Summer is the best time to enjoy some of nature’s best produce. Tomatoes ripe from the vine, peaches picked at their perfection, silver queen corn with the aroma of summertime, and crisp rattlesnake beans are just some of the fresh vegetables and produce that are plentiful right here in the River Region. If your not … [Read More]

Waterberry Farm is owned by Harold and Carol Hackman. The farm is best known for growing its produce (strawberries, lettuce, rhubarb and tomatoes) using the organic growing system of hydroponics. Hydroponics is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions instead of soil. Hydroponics systems help produce plants that exhibit maximum yield, flavor, vitamins … [Read More]

Wetumpka, Alabama may not be the first place you think of when it comes to fresh whole grains and pesticide free lettuce, but it should be. Oakview Farms is a small farming operation off Redland Road that uses a stone burr gristmill to grind grits, cornmeal, and flour, and grows several varieties of lettuce using … [Read More]

All across the River Region, restaurant patrons are catching glimpses of their chefs dipping out of their kitchens to pick a few handfuls of Rosemary or Basil from discreet restaurant herb gardens. The uninitiated may have thought the small, green plants were mere shrubbery, only to realize the fresh, chopped leaves would soon be a … [Read More]