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Farmers Market Produce: Local Vs. Organic - Consumer Reports

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Farmers Market Produce: Local Vs. Organic Consumer Reports

Farmers Market Produce: Local Vs. Organic - ConsumerReports.org

Google Feed - Thu, 07/12/2018 - 12:00am

Farmers Market Produce: Local Vs. Organic ConsumerReports.org

Tips on shopping for farmers market produce from Consumer Reports. Knowing the similarities and differences between local and organic can help you make ...

Red Hook Community Farm Kicks Off Summer Season 2018 with First Farmer's Market - The Red Hook Star-Revue

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The Red Hook Star-Revue

Red Hook Community Farm Kicks Off Summer Season 2018 with First Farmer's Market
The Red Hook Star-Revue
This non-profit also partners with the Red Hook Community Supported Agriculture (Red Hook CSA) to offer a weekly produce share of locally grown vegetables. According to Parker, radishes, turnips, lettuce, kale, Swiss chard, tomatoes, and eggplants are ...

Week 7 from Valley Flora!

Beet Box - Wed, 07/11/2018 - 2:29pm

Week 7 from Valley Flora! Bye-Bye Peas, Hello Zucchini!

Thanks for eating locally from our family farm!

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What's Cookin' on the Farm...

Mid-Summer Upon Us!
Tamales This Week
Week 2 of Flowers
California Honeydrops Details

Cauliflower season! Aloo Gobi anyone?

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What's Probably In Your Share This Week:*

White Russian Kale
Zucchini
Head Lettuce
Strawberries
Broccoli
Bunch Carrots
Fennel

On Rotation:
(Some locations will receive it this week; others in a future week)

Cauliflower
Broccolini
Tokyo Bekana
Sugar Snap Peas

*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...

Broccoli and/or broccolini
Beets
Lettuce
Carrots
Fennel
Zucchini
Strawberries
Fava Beans
Purplette Onions?
Cucumbers?
Spinach?
Strawberries

Mid-Summer Upon Us!
Zucchini, cauliflower, the waning of the sugar snap peas. We are officially moving into the colorful realm of midsummer produce. If you have felt burdened by leafy greens of late, never fear for this too shall pass. Soon you will be pawning off your summer squash on hapless visitors instead of bunches of kale (or perhaps you've fallen in love with homemade kale chips and can't wait for the next round of leafy greens?).

It FEELS like summer. The hills are dry, the north wind is insistent, the swimming hole is a perfect 7o degrees, the corn is waist high, the onions are bulbing up and the very first few tomatoes just made their way to the farmstand today, which means that late summer bounty is not too far off either. Raising vegetables is a lot like raising kids: it goes so fast (sniff, the eggplants are practically driving already and the potatoes will be off to college before we know it, sob)!

How's everyone faring with all this food? I've been doing less recipe hand-holding this year because recipes tend to be the most time-consuming aspect of writing the newsletter, and I'm never sure if my taste in dinner is anything like yours! That said, I hope I haven't left you too much in the lurch (all hail the internet - and/or your library of cookbooks - for it's bottomless wealth of recipes and food photos)!

OK, one little tip this week: The tall, lanky lime green leafy thing in your tote this week is a kind of pac choi called Tokyo Bekana, great in stir fry! It kinda snuck up on us in the field and if I had known it was coming we would have skipped the kale, but alas, here it is so it's kale chips all around!

https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/kale-chips-51186450

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Tamales this Week!
Tamales shares go out this week in marked blue coolers. Please read labels carefully to ensure you pick up the correct tamales. Enjoy!

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California Honeydrops Details
The July 18th Honeydrops show next Wednesday at the farm is sold out. If you are a ticketholder, please take note of these event details!

Gates open at 6:30
Please carpool! Parking is limited and the planet is getting hot! Please don't park in any neighbors' driveways.
No pets (dogs, cats, hamsters, or anything else!)
This is a leave-no-trace event. If you pack it in, please pack it out.
No seating is provided. Please bring your own lawn chair or picnic blanket, but be prepared to set up at a distance from the stage cuz the dance floor zone gets packed!
Kids age 10 and under are free. If you are bringing kids over the age of 10 they must have a ticket!
There will be awesome eats at the show, so come hungry! The following vendors will be present:
- The Spoon (burgers, etc.)
- The Loft (grilled veggies, seasonal salads, hand pies, desserts, beer, wine)
- Sprengelmeyers (tacos - fish, veggie, and more, all on fresh homemade tortillas)
No camping at the farm after the show, thanks!

The Farmstand is Open for Summer Hours!

Every Wednesday and Saturday from 9 am to 2 pm, rain or shine!

Fresh Produce
U-pick Strawberries
Homemade Jam & Hot Sauce

Please bring your own bags!

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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The Transition into a New Life: Church Land into Farm Land - In These Times

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In These Times

The Transition into a New Life: Church Land into Farm Land
In These Times
A year later, the lot has been transformed into a diversified vegetable farm, providing crops such as lettuce, heirloom tomatoes, herbs, and eggplant to Whole Foods, several local restaurants, and a 30-member community supported agriculture (CSA ...