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Full Shares
Corn
Cabbage
Watermelon
Eggplant
Green Peppers
Buttercup Squash
Paste Tomatoes
Dandelion Greens
Romaine Lettuce
Apples
Pears
Half Shares
Corn
Cabbage
Watermelon
Green Peppers
Buttercup Squash
Paste Tomatoes
Dandelion Greens
Romaine Lettuce
Apples
Pears
Due to
availability not all shares will have the exact same contents.
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Hello All!
This week is our next
to last share delivery which includes some wonderful late season produce. For those of you who have never eaten
Dandelions you are missing a wonderful “bitter” green. This green is a major ingredient in all
herbal products that help to detoxify the liver and clean out the digestive
system.
We hope that you enjoy
the organic crimson sweet watermelon! As well as the incredible Macintosh
apples and Bosch pears! We are
fortunate to have many fine orchards around us, including one called Honey
Bee Orchards in West Brookfield MA. They have 200 acres of Macintosh apple
trees as well as 180 acres of various kinds of pears. They also grow some of the more exotic
apples, peaches, and plums. These are
not available in larger amounts or for a price that is feasible for 600 share
holders. We have been pleased to offer
so many fruit options this year, far more that last year. Our CSA does not charge extra for fruit as most of the other CSA’s who have it available.
Please recycle your box
this week by taking it with you.
It is clear that our
model of providing organic produce and some IPM fruit and hard to grow produce,
and delivering it direct to the consumer is working. We
have seen phenomenal growth from 55 share-holders 3 years ago to 600 members
this year. Please check out last week’s
newsletter to see how you can help to grow “our” business. By including other farms in the mix who
grow organically, we help to continue productive use of even more farm land
than we own ourselves. We have used
Full Bloom Farm in South Deerfield as well as Enterprise Farm in South Deerfield who together comprise
Happy Valley Organics, a major supplier for Whole Foods as well as all the
major retail super markets. Plainville
Farm and Czajkowski Farm are run by two brothers, Wally and Joe who are
moving into larger organic growing than what they have done in their previous
years of farming. Finally, Warner
Farms as well as Riverland Farm have both provided us and you with
outstanding organic produce. As our
vision increases we find it both advantageous and necessary to act in a more
cooperative manner with other organic producers. This affords the opportunity to have more
variety and to do so in a more cost efficient way. We are very grateful for the help and
enthusiasm of these other businesses who recognize the positive responses
from our share-holders. In closing,
many of you have said that you were sad that the end of the season was
approaching…We are working with Enterprise Farm on a potential future
opportunity to purchase a winter share.
They have made connections for the last two years with organic growers
from Florida to North Carolina who are able to provide
citrus fruit and cabbage, greens, squashes, onions, etc. We are seriously investigating this added
model and wish to have you give us feedback as to your interest. More to come. Please stay in touch and we wish you a
Happy Fall!
-Ashley & Ethel
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