Pheasant Creek Farm

Come on down to the Bridgewater 125 celebration.

Come on down and enjoy the fun.

📣 FRESH CUTS MARKET TOB125 SIGN UNVEILING
We're excited to share that Fresh Cuts Market is hosting a public event on Thursday, June 20, at 12 noon -- the latest celebration hosted by members of our business community as we mark Bridgewater's 125th anniversary year!

Fresh Cuts Market will be unveiling its commemorative TOB125 sign and lots of fun activities will be happening on site too, including games, product sampling, and a BBQ from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with donations going to the Bridgewater PRO Kids program.

For more details, you can visit the Fresh Cuts page at https://www.facebook.com/fairfastandfriendly/posts/pfbid02BfPtGne5eESo74C1rLLTQdoggi4H174rwn1xwKe4gBa7nCMELx2NwoQUkxghMAAWl. We invite you to share this message.

If you in the Bridgewater area tomorrow after 11 am stop by Fresh Cuts Market for a meet and greet and chat about our fresh microgreens and pick up a free sample.

We delighted to be joining Fresh Cuts in celebrating Bridgewater 125 years.

Thank you Fresh Cuts for the invite and thank you to all of Fresh Cuts Nation for the support you show each week in buying our fresh weekly microgreens at this store.

Looking forward to meeting you all and handing out some samples.
Come and learn about the health benefits of these amazing greens.

Just a quick post to say a huge Thank You to all of Nova Scotia for the support you have shown our product in the stores we have access to.

Linda and I appreciate every single one of you.
Thank you.

This is Sobeys supporting local at its Finest!!! Where do you get featured as a small grower / supplier like this in store ?
Thank you very much Sobeys Mumford Road . Sooooo cool So local.
# Sobeys support local food .

Local support by Chester on the South Shore .

Our buddy Rob from Pheasant Creek Farm was just here to stock up his fabulous shoots and microgreens . He’s so pleased how well they are selling . ( He doesn’t know we have the very best customers here in the Chester areas😉 but he’s learning ) .

Thank you Berwick for coming out and supporting Foodland enabling us to keep the product available in Berwick .

If by chance you live in the Spryfield area, from today our products are a available at Sobeys Spryfield.

Once again Sobeys supporting us with access to more stores.

Big thank you to Sobeys and Jeff the produce Manager at Sobeys Spryfield.

Had the shelf ready when i arrived with the first delivery.
Sorry no picture but it did happen lol

And amazing dazzling support at both Pete's stores after the first week out.

Thank you to all who buy our microgreens we so so appreciate your support and you may not realize but in the process helping to get us to the point where we have a viable local busines producing a good variety of fresh Microgreens.

We growing again.......with the help and assistance of Sobeys.
Sobeys' commitment to local produce once again shines through!
Our microgreens are now available at Pete's Frootique in Bedford and Halifax, big thanks to Pete's dedicated team. Get yours today and support local produce.

The only way we as Nova Scotians can be assured of long term food security is if local producers like ourselves are able to get our products to local markets and that means local grocers providing access to their shelves.

Please support the retailers that truly support and enable locally produced food to be available to all of us.

A big thank you to all Nova Scotians that buy our microgreens we appreciate the support very much.

Great news for Fresh Microgreen lovers in Berwick area.
Foodland Berwick is now stocking our microgreens and the full range.
Thank you to Dexter (Owner) and Mike (Produce Manager) for deciding to stock our product. Big thanks to the staff of Foodland that made it possible getting product into the system.
This is again as good as it gets when a local store stocks local product.
In this case local means very local as Pheasant Creek Farm is in Berwick.

Had a conversation with a lady at Spidels in Chester that really made my day today.

This lady is a senior on fixed income that buys 2 of our products each week and loves them.
She and her husband are vegetarians. But what made my day was just how appreciative of the fact that we produce a fresh product like our microgreens for her to access in local stores. Wonderful lady thank you for making my day.

I have had many different careers in my entrepreneurial life, always wanted to be a farmer and produce food. Left it a bit late. Where i came from farming is a perilous career so not on the cards.

There is nothing more rewarding than experiencing people that appreciate the food one grows. Its a lot of work but when you experience such appreciation its worth every minute.

More farmers should get out into the stores and chat with the public, would do their mental health the world of difference.

# fresh local food
# food security

Thank you to all those who purchase our products we appreciate each and everyone of you regardless of how often or how much you purchase.

What does Easter time mean to you?

Sadly to us since we started farming it has come to mean .........A time of WASTE.
Producing fresh food delivered to stores at ridiculous gov regulated gas prices that merely add to the cost of what is already a wasteful time.

