Twenty weeks. Dozens of items. Roots, fruits, greens — oh my! I’m excited about my CSA membership, but I’m also a little nervous –how do I make the most of […]
CSA Survey Results
Dear CSA Members, I wanted to share the results of our end-of-season CSA survey with all of you. While some of your comments were one-of-a-kind, many comments were repeated by […]
Week Four Preview
Here’s what we know about week four: yellow peaches summer squash cucumbers The peach crop survived the April freezes better than our other stone fruits, so we should have peaches […]
Marla’s Garlic Scape Discovery
From Marla Vargas-Mundey at LAJ Foods: Creamy Basil and Garlic Scape Vinaigrette While picking up my farm share last week, I saw these weird looking things called garlic scapes. They’re […]
Introducing LAJ Foods
At a wellness fair back in March, we were assigned to a table next to Marla Vargas-Mundey, the culinary artist behind LAJ Foods. She had kale chips that day, and […]
What Are Pulses?
A couple of years ago, members of the Food and Agriculture Organization at the United Nations were brainstorming ways to help millions of hungry people get more decent food, and […]
Making Albariño
If the complicated world of wine, with its weirdly-named varietals and strange descriptions — like, how can wine be dry? or have a nose? — has ever mystified you, consider […]
Dirt Farm Hits the Bottle
On Tuesday, Janell, Bruce, Nick, Wes and I gathered in the tap room to generate label content for the two beers we’ll be bottling soon. We sniffed and sipped and […]
Why Do We Love Them?
The simplest way to answer that question is to put one in your mouth, like the guy in the photo to the left just did. The answer is the red […]
Kale as Tender as Parsley
I ate my kale with pinto beans and quinoa — not a fancy dish, but cheap and nourishing. First I braised the kale with some onion, and since heat softens […]
