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16 Ways to Reuse Your Plastic CSA Share Liner

16 Ways to Reuse Your Plastic CSA Share Liner

By Samantha Coffin, former CSA member who moved away

 

Hate throwing away plastic bags?

Wonder what you should do with your big plastic bag that your CSA comes with each week?

Here is a great list to get you started on reusing them each week!

 

  

 

16 Ways to Reuse Your Plastic CSA Share Liner
  1. Save them as trash can liners.
  2. Use them to store those greens if your crisper drawers are …
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5 Easy Ways to Get More Greens in Your Diet

5 Easy Ways to Get More Greens in Your Diet

When it comes to our diets, there is little agreement about what we should be eating. There are vegans, vegetarians, Keto-fans, and everything in between.

Then of course there's the "Kaleman Diet":

 

 

But seriously, people can get adamant about their opinions on diet! Maybe you’ve experienced this? On social media, perhaps?

I’m certainly not going down THAT rabbit hole! (Here’s where you sigh with relief.)

But, interestingly, almost all diets do have something …

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7 Steps to Making the Most Out of Your CSA Box

7 Steps to Making the Most Out of Your CSA Box

C S A … What does that even stand for? That it means “Community Supported Agriculture” doesn’t really help in understanding what it actually is.

CSA is not really a universal household term. So it probably isn’t a surprise that many CSA newbies don’t really know what to expect when they start one.

That’s why I asked several of our seasoned CSA members for what they do each week with their boxes. The responses I …

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Top Kitchen Tools You Need to Succeed at CSA

Top Kitchen Tools You Need to Succeed at CSA

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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Just Curious, What Are Kombucha, Kvass, and Kefir?

Just Curious, What Are Kombucha, Kvass, and Kefir?
Yeah, I know. What language is that?? So what are they? I was just asked this question the other day. And actually, I had to think about how to describe them. Since I have been making them for years now I forget they are likely new to many people! Kombucha, beet kvass, and kefir are non-alcoholic fermented drinks loaded with probiotic healthy goodies. They’re commonly thought of as health tonics or alternatives to popular beverages … Read More

The Story Behind my “CSA Experts” Project

The Story Behind my “CSA Experts” Project

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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CSA vs Farmers Market: How to know which is best for you

CSA vs Farmers Market: How to know which is best for you

This was a big question for me when I got interested in eating better during college in my early twenties.  I lived in an apartment and couldn't have my own garden.  Then, I learned about local food, and thought, 'Hey, I want to do that!  I want to support local farmers and get fresh, healthy veggies from them.'

But, how? 

Easier said than done in the slow-recovering atmosphere of Lewiston/Auburn, Maine in the early 2000's.  …

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Up Close and Beautiful: Our first harvest of 2017 in pictures

Up Close and Beautiful: Our first harvest of 2017 in pictures

We're back at it: another year of harvests!  As we begin our ninth year of harvesting what we grow, it is still amazing to see the beauty and strength of the plants that are our food.  We love what we do and are excited to share it with all of the people who support our farm and eat the produce that grows here.

Lucky for us that we have an aspiring-professional photographer working on the …

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Do you take the winter off?

Do you take the winter off?

"What do you do in the winter since you can’t farm?”  This is the most common question we get as vegetable farmers in Maine.  Sure our growing season is short with a frost-free period between the end of May and the middle of September.  Zone four, I believe it is called.

With highs in the single digits in Dover-Foxcroft in February this week, I wish I could show you pictures of us on the beaches …

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Celebrating the Meaning of CSA!

Celebrating the Meaning of CSA!

What does CSA stand for?  C-ommunity S-upported A-griculture! 

Those three words mean a lot to us at Ripley Farm...

They mean local people coming together from Greenville to Hampden to Lakeview Plantation to Corinth and everywhere in between to support our farm. 

They mean friendship, smiles, warm hugs, and uplifting conversations week after week, year after year. 

They mean sharing good food with people who appreciate the hard work that goes into producing it. 

They …

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