Waste as in product we have to credit stores. Product that gets looked over in favor of chocolate.

Its cripplingly depressing to throw away thousands of dollars of food.

Thank you to those who continue to purchase our microgreens and who enjoy our products. Just wish there were more of you .

The perils of what we face in the future with AI

About a year ago, my son and I were talking about Chat GPT and for a bit of fun I asked him about showing me how it worked.
So i said lets see what Chat Gpt can come up with about Microgreens.

Lets ask it to create a poem.
about microgreens
make the poet Snoop Dog.
Lets see what it comes up with.

Well i was blown away , I saved it. As clever as it is, it concerned me.

Before you read the poem Chat Gpt wrote think hard about what you are about to read.

Ask yourself what the impact of this is going to be in the future without any controls.

Many of the best poetry or books were written long before most humans alive today were even born.

Ai can only train/learn from past essentially histororical content it can get access to. It does not have the imagination of the human mind to be able to create original thought.
Original thought is required for numerous things we totally take for granted today.
Peace negotiations for a start.
Composition of an original photograph or painting or book.

With that said have a good laugh at this its funny in some ways but darn scarry in another. This is exactly how Chat GPT put out the answer.

And NO good old Snoop Dog had nothing to do with this message in fact its a disservice to any artist/creator to have the robot software use their name. However I could not illustrate the problem of AI without it.

I'm Snoop D-O-double-G, and I'm here to say
Microgreens, they're the bomb, in every single way,
From the farm to the kitchen, they're the greenest of the greens
A sprinkle on a salad, or a garnish on some greens
They're small but mighty, and packed with nutrition
A sustainable crop, easy to grow with minimal water and a simple light illumination
Radish, arugula, and so many varieties
Each with its own unique flavor and qualities
Add them to a sandwich, or a wrap so tight
Microgreens bring life, to your meal day and night
So listen up ya'll, and don't be late
Microgreens are the future, and they're here to stay
Snoop Dogg approve this message, and that's for real
Microgreens, the best thing in a wrap, a salad, and meal

On a -12 Celsius morning you know She still loves you, after more than 32 years, when you have a home made bacon and Hidden Creek Farm eggs multigrain breakfast sandwhich all wrapped in foil for eating on the road to Halifax.

16 stores to deliver Fresh microgreens to in Hrm and Dartmouth today as per usual for a Friday.

Along with a cup of instant Nestle holiday coffee. Holiday coffee in our house means a teaspoon of condensed milk is added to make the coffee creamy and sweet.

This is called love and teamwork and how to make food affordable.

With the beginning of March and end of the month, we are appealing to all our supporters to please not forget us as you go about your shopping this Easter.

Last year for the March/April period our waste cost us $4867 in waste which we had to credit stores for and then still deal with the cost of that product as well as disposal. Its crippling to us when this happens.

We extremely grateful for all the support we have been shown by the retailers that stock our product, and more importantly by the community, in your continued purchase of our product , we working very hard to have fresh product available in as many stores as we can get into.

We are a long way from being a sustainable farm.

Take a look at the graphic. Look at who has what share of the grocery market and what you see is a picture that indicates if a business does not get access to specific chains then a huge portion of the community does not get exposure to the product.And the market for microgreens is tiny so access to big chains like Sobeys is vital if we are to get this farm to sustainability.

Those who have asked why we are not in Superstore, I suggest you ask Loblaws where their support of local produce is at.
They very good at public relations spin but thats all it is.

In contrast we have been in Sobeys stores now for exactly one year this month. They are committed to supporting local. Ask anyone who works in their stores, they all about local. They walk the talk.Its not just spin.

This is what one calls local support

Did you know yesterday was Agriculture Day in Canada?

No farmers = No food its that simple.

Did u know there were only 262 000 farmers in the whole of Canada in 2021
and their average age is 56 . Did you know that number was 346 000 in 2001.

I will do the math for you, thats 84 000 decline in 20 years or 4200 per year.

In 10 years time most will be due to retire what happens then?

We have seen the shortage of skilled trades now that housing is a crisis all a consequence of poor guidance , how is the decline of people becoming farmers going to be fixed and what impact will farmers age have on food production and food security in the future ?

Lets all put our heads in the ground and maybe the problem will go away.

Way too much to handle eh!

Rather worry anout Taylor Swift and her football boyfriend. lol

Who needs food its overated no ?

The Pheasant in Pheasant Creek name out for a walk on the snow. Resident Pheasant chasing after a hen could not get a shot of the hen she was on the move.

