“I thought it was going to be hard and complicated to make!”
Said a participant of my recent class on fermenting vegetables.
And I totally understand how she felt!
Have you ever said that about new things in general?
I know that I certainly have! Sometimes just the thought of doing a new thing can completely overwhelm me. I become convinced that it must be hard and complicated to do, even if it turns out …
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Drum roll…..
By eating vegetables for breakfast!
Breakfast?
"You've got to be kidding me!"
Okay, okay, I understand that the idea may be weird to you. Well, it was weird to me, too, about 13 years ago.
But here we are today, and we eat vegetables for breakfast all the time and love it! In fact, when we don’t, I seriously miss it!
Veg for breakfast? How on earth did you think of that??? Were …
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Are you looking for creative ways to eat more veggies?
Maybe you’ve roasted veggies before? Yeah, yeah of course you have. Boring topic.
Now, that’s where you’re wrong, young lady.
Oh wait, that’s what my mom used to say to me when I was a kid.
But seriously roasting veggies is like magic for so many reasons! And every year when fall rolls around I rediscover my love for roasted veggies.
To share my love …
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Your summer gardens are bursting with fresh veggies, especially cucumbers. Or maybe you’re in our CSA and experiencing our farm’s best cucumber year ever…
And that’s no bad thing because in America, a cool, crisp cucumber is just about the definition of summer, right?
But, what to do with so many cucumbers?!
There are only so many you can eat raw: whether in a salad, or cut into sticks with dip, or as …
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I’m a farmer with a huge abundance of fresh veggies at my disposal. And one thing you might be surprised to learn about me is: I don’t can.
What do you mean? Don’t all farmers spend their summer months over a hot water bath processing dozens of jars of veggies?
Maybe many do, and I have in the past. Believe me I know what it’s like. It’s hot. It takes a big chunk of time. …
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Have you ever agreed to something and then realized that it involved more than you bargained for?
Well this weekend I hosted a completely new to me food class at the farm! In fact I don’t consider myself an expert at all in the topic.
Picture me Sunday morning, scrambling around in my kitchen’s sad state of wreckage, trying to pull together 7 different dips in 2 hours for the class later that afternoon. Yes, …
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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
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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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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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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