weather that we’ve been having extends down to Florida and California. The produce that normally turns up early in other places from these two huge producers has been destroyed by cold and drought. So you will need to rely even more on your local producers this year. And it will come to that in the end anyway, regardless of the weather, so I am thankful to be a part of this growing movement to produce and consume more local food. I know you are too.

Thank you for supporting your local farmers and artisans!

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Risa