- Date
- 1982-08
- Kind
- Observation
- Carried out by
- organization/sanctuary-farms
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- environmenteconomycommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The August 1982 Beacon reported that Sanctuary Farms had expanded large-scale garden production on Beaver Island, growing potatoes, corn, peas, beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, and other vegetables for sale in island stores. The same Nature Notes column offered general preservation and spoilage guidance.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper observation and household-safety guidance, not a farm ledger, acreage survey, or food-safety regulation.
Sources
- Describes Sanctuary Farms as turning Beaver Island into a garden, with fields planted in potatoes, corn, peas, beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, and other vegetables that were harvested and sold in island stores. The column also gives general canning, freezing, and drying safety advice. This is a newspaper observation and household guidance, not a farm ledger, acreage survey, or food-safety regulation. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1982-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held sixteen-page August issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Nature Notes report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1982-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Sanctuary Farms expands island garden production, 1982”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-sanctuary-farms-gardens-1982/, accessed [date], citing “Nature Notes,” by Jacque LaFreniere, Beaver Beacon, August 1982. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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