From Kathan at Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative: Wednesday, October 27 Hello CSA Shareholders! The following list is what you should receive in your share today. There might be some slight variation depending on substitutions due to crop shortages. 2 lbs. Sweet Onions OR 1 Head Broccoli – certified organic – Outback Farm or Pine Hill [...]
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Delicata squash, strawberry popcorn
October 27th, 2010 · Click here to add a comment · CSA, farmer, in the box, Kathan, share
Tags:delicata squash·habanero·local·organic·strawberry popcorn
Bountiful Harvest
October 13th, 2010 · Click here to add a comment · CSA, farmer, in the box, Kathan, Pam, share
Here is today’s email from LFFC listing what’s in the box and how much and the names of the farms where the goodies come from. Thank you, Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative. Scroll down to see a 5 minute speech by 11 year old Birke Baehr, about what’s wrong with our food system. Wednesday, October 13 [...]
Tags:Birke Baehr·certified organic·collard·Dandelion·Kathan·Lancaster Farm Fresh·LFFC·peppers·romaine
Goodbye Summer, hello Fall
September 29th, 2010 · Click to read comment · Erin, in the box, share
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 [...]
Tags:cider·organic cider
Organic Concord grapes with seeds
September 22nd, 2010 · Click here to add a comment · CSA, farmer, healthy foods, in the box, Pam, share
September 22, 2010: This week’s featured fruits and vegetables. From Pam: What a beautiful harvest moon last night – right on the autumnal equinox – nice weather – great veggies – I love fall. Here is the line up for today: freshly pressed cider, winter squash, carrots, salad mix, peppers, eggplant, potatoes, small amount of [...]
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Sign up for a Fall share
September 15th, 2010 · Click to read comment · CSA, farmer, in the box, share
September 15, 2010: This week’s featured fruits and vegetables are: a fruit (either peaches or apples), potatoes, Winter squash, collards, head lettuce, salad mix, onion, eggplant and carrots – a beautiful selection of Fall veggies. Find some great Winter squash soup recipes on the Calvert Farm blog. Sign up for a Fall share Interested in [...]
Tags:apple·carrot·Christmas·CSA·eggplant·Festival of Lights·food intensive·Hanukkah·peach·recipe·salad mix·squash soup·Thanksgiving·winter squash
Apples, squash, eggplant and more
September 1st, 2010 · Click here to add a comment · CSA, farmer, in the box, share
September 1, 2010: This week’s featured fruits and vegetables are: From Pam: Good morning everyone – another hot sultry day – we are making preparations in anticipation of the pending storm this weekend. Although we will welcome some rain – we do not need a big blow. The boxes today are colorful – you should [...]
Tags:acorn squash·Carnival·edible squash·zucchini
Wild for salmon
August 25th, 2010 · Click to read comment · in the box, share
August 25, 2010: This week’s featured fruits and vegetables are: Sweet peppers, hot peppers, potatoes, watermelon, tomatoes, eggplant, beans. Interested in Fall and Winter fruit/veggies? Click Join to find the sign-up form for the Fall/Winter CSA. This year CSA goes 4 weeks longer, ending Dec 22, so it will help out with the food intensive [...]
Tags:beans·eggplant·peppers·watermelon
Soggy Wednesday
August 18th, 2010 · Click here to add a comment · in the box, share
August 18, 2010: This week’s featured fruits and vegetables are: melon, beans, carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, zucchini, cucumber and beets with tops. I’ve become more observant of the weather since joining the CSA. Too much or too little rain may be an inconvenience to commuters, but it can be a game changer for farmers. [...]
Tags:Fall CSA·farmer·gratitude·pests·soggy·weather·winter csa
Greens
July 21st, 2010 · Click here to add a comment · CSA, farmer, in the box, share
July 21, 2010: This week’s featured fruits and vegetables are: peaches (2 shares in each box), 1-2 tomato, onion, 1-2 cucumber, zucchini, potatoes, beets with tops and an assorted green – (salad, collard, Swiss chard, bok choy). Note from Pam: The boxes are on the light side today – we are hoping that this is [...]
Tags:drought
Really ripe
July 7th, 2010 · Click here to add a comment · CSA, in the box, share
July 7, 2010: This week’s featured fruits and vegetables are: kale, cabbage, zucchini, potato, cilantro, peaches & apricots mixed, tomatoes & beans. From farmer Pam: Every step was taken to make sure the produce made it through the day. Please know that we hope all is well but there may be hidden damage due to [...]