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Everything is happier organic and everything is ha

Everything is happier organic and everything is happier in a basket and everything is happier gifted. 🌼

Our new girl on the block—the kit—has earned q

Our new girl on the block—the kit—has earned quite the reputation lately. Ease and perfection. Tasty and healing. We think you'll love her too!

Check out our stories later today to see a little tutorial on how to put this girl to work for you.

Got questions? Hit us in the comments! ✨

Our week was made because THERE WAS A BABY AT THE

Our week was made because THERE WAS A BABY AT THE FARM. And also, thanks to her mama, we’re nearing the completion of our online shop so we can open for shipping soon!

Sit tight but get those tabs open. Shipping updates will be found here!

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The Farm is open for pick ups today from 9-12. Tak

The Farm is open for pick ups today from 9-12. Take yourself on a nice little drive just a mile from Orange City and get you some berry.

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Today’s a good day for an ELDERBERRY GIVEAWAY!

Today’s a good day for an ELDERBERRY GIVEAWAY!

Eager to try our new elderberry tonic or kit? Already love the tonic and just need you some more? Always up for an adventure?

Enter the giveaway by doing all these easy steps:

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Then sit tight! The lucky winner chooses a tonic or kit and will be announced tomorrow at 10 am!

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About 95% of elderberry ingredients sold in the gr

About 95% of elderberry ingredients sold in the great USA are imported from Europe. Ninety. Five. Percent. We believe we can do better. ✨

When you import a product, when it changes hands and boats and planes and warehouses countless times, you create the necessity for lots of funny business. Likely for a highly-processed, long-sitting elderberry ingredient; for a price or money vote that pacifies the many unknown hands; for a who-knows-where-I’m-from berry; for near total lack of accountability.

Of course, we nod that trade holds its place. But, in elderberry’s case, we offer a better way—the North American Elderberry, the sambucas nigra canadensis, the berry we grow here.

Similar to the European elderberry found in most products you find, the North American elderberry packs unique and beneficial antioxidant flavonoids, vitamins A-C, essential minerals, and fiber. But the latter, our berry, has SEVEN different anthocyanins while the European berry has four. Anthocyanins are what provide certain plants their deep, dark coloring—that black, purple coloring of the elderberry. And they’re what provide that high, high dose of antioxidant value. The anthocyanins specific to the American elderberry are also unique because they show a greater resistance to heat and light—allowing these antioxidants to withstand necessary processing of the berries upon harvest. That means this berry has great potential to carry its value into your elder goods.

So buy better. Buy American. Support an area farmer. And boost your body. ✨

Sources in the comments.

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Our doors are open! Place your order online—link

Elderberries in October. Each month we’ll shar

Elderberries in October.

Each month we’ll share what the berries on our farm are up to.

Around this time, we begin our winter pruning. Many of our plants have been cut back or pruned and look a little drab like so. This is an important part of preparing our plants for their spring regrowth and little overall health check. Pruning of the weak, dead, or broken canes of before, allows for new, healthy canes to take over.

Pruning is also vital because elderberry production is highest when canes age 1-3 years old. Cutting back the canes that are more senior encourages the younger survivors to produce in their prime.

Like a little winter spa day for the girls. 😍

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Mondays and leftover poffertjes are infinitely bet

Mondays and leftover poffertjes are infinitely better smothered in our elderberries.

Whip some of our elderberry jam with some of our elderberry tonic and you've got yourself the best little topping on this side of the Big Sioux.

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A West Branch Tonic and DIY Kit are born. 🌼 Me

A West Branch Tonic and DIY Kit are born. 🌼

Meet our organic 16 oz elderberry Tonic! It’s our ready-to-sip elderberry powerhouse, touting 2,223 mg of elderberry per 1 teaspoon serving. (Many gummies pack only 50-100mg of elderberry per serving). Organic elderberry blended with local Iowa honey and our favorite mix of organic, healing herbs, makes this girl one we love.

And meet our organic DIY kit that can cook you up to 32 ounces of your own hand-crafted elderberry tonic! This girl is a blend of our organic elderberries and the same organic, healing herbs you’ll find in our Tonic. Cook it down and sweeten it (or don’t) your own way.

Both are small-batch made in our commercial kitchen right on our farm’s back step! Plant to bottle couldn’t be quicker or fresher.

Get these girls on our website, from @thefruitedplain, or from @fieldsoffunsiouxcenter !

They’re here! Two shiny, tasty, boosting berry g

They’re here! Two shiny, tasty, boosting berry goods.

The official introduction to our inaugural two West Branch elderberry goods happens TOMORROW! Mark your calendars for Saturday at 9 am and peep our Facebook page, Instagram page, or our website to meet them both!

All the goods will be available for local pick ups. And shipping is the works!

Don’t forget to like our page to stay in the loop with all things elderberry.

Who has found our two new elderberry goods in our

Who has found our two new elderberry goods in our fun, local test run location?

Be the first to tell us where you’ve found them, tag 3 folks who ought to know, and get yourself $5 off a product of your choice!

Our journey to your cabinet began in 2016 with con

Our journey to your cabinet began in 2016 with converting conventionally-farmed Iowa land to organic elderberry orchards. We intended to bring wellness and community and best-practice to our area. We believe we’ve done so thus far as wholesale elderberry growers.

But with the rush and excitement that is 2020, we heeded the call to become self-sufficient, our-farm-to-your-hands focused, and ultimately to grow + make + sell our own line of nutrient-dense, rigorously-sourced, ready-to-use elderberry products.

That’s why we have recently teamed up with @wildroostelderberry to bring you a family of (slightly adapted) tasty, healing elderberry goods! We’ve had fun working together in the past and we look forward to what our partnership will bring to you and yours!

Who’s tasted @wildroostelderberry and had better days?

A big and needed exhale, as our farm quiets and ou

Now that we’ve wrapped up a busy and full and co

Now that we’ve wrapped up a busy and full and comforting 2020 harvest—we’re turning our spirits towards those big plans for our little Iowa berry! Stay tuned as we awake our sleepy little account and cook up some tasty and healing elderberry goods.⁣
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It’s our guys all gussied up for our article in

It’s our guys all gussied up for our article in the Farming Families of Sioux County magazine! What a joy to share our elderberry adventure with everyone.
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Keep taking those Elderberries

Keep taking those Elderberries

Air drying racks of elderberry flowers

Air drying racks of elderberry flowers

Elderberry flowers being harvested

Elderberry flowers being harvested

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