MOUNTAIN BOUNTY FARM NEWS
Week 30/53 of 2020
Dear Farm Members,
Every year as we gradually begin the process of harvesting our onions, first fresh, and eventually dried and cured, I am reminded of how beautiful even the humblest of vegetables can be. Over the weeks, we watch their sea of bladelike leaves transform - a shining single bulb forming at the base of each stalk. Farming is full of tiny miracles, and this is one of them. In honor of the fresh onions that grace your boxes this week, please enjoy this poem, an anthem for allium lovers that I hope will cross your mind each time you cut up one of these beautiful earth-gems.
Farmer Kale
Ode To the Onion
by Pablo Neruda
Onion,
luminous flask,
your beauty formed
petal by petal,
crystal scales expanded you
and in the secrecy of the dark earth
your belly grew round with dew.
Under the earth
the miracle
happened
and when your clumsy
green stem appeared,
and your leaves were born
like swords
in the garden,
the earth heaped up her power
showing your naked transparency,
and as the remote sea
duplicating the magnolia,
so did the earth
make you,
onion
clear as a planet
and destined
to shine,
constant constellation,
round rose of water,
upon
the table
of the poor.
You make us cry without hurting us.
I have praised everything that exists,
but to me, onion, you are
more beautiful than a bird
of dazzling feathers,
heavenly globe, platinum goblet,
unmoving dance
of the snowy anemone
and the fragrance of the earth lives
in your crystalline nature
We are ten weeks into our Summer CSA! We hope you are enjoying your shares.
A few reminders about your CSA subscription and pickup:
Going on vacation? You can place your box on hold from your Member Dashboard.
Click the date you'd like to hold your box on the delivery calendar on the right side of your screen.
If you have multiple subscriptions, you'll have to place both on hold and you can toggle between subscriptions here.
When you place your vegetable box on hold, your subscription extends one week into the future since our vegetable shares are year-round.
When you place your fruit or flowers on hold, you'll receive a credit at the end of that season that you can use towards your next renewal. If you place your bread on hold, you are not charged for that week.
Please wear a mask to your pick up site and practice social distancing.
Interested in renewing your subscription? You can buy credits additional delivery credits at any time. More information can be found in our Member Handbook (https://mountainbountyfarm.com/updates-from-the-farm/2020/5/17/welcome-to-our-csa).
THIS WEEK'S CSA CONTENTS
Disclaimer: Box contents are dependent on actual harvest, but this is what you’ll likely receive in your boxes.
REGULAR BOX:
Lettuce
Zucchini
Broccoli
Tomatoes
Chard
Corn
Carrots
Fresh Onions
Shishito Peppers
SMALL BOX:
Shishito Peppers
Cucumbers
Tomatoes
Chard
Corn
Carrots
Fresh Onions
SUMMER FRUIT SHARES: (Provided by Sunset Ridge Fine Fruits)
These shares run for 19 weeks until October 8th.
Honey Royle Yellow nectarines (Lee Family Farms)
Grand Pearl White Nectarines (Lee Family Farms)
Valley Pearl Green Grapes (Lee Family Farms)
Mariposa Plums (Sunset Ridge Fine Fruits)
FLOWER SHARE:(Provided by Little Boy Flowers)
This is the fourth week of the Summer Flower Share. If you are interested in joining for delivery starting next week, you can sign up here: https://mountainbounty.csaware.com/store/.
JOHN'S BREAD is on a break this week. We'll be back soon!
RECIPES
Recipes may sometimes call for more or less of a certain item in your boxes, or an ingredient you might not have on hand. We encourage you to enjoy the creativity associated with eating locally and seasonally.
Carrot Pizza with Fontina and Red Onion
Chilled Cucumber Soup with Farm Fresh Herbs
HOW TO PICK UP YOUR CSA SHARES:
1. Check the delivery list each week and initial for your order on the delivery list. As always, please only take what has been delivered for you.
2. We ask that you only touch the box/bag/bouquet that are a part of your order.
3. We are asking that you pick up your box from the site and take it home with you to prevent the amount of time you are spending at your CSA site. If you’d like to pack it into a reusable bag, please feel free to do that at your car. Please bring your empty box back each week for reuse.
4. If you are sick, please send a friend to pick up for you and let them know about the pick up procedure.
5. All produce has been packed by farm employees who are in good health and following our food safety policies.
If there's a problem, please take what we’ve delivered for you and conta ct us by email or phone.
If you share your subscription, please make sure you check in every week about who will pick up so one of you does not accidentallMOUNTAIN BOUNTY FARM NEWS
Week 30/53 of 2020
Dear Farm Members,
Every year as we gradually begin the process of harvesting our onions, first fresh, and eventually dried and cured, I am reminded of how beautiful even the humblest of vegetables can be. Over the weeks, we watch their sea of bladelike leaves transform - a shining single bulb forming at the base of each stalk. Farming is full of tiny miracles, and this is one of them. In honor of the fresh onions that grace your boxes this week, please enjoy this poem, an anthem for allium lovers that I hope will cross your mind each time you cut up one of these beautiful earth-gems.
