Make Your Own Hand-Pressed Wedding Invites and Keep The Piggybank Happy

the first step of our invites Scrapple and I are getting married in August (yeay!) and for the past few months I’ve been immersed in planning and crafting. I'm trying to save cash for the farm and make our big day more sustainable while giving it an aesthetic that has our own special feel. Making our invites turned out to be a great example. I thought I'd share how I did it as the research part took some time and I uncovered a few gems during the process. It was a fun project and I loved how they turned out - they feel like us!     
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The "Ick" in Organic: Fox and Factory Farms Fight Back!

Sweetbreads recently sent me this article/video titled "The 'Ick' Factor and the Myth of 'All-Natural'". Give it a quick watch. At a minimum it's entertaining.
 
The article/video really reinforced the great responsibility that we are assuming by committing to produce food. It reminded me how important it is for new farmers to make sure that we produce at the highest standards of quality and cleanliness. Especially for those of us that are (or will be) in the business of producing alternative food products. There’s already the hurdle of trying to sell something that’s not mainstream, so why add any more fuel to fire? 
 
First, a few things that I appreciate about the video.
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Sweet & Savory Summertime Treat - Fresh Blackberry Basil Honey Jam With Feta

Blackberry-Basil-Honey-Jam-Little-Seed-Farmfresh honey blackberry basil jam with feta
Just a quick “thank-you-for-coming-back-alive”  treat I cooked up for Scrapple when he came home last weekend (we had our bachelor/ette parties). Nothing like a little positive reinforcement! We had a gorgeous half pint of blackberries in our CSA share - looking like gigantic gems ready to burst. I almost just gobbled them all fresh but had been wanting to try a berry basil combo of some sort and boy am I glad I did! I'm a huge fan of sweet-savory combos and this one did not disappoint.
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