MOUNTAIN BOUNTY FARM NEWS
Week 8/52 of 2022
Dear Farm Members,
I come to you this week with the bittersweet announcement that this will be my last newsletter! I’ll be spending most of my days this coming season growing flowers instead of vegetables, so from here on out you’ll be in Grace’s very capable hands.
For the past four years, I’ve sat down almost every week and wondered what I could possibly say to all of you about the work that we do. To share the extent of our experience as farmers has always felt like a tall order. Mostly, I’ve noticed, it comes out small. That no matter how many onions you’ve harvested, the first onion of the year feels so special that it might as well be the first onion of all time. That a summer day can feel like an entire lifetime until you turn around and do it all over again. That on some days, the air feels golden, and the angle of the sun is just right, and you tilt your face to the sky as the sandhill cranes fly over and feel so lucky just to be in this world.
Every week, our boxes go out and I think of the hands, your hands, that lift and open them. Hands that grab vegetables and stuff them into fridges and onto kitchen counters, that twist off radish greens and wash and chop and peel and pinch. We are all so inextricably linked to this planet and to each other. A tiny blue speck that just keeps on spinning. Thank you, as always, for the outpouring of love and support you offer to this farm and to all of us. You make everything we do worth it many times over. It’s been such an honor to be the bridge between our worlds, and I’ll miss it! Here’s hoping that this week, and every week, finds you with full hearts and full bellies. Happy eating!
Kale
THIS WEEK'S CSA CONTENTS
REGULAR BOX:
Sunflower Greens (Natural Trading Company)
Carrots (Mountain Bounty Farm)
Fingerling Potatoes (Super Tuber Farm)
Radish (Pinnacle)
Beets (Terra Firma)
Celery (Coke Farm)
Red Russian Kale (Riverdog)
Broccoli (Terra Firma Farm)
Stir Fry Mix (Riverdog)
Red Butter Lettuce (Pinnacle)
SMALL BOX:
Sunflower Greens (Natural Trading Company)
Carrots (Mountain Bounty Farm)
Fingerling Potatoes (Super Tuber Farm)
Beets (Terra Firma)
Celery (Coke Farm)
Broccoli (Terra Firma)
Red Butter Lettuce (Pinnacle)
WINTER FRUIT SHARES continue this week! Sign up here for shares starting next week. Winter Fruit Shares run until March 31st.
Early Spring Flower Shares are available now! Sign up here for shares starting in mid-March. Early Spring Flower Shares are 8 weeks long and include our most popular blooms- anemones, ranunculus, Icelandic poppies and tulips.
Our Peony Shares are now available! These shares are 4 weeks long during the height of peony season in the foothills. These iconic blooms will fill your house with joy, color, and amazing smells. Sign up here!
RECIPES
Celery-Radish Salad with Chiles and Lime (Celery, Radish)
Roasted Beets with Preserved Lemon and Tahini Yogurt (Beets)
Roasted Broccoli Carbonara with Crispy Prosciutto and Whipped Ricotta (Broccoli)
Potato and Kale Cakes with Rouille (Fingerling Potatoes, Kale)
Garlic-Marinated White Beans with Celery and Parsley Salad (Celery)
Beet, Kale, and Farro Salad with Lemon Dressing (Beets, Kale)
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