July, 2010

...now browsing by month

 

Come to the farm this Thurs.!

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

** UPDATE ** Kenny has been delayed. Call the farm for an update if you were planning to come. **

This Thursday, August 5, Kenny Livingston will be visiting Portal and the farm.

Kenny is riding his bike across America  “to inspire his fellow Americans, through example, in making a commitment to change the way we approach our personal health, nutrition and lifestyle choice.” You can get an update on Kenny’s trip here.

Kenny will be speaking about his adventure at 4:00 on August 5 at the farm, and we’ll have light refreshments available as well. Kids are welcome.

It’s a great chance to see the farm and get inspired about healthy lifestyle choices. Let us know if you plan to come so we can plan accordingly.

Got zucchini?

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Credit: See-ming Lee

If you are overloaded with zucchini this time of year, here are some more recipes with unique and delicious ideas for zucchini.

Some of these like the soup and tart can be frozen so that you can enjoy this later in the year when fresh zucchini aren’t available. You can also blanch or lightly saute sliced zucchini and freeze it.

Wondering what you are missing?

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010


A CSA share from July with lettuce, chard, zucchini, cabbage, garlic, onions, granola, and fresh bread

You have probably heard about the farm’s CSA (community supported agriculture) shares. CSA is a “farm share” and a way for farmers and customers in the community to share the risks and benefits of growing local sustainable food. It provides a fresh, authentically-grown bag of food once a week for $25 (full share) or $15 (half share).

For the farm, it is a way to make sure we have customers to buy the food we grow.

The production on a small, sustainable farm is limited. And our CSA customers always get the first priority of whatever we harvest each week because they have “reserved” their order in advance.

We usually also have a variety of produce and baked good for our non-CSA customers at the farm stand every Sat. from 10am to noon (AZ time). However, if you visit the farm stand and don’t find the produce you want, you might consider CSA in the future. The farm’s next CSA round will start  Saturday, August 7th.

Another option is pre-ordering. If there is produce you want, just drop us an email or call us and let us know. Pre-orders are next in priority after CSA.

Hope you’re all having a great summer and enjoying lots of great produce from your own garden as well!

Happy July 4!

Monday, July 5th, 2010

This was the farm float in this year’s Rodeo July 4 parade. This was our first year in the parade, and we had a great time! The baby goats on our float were the hit of the parade. We even won a prize for best float! It was fun to see everyone in the community come out for this event.

What we’re enjoying from the farm this week

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

Delicious radishes (We soaked sliced radishes in cold salt water in the fridge and then ate them with onion dip!)…

Summer squash gratin

Veggie soft tacos

Onion-cheese omelets, and

Cold Asian salad (with delicious farm-grown green onions)!