Joining a CSA can be new and overwhelming.
I get this. Totally.
You might not know my story, but I am personally attached to CSA because it is very much part of my growing up into an adult.
I joined my first CSA when I was 21 and still in college.
Um, yes, I joined my first CSA right literally at the same time I had my own kitchen for the first time…
And had …
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I’ve been nostalgic for writing a newsletter. It’s one of those things that I get in the habit of. I start gearing up for it in my mind a few days before I need to do it. And this week I just haven’t gotten out of the habit.
I even got out my list to write down my ideas like I do every week…
So I’m sitting down to write one anyway.
Why not?
Yeah, …
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The first thing that we farmers do after the growing season ends is... AHHHH! We take a much-needed breath of relief and rack out to reclaim our bodies and minds from the busy, busy summer behind us.
The second is review our progress towards our goals. And we had a very big goal this year: To reclaim one acre of 20-year-old trees that had grown up between our barns and our exisiting fields. Do all …
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The thing I remember most about the first time we walked on what is now our dream farm at 62 Merrills Mills Road in Dover-Foxcroft is Gene's smile after he pranced through the tall timothy and red clover in the field tucked up out of sight from the road. Hey, this beautiful eight acre field has a ton of space, he said. There's no way we'd be able to sell more veggies than that, we …
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