We’re adding a few CSA pickup sites. If you know anyone who loves organic veggies, has a garage, carport or covered porch and wants weekly deliveries to their home, please call 301 438-3927 or email erin@sandyspringcsa.com Likewise, call us if you know someone who lives in one of the following areas and would be willing [...]

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Community Supported Agriculture programs are booming in Howard County and across the country. From Howard County Times: After seven days of accepting reservations, Lydia Liker’s list is completely full. In fact, at 157 sign-ups, she has seven more members than she and her husband, Dave, agreed to allow. The Likers operate Gorman Farm, in North [...]

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Food for Thought From the organizer… In the Nov 29 Newsweek article called the Divided We Eat, Michael Pollan (Omnivore’s Dilemma) was quoted as saying “we have a system where wealthy farmers feed the poor crap and poor farmers feed the wealthy high-quality food.” CSA falls into the latter. I wanted to share with you [...]

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The weekly email from Kathan at Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative is reprinted here for your convenience. Please let us know if you are not receiving these weekly emails. You should be getting a preliminary email on Mondays and the final list on Wednesdays. Scroll down for a post-Thanksgiving recipe. Wednesday December 1, 2010 Hello CSA [...]

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It is really a pumpkin. Sweet orange flesh inside. Read more at squash types. Mixed gold & red turnips Clean the skins and peel off the scruffy parts. Then slice and sautee in butter with a couple sliced shallots. Great flavor combo and reduces the strength of the turnip flavor while bringing out the spiciness. [...]

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September 29, 2010: This week’s featured fruits and vegetables are: salad mix, head lettuce, broccoli, peppers, carrots eggplant & certified organic cider from Zeigler’s. Zeigler’s has done a remarkable job of gathering up certified organic apples from many small local orchards – they have made a special run of cider & we were lucky enough [...]

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July 28, 2010: This week’s featured fruits and vegetables are: watermelon, potatoes, zucchini, cucumber, tomato, Swiss chard, onion, corn and herb. Too many potatoes? Cook them lightly and store them in the frig for the week. You can make potato salad, cold potato soup, potato lasagna (used sliced potato instead of pasta). Also you can [...]

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June 23, 2010: This week’s featured fruits and vegetables are: Beets with tops (cook these like other greens), herb, Blueberries, potatoes, zucchini and 2 of these 3: Chinese cabbage or Swiss chard or kohlrabi, (see photo of kohlrabi above). There are many kinds of Chinese cabbage and all are good for stir fry or slaw. [...]

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In case you get “tired” of an item, we remind you that the share boxes reflect the natural rhythm of Nature’s harvest. By mid-summer, you might be tired of zucchini. By fall you might be tired of cabbage, etc. The answer is preserving, e.g. canning or freezing.  Check out a book called Saving the Seasons: [...]

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May 12, 2010: This week’s featured fruits and vegetables are: Asparagus, rhubarb, radish, spring onions, spinach, salad mix, head lettuce, herb (chives with flowers – which are edible). And an extra bag of rhubarb for everyone – it is going strong. Recipes: We will attempt to give you recipes for unfamiliar vegetables. Please send me [...]

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