Farmer Kale
Ode To the Onion
by Pablo Neruda
Onion,
luminous flask,
your beauty formed
petal by petal,
crystal scales expanded you
and in the secrecy of the dark earth
your belly grew round with dew.
Under the earth
the miracle
happened
and when your clumsy
green stem appeared,
and your leaves were born
like swords
in the garden,
the earth heaped up her power
showing your naked transparency,
and as the remote sea
duplicating the magnolia,
so did the earth
make you,
onion
clear as a planet
and destined
to shine,
constant constellation,
round rose of water,
upon
the table
of the poor.
You make us cry without hurting us.
I have praised everything that exists,
but to me, onion, you are
more beautiful than a bird
of dazzling feathers,
heavenly globe, platinum goblet,
unmoving dance
of the snowy anemone
and the fragrance of the earth lives
in your crystalline nature
We are ten weeks into our Summer CSA! We hope you are enjoying your shares.
A few reminders about your CSA subscription and pickup:
Going on vacation? You can place your box on hold from your Member Dashboard.
Click the date you'd like to hold your box on the delivery calendar on the right side of your screen.
If you have multiple subscriptions, you'll have to place both on hold and you can toggle between subscriptions here.
When you place your vegetable box on hold, your subscription extends one week into the future since our vegetable shares are year-round.
When you place your fruit or flowers on hold, you'll receive a credit at the end of that season that you can use towards your next renewal. If you place your bread on hold, you are not charged for that week.
Please wear a mask to your pick up site and practice social distancing.
Interested in renewing your subscription? You can buy credits additional delivery credits at any time. More information can be found in our Member Handbook (https://mountainbountyfarm.com/updates-from-the-farm/2020/5/17/welcome-to-our-csa).
THIS WEEK'S CSA CONTENTS
Disclaimer: Box contents are dependent on actual harvest, but this is what you’ll likely receive in your boxes.
REGULAR BOX:
Lettuce
Zucchini
Broccoli
Tomatoes
Chard
Corn
Carrots
Fresh Onions
Shishito Peppers
SMALL BOX:
Shishito Peppers
Cucumbers
Tomatoes
Chard
Corn
Carrots
Fresh Onions
SUMMER FRUIT SHARES: (Provided by Sunset Ridge Fine Fruits)
These shares run for 19 weeks until October 8th.
Honey Royle Yellow nectarines (Lee Family Farms)
Grand Pearl White Nectarines (Lee Family Farms)
Valley Pearl Green Grapes (Lee Family Farms)
Mariposa Plums (Sunset Ridge Fine Fruits)
FLOWER SHARE:(Provided by Little Boy Flowers)
This is the fourth week of the Summer Flower Share. If you are interested in joining for delivery starting next week, you can sign up here: https://mountainbounty.csaware.com/store/.
JOHN'S BREAD is on a break this week. We'll be back soon!
RECIPES
Recipes may sometimes call for more or less of a certain item in your boxes, or an ingredient you might not have on hand. We encourage you to enjoy the creativity associated with eating locally and seasonally.
Carrot Pizza with Fontina and Red Onion
Chilled Cucumber Soup with Farm Fresh Herbs
HOW TO PICK UP YOUR CSA SHARES:
1. Check the delivery list each week and initial for your order on the delivery list. As always, please only take what has been delivered for you.
2. We ask that you only touch the box/bag/bouquet that are a part of your order.
3. We are asking that you pick up your box from the site and take it home with you to prevent the amount of time you are spending at your CSA site. If you’d like to pack it into a reusable bag, please feel free to do that at your car. Please bring your empty box back each week for reuse.
4. If you are sick, please send a friend to pick up for you and let them know about the pick up procedure.
5. All produce has been packed by farm employees who are in good health and following our food safety policies.
If there's a problem, please take what we’ve delivered for you and conta ct us by email or phone.
If you share your subscription, please make sure you check in every week about who will pick up so one of you does not accidentally take someone else's order. MEMBER LINKS
Read our Welcome Letter
Log into your Member Dashboard (pay your balance, place your box on hold, update your account, renew your subscription)
Current Members Info on our Website for more information about your subscription and our program
Mountain Bounty Farm
www.mountainbountyfarm.com
y take someone else's order.
MEMBER LINKS
Read our Welcome Letter
Log into your Member Dashboard (pay your balance, place your box on hold, update your account, renew your subscription)
Current Members Info on our Website for more information about your subscription and our program
Mountain Bounty Farm
www.mountainbountyfarm.com