MOUNTAIN BOUNTY FARM NEWS
Week 24/52 of 2021

Dear Farm Members,

On Tuesday, we’ll plant our third and final round of tomatoes, just as the very first handfuls of sungolds are ripening on the vines of our earliest planting. Some of you may know that we use a technique called grafting for ⅔ of our tomato successions. We cut and recombine the tops or ‘scions’ of beloved big beef tomato plants with a hardy rootstock, creating a sort of glorious Frankenstein’s monster. Grafted tomato plants produce an incredibly high volume of fruit, and are much better at adapting to less than ideal growing environments - hotter days, cooler nights, less water, and everything in between. For us, they’re the key to a long and successful tomato season amidst the hot, dry conditions of a sierra foothills summer. And despite the extra time and effort it takes to produce these fancy transplants, they’re well worth it for the amount of tomato sandwiches we’ll be eating come July… and August, and September, and October, and (probably) November!

And while you won’t find any tomatoes in your boxes this week, we’ve loaded you up with plenty of other amazing vegetables to enjoy while you wait. Stay cool out there this week, and happy eating!

Kale

CSA Cooking Class

We're hosting another cooking class on Saturday, June 19th (we changed the date so more members could attend)! Hosted by CSA Member and public health educator, Wendy Van Wagner, we'll go over how to use the CSA box to guide your menu planning throughout the week and highlight the early summer bounty of zucchini, cucumbers, broccoli, carrots, and more!

See you *Saturday*, June 19th, 2021, at 10 am via Zoom! Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/97063081564?pwd=c1pObGxEQ21TOWV3NXBQa00zTEFQUT09

FSA (Farm Service Announcement)

Going on vacation this summer? We've added the ability to place yourself on hold from the Member Dashboard. Holds must be placed by Friday at 11 pm of the week before you'd like to hold.

From your Member Dashboard, your Delivery Calendar is shown on the right side of your screen.
Click on the date you'd like to hold.
All of your subscriptions for this date will be listed.
Click the gray button titled "Hold Delivery." If you have multiple subscriptions, make sure to hold them all!
You will get a confirmation email titled "Delivery Hold Notice" for the date you have selected.

How Holds Work with your CSA Subscription:

VEGETABLE SHARES

If you paid for 25 deliveries, holds will extend your paid deliveries one week into the future.
If you pay every 4 deliveries, you will not be charged again until you receive 4 deliveries of your Vegetable CSA. You will not be charged for weeks your share is on hold.

FRUIT SHARES

If you paid for the full 19 week season, near the end of the fruit season, we will cash out credits to your cash account to be used towards your next renewal.
If you pay every 4 deliveries, you will not be charged again until you receive 4 deliveries of your Fruit CSA. You will not be charged for weeks your share is on hold.

FLOWER SHARES

If you paid for the full season, near the end of the flower season, we will cash out the credits to your cash account to be used towards your next renewal.

THIS WEEK'S CSA CONTENTS

Our boxes are the best of what's in season! This list is what we are aiming to provide, but sometimes we have to substitute some items in your box.

REGULAR BOX: