This year, Homestead Creamery is working with Good Food For Good People to supply us with local vegetables and fruit. As promised, the first delivery of vegetables was this week. The items that were delivered looked and tasted good.
The Ridgewood Farms Kroger in Salem had kids Disney Gummies vitamins on sale for buy 1 get 1 free. I bought 2, but I didn’t bother checking the expiration dates before dropping them into the shopping cart. After I got home, my wife opened one of the bottles and noticed that the vitamins were all [...]
Tagged krogerPaul and Samantha Sausser have sold the farm and disappeared. Their phones have been disconnected, and they’ve left scores of angry customers and unpaid debts across Central and Western Virginia. The Lynchburg News & Advance has the story.
Tagged Sausser FarmsChannel 10 sent a reporter to Sausser Farms in Phenix in an attempt to get an interview, but the reporter couldn’t find Paul or Samantha Sausser. We drove nearly three hours to Phenix, hoping to talk to Mr. Sausser. No trespassing signs keep us from going any further but the stand, much like the one [...]
Tagged Sausser FarmsI walked out of the house to meet my son at the bus stop this afternoon, and I noticed a car parked in the grass in front of my house. There were 2 people in the car, and they were still sitting in the car when I got back from the bus stop. I sent [...]
Tagged KDC-2836I didn’t get to the Salem Farmers Market until 1:30 today, and most of the vendors had already left for the day. I bought corn and peppers from one vendor, potatoes from another, and tomatoes, cucumbers, and green beans from another.
My youngest and I went by the Salem Farmers’ Market this afternoon and bought a bunch of stuff. We bought tomatoes from one vendor, cabbage, corn, and peaches from another, cucumbers, green peppers, and jalapeños from another one, and potatoes and green beans from a fourth vendor. We bought a Family 5 Pack of beef [...]
Tagged cabbage, cherry pie, chuck roast, corn, farmers market, green beans, green peppers, ground beef patties, peaches, potatoes, ribeyes, sparks family, stew beef, tomatoesTerri Davis contracted with Sausser farms to sell vegetables to Homestead Creamery, but she wasn’t paid and took the Saussers to court. The court date was June 28th, and Paul and Samantha Sausser didn’t even show up. The judge ordered the Saussers to pay over $5,000. Paul Sausser said they didn’t go to court because [...]
Tagged Sausser FarmsI received an e-mail from Sausser Farms stating that they’re harvesting potatoes, and the Roanoke and Lynchburg shares will consist of 5lbs of potatoes this week. I guess Homestead Creamery missed out on the potatoes this week. The email’s posted below: Hello Sausser Farms Members, This e-mail is for those of you in the Lynchburg [...]
Tagged potatoes, Sausser FarmsOne of the Sausser Farms tomatoes we received from Homestead Creamery that looked okay, but actually wasn’t.
Tagged homestead creamery, Sausser Farms, tomatoThe steak I received at Applebee’s in Salem, VA yesterday was seriously undercooked. After sending it back, I received one that was overcooked, tough, and chewy. On the plus side, the mashed potatoes and grilled shrimp were both good, and our waitress did a great job.
Tagged salem applebeesWe only received 1 Sausser Farms vegetable box from Homestead Creamery this week. It included a tomato that was already rotten on the bottom, another tomato that’s mushy, 1 zucchini that’s mushy at the top, several very hard squash, and some withered purple basil. We signed up to buy one 5lb Option A box and [...]
Tagged homestead creamery, purple basil, Sausser Farms, squash, tomato, tomatoes, vegetables, zucchiniSausser Farms has added a big, ugly disclaimer to the “Bulletin Board” page of its website. It states: Disclaimer: 1. Sausser Farms reserves to the right to limit quantities of produce due to insects, disease, acts of God, acts of nature, mechanical failures, insufficient labor, delivery challenges, logistical challenges, communication challenges and/or any other conditions [...]
Tagged Sausser FarmsPaul Sausser, who now runs Sausser Farms, served jail time and paid restitution for a 2002 criminal conviction for writing bad checks in Pennsylvania. After serving 3 months in jail, a judge sentenced him to 3 years probation, and the prosecution agreed to drop other charges that included “theft of services and theft by deception.” [...]
Tagged Sausser FarmsWhen signing up for the Sausser Farms Co-op, I was told that I’d get 12 ears of corn each week during corn season. Homestead Creamery stated that their vegetables would include 12 ears with each share box, too. There was a notice on the Sausser Farms website stating that we won’t get any corn this [...]
Tagged Sausser Farms, sweet cornI’m not sure why, but I went ahead and filled out the Sausser Farms survey for this week. I’ll try again this Saturday. Maybe I’ll get some okra that I can use in a gumbo. SausserFarmsRoanokeSurvey_2010-07-15
Tagged lynchburg, roanoke, Sausser FarmsWe received 2 vegetable boxes from Homestead Creamery, but they only charged us for one, because the quality and selection of vegetables they received from Sausser Farms weren’t all that great. We signed up to buy one 5lb Option A box and one 5lb Option B box each week. Option A is supposed to be [...]
Tagged cucumber, egg plant, homestead creamery, Sausser Farms, squash, tomatoes, vegetable boxes, vegetablesI used the Boston Butt I bought Saturday to make carnitas, and I served it with a homemade salsa.
Tagged boston butt, homemade salsa, sandy riverI went to the Roanoke Farmer’s Market this morning hoping that I could pick up my vegetable share today from Sausser Farms. The Sausser Farms representative was there, but there was also a fairly long line that never seemed to move. We were asked to fill out a survey indicating which box of vegetables we [...]
Tagged bacon, boston butt, pork sausage, Roanoke Farmers Market, sandy river, Sausser Farms, vegetablesHere’s the survey we were asked to complete this week. SausserSurvey2010-07-10
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