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Organic Grower Summit Announces Thaddeus Barsotti as Grower of the Year Award Recipient - And Now U Know

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Organic Grower Summit Announces Thaddeus Barsotti as Grower of the Year Award Recipient
And Now U Know
MONTEREY, CA - The Organic Grower Summit is nearly here, and among events not to be missed is the honoring of this year's Grower of the Year. California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) and the Organic Produce Network (OPN) announced they will ...

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Clemson to launch weekly farm market and expand research at campus farm - Clemson Newsstand

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Clemson to launch weekly farm market and expand research at campus farm
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Calhoun Fields, or The Bottoms as it is commonly known, lies between Hartwell Lake and Perimeter Road on the Clemson University campus and is the location of Clemson's Student Organic Farm and Community Supported Agriculture Program (CSA). It is also ...

Farm Fresh To You Launches Holiday Gift Line Featuring Products From Small Farms And Purveyors - PRNewswire (press release)

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Farm Fresh To You Launches Holiday Gift Line Featuring Products From Small Farms And Purveyors
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29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Farm Fresh To You, a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and home delivery service that provides local, organic produce and artisanal farm products to consumers' doorsteps throughout California, announced today its holiday ...

Week 27 of 28 from Valley Flora!

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Week 27 of 28 from Valley Flora! Sugarloaf Radicchio! Fuji Apples!
Thanks for eating locally from our family farm!
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What's Cookin' on the Farm...
  • The Last Two Weeks!
  • Radicchio Caesar Salad
Brain coral or....celeriac!?
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What's Probably In Your Share This Week:*
  • Carrots
  • Leeks
  • Celeriac
  • Sugarloaf Radicchio
  • Delicata Squash
  • Fuji Apples
  • Hakurei Turnips
  • Kohlrabi
On Rotation:
(Some locations will receive it this week; others in a future week)
  • Nothing this week...
*Harvest Basket contents may vary between pickup sites in a given week depending on what's ripe and ready on the farm. Don't worry - if something is on the list but not in your tote, you'll get it soon!

The VF Crystal Ball - What Might be in your Share Next Week...
  • Onions
  • Carrots
  • Celery
  • Beets
  • Mustard Greens
  • Kabocha Squash
  • Green Cabbage
  • Parsnips
  • Potatoes
  • Radishes?
The Last Two Weeks!
We're in the home stretch of the 2018 season! Next week will be our last week of CSA deliveries until our Winter/Spring season begins on January 9th. If it feels like the fall/winter produce is piling up on you, worry not! Most of it - with the exception of leafy greens - has a long storage life. Kohlrabi, celeriac, carrots, potatoes, parsnips, cabbage, apples, leeks and even turnips (if you cut the tops off) will keep for weeks if not months in your fridge. Winter squash and onions will hold for most of the winter in a cool, dry place as well. Our hope in these last couple CSA weeks is to fill your crisper and countertop with crops that will continue to feed you and your family and friends into December, and maybe even beyond.

I've been especially inspired in the kitchen this week (getting home by 5:30 really helps - man, I love winter!) and I've made a few dinners that made me want to invite all of you over, especially those of you who have winter squash piling up as centerpiece decor. I love this recipe from Six Seasons: Roasted Squash with Yogurt, Walnuts and Spiced Green Sauce. I had to buy some cilantro to make the green sauce, but it makes enough that you'll have leftover to re-purpose for chimichurri-esque fish or lamb or steak (that's tonight's dinner plan!). There are some other awesome recipes in Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables that make inspired use of hardy fall and winter veg (also spring and summer produce!), so if you don't own the cookbook yet you might drop a hint with Santa.
 
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Radicchio Caesar
All the nation is in a tizzy over romaine lettuce right now, again (oh, our industrial food system (big sigh)). If you are going through Caesar salad withdrawals, we have a Valley Flora-local-seasonal solution for you this week: radicchio Caesar. The sugarloaf radicchio in your tote is among the mildest of all the chicories we grow, and you can make it even milder if you slice the head into ribbons and soak it in cold water for 10 minutes to leach out any trace of bitterness. You might actually fool your dinner guests into thinking it's romaine, for better or for worse.

I grabbed a recipe off the internet and made up a homemade Caesar dressing last night (I opted for one without raw eggs, cuz who needs salmonella and E. coli in the same week?), grated some parmesan, toasted some croutons, and tossed it all together. I actually used a much more bitter variety of radicchio that I had on hand and our 7 year old chowed it down (yup, the miracle of salad dressing). And you know, even if romaine wasn't on the recall list, I think I'd prefer the radicchio version anyway: hearty, fresh, flavorful, traceable, and comforting in more ways than one. Thanks for being part of our local farm-direct food system.
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The Farmstand is Open for Winter Hours!
Every Wednesday 10 am to 2 pm, rain or shine!
(No more Saturdays until next June)

Fresh Produce
Homemade Jam & Hot Sauce

Please bring your own bags and u-pick containers!

Please note our hours are slightly changed from year's past, closing at 2 pm instead of 3 pm
 
For Recipes & Cooking Inspiration:
 
Valley Flora Recipe Wizard
Our own collection of recipes gathered over the years.
 
Epicurious
A vast collection of recipes, searchable by one or multiple ingredients
 
Full Belly Farm
Recipes from one of my favorite farms in California, pioneers of the organic movement since the 80s.

Farm Fresh to You
A storehouse of recipes, searchable by ingredient.
 
Helsing Junction Farm
A Washington farm that has a good collection of seasonal recipes geared toward CSA members.
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10 Hot Retail Startups - Retail Info Systems News (press release) (blog)

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10 Hot Retail Startups
Retail Info Systems News (press release) (blog)
Whether it is healthy and organic grocers, community-supported agriculture (CSA), or locally-sourced restaurants, consumers are more concerned than ever with where they get their food. While there is a very real need in the market for locally-sourced, ...

Cairncrest Farm delivers ethically-raised meat to Brooklyn with a personal touch - FREEwilliamsburg

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Cairncrest Farm delivers ethically-raised meat to Brooklyn with a personal touch
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I started Cairncrest Farm with the goal of making local, ethically-raised meat more widely available. Farming in a way that pays attention ... Other people want to know why I opt for local, non-GMO feed rather than certified organic. Recently I've had ...

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