Chop 2 cups of tomatoes, 2 cups of corn, 1 medium green pepper, 1 medium sweet pepper, ¼ cup fresh cilantro, parsley or basil, 2 cups black beans, and combine with 1½ tsp cumin, 1 tsp chili powder, 1 Tb oregano (dry or Fresh) and 3 Tb olive oil, 1 clove garlic, 3 Tb lime juice or balsamic vinegar. Serve with warm tortillas or corn chips. Also good with fresh sliced Avocados.
We’re hot, exhausted, dirty. Neither of us feels like cooking. It’s about 8:30 p.m. after a long day in garden and field. A quick shower brings a second wind and some inspiration. For a split second, I remember something I used to eat from vegetable plates across the Carolinas during my early newspaper days down South. I have no butter beans, but I do have corn, butter, water, salt, pepper and a whole lot more.
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Owned and operated by Tony and Dela Ends, Scotch Hill Farm is a certified organic family farm, subscription garden, and farmstead soap-making business. Our mission is to:
Grow wholesome, quality, organic food without pesticides or herbicides;
Care for livestock with humane, ethical and integrated practices;
Enhance soil fertility and maintain water quality;
Make value-added agricultural products such as soap from milk by as natural means possible;
Help family farmers find profit in stewardship and ecological practices;
Train students and other small farm families in organic agriculture, marketing and animal husbandry;
Maintain high, ethical standards and business
practices and promote Community Supported Agriculture.
We work to achieve these goals as a family business, grant project participant and member of collaborative organizations in our region. The farm has operated since 1994 and serves communities in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. We are members of the Madison Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition, the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, and the Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training.
We are certified organic by Nature's International Certification Services.
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant program
Increasing Rural Sustainability and Impact of Farmstead Soap Production (Abstracts for Phase I and II grant projects, 2003 and 2003; email for MS Word or PDF copy of 40-page reports)
Identifying Marketing Strategies for a Farmstead Cooperative to Increase Goat Milk Soap and Skin Care Product Sales to Targeted Markets (Abstract for Phase I grant project, 2006; email for MS Word or PDF copy of 29-page report)
https://www.sbir.gov/sbirsearch/detail/301693
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) grant program
Developing Round Bale Systems to Mulch Vegetable Transplants with Switch Grass (2012)
https://projects.sare.org/project-reports/fnc12-857/
Comparing Prairie Grass – Small Grain Straw for Mulching Vegetable Crops (2011)