New form of "Cabbage Roll" lol

This is Bok Choy or Pak Choi Microgreen wrapped in a roll of ham or Italian Prosciutto to make a chinese cabbage roll.
# Microgreen Cabbage roll

There is a fresh batch of Microgreens headed to the stores in HRM and Dartmouth today

Thank you all for the great support in January , keep up the healthy eating as we move into February. We need all the support we can get for this product to be able to keep it on the shelves this year.

Thank you Nova Scotia for supporting year round healthy food production.

Please support the retailers that carry our product. Its in the following stores in HRM and Dartmouth

Starting in Dartmouth
Obees Food Market Alderney Landing
Sobeys Russel Lake and Tacoma Drive

In HRM
Sobeys Queen street
Sobeys Windsor Street
Sobeys Mumford Road
Sobeys Clayton Park
Sobeys Bedford South (Larry Utek)
The Free Range Store
Kingswood Market
Noggins Sante Centre
Sobeys Lower Sackville
Sobeys Mill Cove.

Moving down shore line

Sobeys Timberlea
D&Jo Country Market (Timberlea)
Sobeys Tantallon

Starting in the Valley

Carls Independent (Wolfville)
Hennigars Farm Market
Noggins Greenwhich
Sobeys New Minas
Sobeys Greenwood

Then in Bridgewater and south shore

Fresh Cuts Market
Sobeys Bridgewater
Francis Independent (Lunenburg)
Nicks Independent (Mahone Bay)
Spidels Independent (Chester)

If you still keeping that New Years resolution to eat healthy, then for you there are fresh Microgreens on the shelf again if you in the Valley or South Shore.

For Hrm fresh stock arrives tomorrow.

Thank you for all your support.
Stay warm but eat healthy.

Thank You Fresh Cuts for the past years great support of our product.
Fresh Cuts and the Fresh Cuts Nation know how to support locally supplied fresh produce. Huge thanks to all.
Happy New Year folks lets all hope this year is better than 2023 .
We need and value your support.

Fresh Microgreens are back in stock with a couple of new types.
Where else can you get fresh cut beet microgreens in January in Nova Scotia.
If you like cabbage try the bok choi yellow label.
Thanks to all the staff at Fresh Cuts you all the greatest team I have come across.

Happy New Year everyone.
Just to let you all know the first harvest of fresh microgreens for the new year will be delivered to stores starting Thursday 11 Jan for South Shore and Valley stores and Friday 12 Jan for Hrm and Dartmouth.
New products will only be available at the Non Sobeys stores that we supply as listings for these are not available for Sobeys stores at this time.

Reminder the new products are
Kale, Beet , Bok Choi
Existing products
Peas, Broccoli, Brassica Blend and Ruby Radish will still be available.

Hope you all have a happy healthy new year we certainly value each and everyone of you and look forward to your continued support this year.

A huge thank you to Francis Your Independent Grocer in Lunenburg for the amazing support of local produce.
Our shelf was cleaned out again this week and Francis stocks all our products in full display easy to find.
Please support local stores that support local producers of fresh locally grown produce.
Well done Lunenburg, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all.
We sincerely appreciate everyone of you and the support this store has show over the past year.

Our current Microgreen line up all the colours from left to right.
Peas (Green ) Ruby Radish(Pink) Brassica Blend (Orange) Kale (Lavender) Bok Choi (Yellow ) Beet (Red) Broccoloi (Blue)

Welcome Bok Choi or Pak Choi aka Chinese Cabbage microgreens to our growing line up. Look for the Yellow label where you find Pheasant Creek Farm Microgreens at a local Nova Scotia store.
Note :Not available at Sobeys stores.

Welcome Beet Microgreens to the growing lineup. Look out for the Red label for the delicious Beet microgreens now available in stores where you find Pheasant Creek Farm Microgreens.
Not available in Sobeys stores.

Welcome Kale to our growing list of Microgreens lookout for the Lavender colour label at a local store.
Not available in Sobeys stores.

Remembering my father , a Royal Navy veteran of WW 2 .
Chief Petty Officer William George Keeble. On board HMS Rodney during sea battle to sink Bismarck. All of my family served in WW2 3 uncles and others medals plus others in the cabinet.

Thank You Nova Scotians for all your support. Whether u buy our product or not, Linda and I are extremely grateful for the support you have demonstrated by buying our product in the midst of another large corporations competitive offering from out of province.

We so appreciate every single one of you.
Your actions demonstrate
THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN
you have shown just how much local support and commitment there is and that it exists in large quantities in Nova Scotia. THANK YOU.