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H-2A Exploitation in 2020

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Teddy Bear sunflower and Jester delicata squash.

Teddy Bear sunflower and Jester delicata squash.

Nightshades, apples and pumpkin cornbread.

Nightshades, apples and pumpkin cornbread.

This head of fioretto sprouting #cauliflower is as

This head of fioretto sprouting #cauliflower is as big as my appetite after a long day outside.

I was a vendor at the @aberdeensundaymarket this w

I was a vendor at the @aberdeensundaymarket this week. It was my first time selling at a market so a little intimidating. I dislike handling cash so my anxiety was on 11/10 for much of the day but I enjoyed the shoppers’ curiosity about the beautiful food I grew with my hands. Meeting so many of you who have been following me here was a highlight of the day. See you next week? #farmersmarket #aberdeenwa #blackfarmer #faceless #maskup

Ten fyah side… I successfully grew Scotch Bonnet

Ten fyah side… I successfully grew Scotch Bonnet peppers to maturity. This hot pepper that I grew up with is closely related to habaneros but is significantly hotter with a more fruity aroma. Excuse me while I savor the harvest. 🖤 💛 💚 #Jamaica #ScotchBonnet #BlackFarmers #PNWFarmer #HotPepper #Habanero #tenfyahside #TenFireSide #hotgirlsummer

30lbs, or so. #galeauxdeysines #wintersquash #squa

30lbs, or so. #galeauxdeysines #wintersquash #squash #pumpkin #heavy #farmdog

Peter from Chestnut Hill Boers came out on Monday

Peter from Chestnut Hill Boers came out on Monday to help with planting for fall harvest and grading garlic, and took all of these photos. 💕 He also brought me some delicious Adriatic figs which are currently simmering with dried orange slices and honey for my special fig-walnut jam. @chestnuthillboers

Tomatoes are my favorite part of summer. If you’

Tomatoes are my favorite part of summer. If you’re not going to bite right into them, tomato salads are the next best use for these savory fruits. I made this one with a mix of faves from the high tunnel along with red long of tropea onions, ACV, EVOO and prospera basil. It sits on a bed of okahijiki aka “land seaweed” and is topped with chèvre from my friends at @tenofcupsfarm and a sprinkling of edible flowers. So deliciously local. Side note: If you need a crunchy texture that can’t be achieved with lettuce, okahijiki is kind of amazing. It’s fresh, tasty and very nutritious. Even Cree digs it. Pun intended.

It’s #TomatoTuesday, y’all. What’s your favo

It’s #TomatoTuesday, y’all. What’s your favorite variety to eat or grow? #NightshadeSeason #SummerVeggies #Marsalato

Maama Peggy has delicious plans for these two larg

Maama Peggy has delicious plans for these two large Annina garden eggs. What’s your favorite way to prepare #eggplant?

Presenting Midnight Roma: It’s the purplest past

Presenting Midnight Roma: It’s the purplest paste tomato I’ve ever grown and the most delicious Roma I’ve tasted. Add these beauties to the list of amazing stuff coming out of @row7seeds via @osuagsci.

I love hanging out in the shade and vibing to Myal

I love hanging out in the shade and vibing to Myal-inspired Nyahbinghi with my puppo who licks my face and also smacks me. This human needs serious training on suppressing her laugh when these things happen. Also, visit the link in my bio to buy garlic. #lgd #greatpyrenees #livestockguardiandog #pyreneanmountaindog #farmdog #armpithair

Dear exhausting, extractive (usually white) people

Dear exhausting, extractive (usually white) people,

Please stop inviting yourself to my home for “tours”. I don’t offer them. You will be greeted with skepticism (or hostility, depending on how I feel that day) and turned away. I am in my first season as a farmer, dealing with an incredible amount of hate mail and now surviving domestic violence and chiseling out whatever peace I can find in the world. There are innumerable demands on my time, and entertaining you isn’t my priority. If you bought something, you can make an appointment to pick it up. Otherwise, me no sen’, you no come.

Respectfully,
S-Ann | Farmer and Baker
Bunkhouse Acres

P.S. If I called your behavior racist, meeting you in person won’t change that. The mere suggestion is additional aggression.

P.P.S. Lettuce, tomatoes, chard, caraflex cabbage, cauliflower, eggplant, parsley, garlic,
summer squash, potatoes.

🧄 Happy Wednesday! 🧄 to everyone except Drac

🧄 Happy Wednesday! 🧄 to everyone except Dracula. It’s a good day to support small farms, a great day to boost black-led, immigrant-led, woman-led businesses. Bunkhouse Acres is all of the above. #garlic #buygarlic #donatetoday

It’s a perfect day to harvest garlic. This bulb

It’s a perfect day to harvest garlic. This bulb is a porcelain (pretty hardneck) known as Georgian Fire. We will be eating this one fresh in salsa and on bread but the rest will be hanging to dry, and should be ready for market in a month or so. #garlic #georgianfire #porcelain #hardneck #harvest

I love to see what CSA customers end up creating w

I love to see what CSA customers end up creating with our produce. Thank you, Becky, for the kind words and for allowing me to feed you this season.

“Hi Shellie-Ann! I just wanted to thank you for the AMAZING food & show you the garlic scape pizza I made tonight (browned the scapes in butter first) They are SO GOOD!! This is a great example of a vegetable I never would have bought at the store but has now broadened our culinary horizons! Thank you again 💚”

#communitysupportedagriculture #garlicscapes #farmtotable #artisanpizza #homemade #delicious #gourmetathome #blackwomanfarmer

Big meal on a tiny plate. Cornbread, smoked chicke

Big meal on a tiny plate. Cornbread, smoked chicken with black garlic, fennel and red pepper flakes, snow pea slaw with the experimental pea mix from @row7seeds, watermelon salad with feta, mint and balsamic drizzle, baked beans from a @seattletimes archive recipe that my husband’s mother used to make- scotch bonnet added because I am Jamaican, shallots added because I grew them, roasted radishes and brisket from @beyondorganicfarmwa. I smoked it for 12 hours. We had Jamaican coconut drops for dessert.

I’ve been out of it these last few weeks but I’m talking myself into doing the things I enjoy most, like feeding people food grown and prepared with my own hands. Thank you for your presence, for being a witness to my journey though this world, for embracing me as a whole human and not just a smiling farmer. Have a wonderful week.

#homemade #homegrown #farmtotable #barbecue #justanothersunday

We are assembling your shares for delivery today.

We are assembling your shares for delivery today. Unfortunately, due to the extreme temperatures the Napa cabbage has started bolting. I tried one head out in a stew a couple nights ago and it was still quite flavorful, and the leaves still tender and sweet when uncooked. Just remove the flower head from the center and use as you usually would.

Thank you for letting me feed you this summer.

#farmher #CommunitySupportedAgriculture #radish #cabbage #cucumber #garlic #garlicscapes #mint #parsley #saladmix #snappeas

Not to restate the obvious but garlic grows here a

Not to restate the obvious but garlic grows here and Black Lives Matter ✊🏾. #freedom #farmer #opencarry photos taken on April 3 and May 26 (I use a belt holster with the revolver now. This one is reserved for a 9mm)

Chowing down with the #Farmily after a tough week.

Chowing down with the #Farmily after a tough week.

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