City council member Joe Cobb seeks to identify those whose graves were dug up and reburied in a cemetery marked by a single tombstone.
Source: A quest to remember Roanoke’s nameless dead – Cardinal News
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.
Vegetable Delivery 31 May 2011
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 in a big clump. I checked the expiration date, and they expired in September-2010. I’ll try to return it tomorrow.
Paul 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.
Channel 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 in Chirstiansburg looks pretty much deserted.The farm phone number is disconnected. Neighbors tell 10 On Your Side they saw the Saussers packing items up. A few chickens are left behind. We were then directed to the Sausser home but dont find any one here either. We see evidence something once grew here and in some cases, still is. There are some signs of life, like eggplant and fresh picked zucchini.
Read (WSLS-10)
I 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 my son inside and approached the car, which was a silver Dodge with Virginia license plate KDC-2836.
Before I could tap on the driver’s window, a thin, late 20’s, white female with shoulder length black hair jumped out of the vehicle. She said that she had an interview with someone across the street. A black male who was also in his late 20’s with a short haircut exited the passenger’s side of the car and also said they had an interview across the street.
The female walked up the neighbor’s driveway while the male lingered at the neighbor’s mailbox. I went inside to check on my son, and when I looked out of the front window, both the male and female were sitting in the car again. I went outside again, and I took my German Shepherd with me this time. The dog went outside, sat down, and stared at the car, but they didn’t move.
My wife came out several minutes later, because she had to go to the grocery store. Right after my wife left in her car, the couple left in the Dodge, too. I then walked across the street, and told my neighbor what the couple had said. He said that no one had an interview with him.
What was the deal?
When I mentioned this to my daughter, she said that they sounded like the same couple who stopped and asked her for directions while the rest of us were at dinner Monday night, the 13th.
My purchases at the Salem Farmer's Market, Saturday, August 8, 2010
I 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 purchases from the Salem, VA Farmers' Market Saturday, July 31, 2010
The 5 pack included a 3.12lb chuck roast, 1.48lbs ground beef, 1.27lbs stew beef, 4 ground beef patties, and 2 ribeyes that weighed a total of 1.25lbs. We bought soap from Mountain Scape Soap Company, and last, but certainly not least, we bought a cherry pie from another vendor.
After we finished at the farmers market, we ventured a couple of blocks east and bought hot dogs at the Ol Mule Hot Dog Company.
Terri 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 they don’t believe in suing. According to Paul Sausser, if you sue someone, you’ll go to hell.
As usual, Paul Sausser had an excuse for not honoring his contract. He claimed that Homestead Creamery hadn’t paid him all they promised to pay; therefore, he couldn’t pay his contractor.
I have 2 questions for Paul Sausser. Do you also go to hell if you swindle 6,000 people out of $210,000 (stealing)? Do you go to hell if you make promises you know you can’t keep (false promises)?
The article also states that the Saussers plan to close “a bunch” of their stands for the next 3 weeks. They’re planning to let the most recent crop grow, and hopefully, they’ll have enough vegetables to supply the stands when they reopen.
What happened to all of the potatoes? What grows well in the August heat?
The article also mentioned a CSA near the Saussers and listed the produce they supplied to their shareholders this week.
The Lynchburg News & Advance has the story.
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I received an [e-mail](http://hosted.marketingcenter.intuit.com/18111/57aa937490/5401107/f7179a3de3/) 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 and Roanoke areas.
There will be no survey this week. This week we will have lots of potatoes. Our plan is to bag them in 5 pound increments and hopefully every share will be able to get 5 pounds. If you bought two shares, then we hope to be able to give you 10 pounds.
And depending if we are able to harvest any additional items this week, we will have some of them available as well. But the big thing is the potatoes, because once we start harvesting them we only have a limited time to get them to market so potatoes are our focus right now.
Hours for Friday:
Forest, Lynchburg: 10-Noon (or until supplies last) and 3-6 (or until supplies last).
Roanoke: 9-3 (or until supplies last).
Hours for Saturday
Myers & Rhodes in Lynchburg: 9-3 (or until supplies last).
Roanoke: 9-3 (or until supplies last).
SPECIAL ORDERS
If you would like to make a special order request, please call Samantha at the farm and let her know what you are looking for and which day you would like to pick them up. The number is 434-542-5957.
Pick Your Own At The Farm
We want to thank those of you who have come out to the farm to pick your own produce and to volunteer in helping us pick. It has been great to meet you and your help is very much appreciated. If anyone else wants to come out to the farm and pick their own or volunteer pick, please feel free to come any day but Sunday. You may want to call ahead just in case.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
We especially want to thank you for your continued support despite the challenges we have faced. Those of you who have been so forgiving and merciful to us, we can’t thank you enough for the grace you have extended to us. You are a light in a dark world!
And despite the challenges, the criticisms, and the threats, we will continue to plant, harvest and deliver to the best of our ability until the season is over.
Thank you,
Sausser Farms
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Sausser Farms
9175 Patrick Henry Hwy
Phenix, Virginia 23959
One of the Sausser Farms tomatoes we received from Homestead Creamery that looked okay, but actually wasn’t.
The End of the Tomato
the inside
The 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.
Option A box
We 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 one 5lb Option B box each week.
Option A is supposed to be a combination of potatoes, tomatoes, onions, squash, and herbs.
Option B is supposed to be a combination of cucumbers, egg plant, greens, string/pole beans, broccoli, and zucchini.
Sausser Farms has added a big, ugly disclaimer to the “Bulletin Board” page of its website. It states:
I pulled a google cache of the page that was taken on May 19th, and the disclaimer wasn’t on the page then.