THE VIRGINIA PEANUTS BLOG

If one acre of peanuts will make 30,000 peanut butter sandwiches, then Hope and Harmony Farms will produce approximately 11.7 million peanut butter sandwiches this fall. (Honestly, the though…

The word “SCHEDULE” makes me cringe! Summer is over, school is back in session, and volleyball games are back on the schedule, along with a million other things! My schedule currently includes…

National Peanut Day is today, September 13; in celebration of National Peanut Day, Hope & Harmony Farms wishes to recognize our coming harvest. Peanuts are our livelihood and the production of…

Peanuts are not nuts! By now, most people know that they are grown below ground and considered a part of legume family. Lentils, chickpeas, and soybeans are also of the same family. But there are…

Peanut allergies are not new. However, both consumers and healthcare providers are more likely to consider testing for peanut allergies now than ten to twenty years ago, based on concerns they m…

The rain this week has slowed down life on the farm and I have a little time to breathe, which is NOT always good! I do not know about you, but when I am busy I am focused on the task at hand and…

Let me introduce myself. I am a forty something gal who was born and raised in the big town of South Hill, Virginia (population 4,541). I grew up far from agriculture with my dad being a civil en…

Do you ever walk into your kitchen, grab a spoon, glide to the pantry, and stare longingly at the jar of peanut butter? You start to second-guess your soon-to-be snack when guilt begins to tingle yo…