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Sep 26, 20234 min read

A Final Farewell {Week 18 CSA}

This season's goodbye to our CSA is bigger and more weighty than the rest. It's likely the last CSA note we'll ever write, but hopefully...

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Sep 20, 20233 min read

Every Kale Counts {Week 17 CSA}

Your support of our small farm promises more than nutrient-dense food in your kitchen—it spells a more resilient and connected local...

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The Future is Healthy Soil {Week 16 CSA}

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Sep 14, 20233 min read

The Future is Healthy Soil {Week 16 CSA}

Let us all return to the soil That lays the corners of its garments And waits for us. Life rears itself from her breast, Flowers bloom...

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Sep 7, 20233 min read

When the Land Speaks {Week 15 CSA}

Despite the balmy weather passing by, it feels as though we're in the midst of a storm. Dizzying amounts of information and perspectives...

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Crisp Mornings & Whispering Winds {Week 14 CSA}

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Aug 30, 20233 min read

Crisp Mornings & Whispering Winds {Week 14 CSA}

The earliest frost we've seen at the farm in our 8 years of tending to it was September 16th, but this year is threatening to break...

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Aug 24, 20233 min read

Still Savoring Summer {Week 13 CSA}

As fall whispers to us through chilly twilights, we hope the late summer harvests filling your CSA boxes help you relish what's left of...

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Building a Better Food System {Week 12 CSA}

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Aug 17, 20234 min read

Building a Better Food System {Week 12 CSA}

What would our community look like if we were surrounded and supported by countless small, organic farms? More importantly, how would it...

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Aug 10, 20233 min read

Life Begets Life {Week 11 CSA}

If we can pour ourselves into something reciprocal, generous even, we might find we're more full at the end of our work than when we...

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Aug 3, 20234 min read

Overfed & Undernourished {Week 10 CSA}

The world’s population is expected to surpass 8 billion in the next 7 years and yet we're losing fertile soil 100 times faster than the...

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Jul 28, 20234 min read

Endings & Beginnings {Week 9 CSA}

We're preparing to pass a baton on the farm. One we've obsessively tended to and are proud to give to two remarkable humans. Prema Farm...

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Jul 20, 20234 min read

Survival is Expensive {Week 8 CSA}

In the tapestry of a globally connected world, the relationship between rising food costs, sustainable food production, and the hidden...

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Jul 13, 20234 min read

Harvesting Resilience {Week 7 CSA}

You'd never be able to imagine how dirty this keyboard is. Only farmers (and relentless gardeners) with their perpetually stained hands...

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Jul 1, 20234 min read

Artificial Dilemmas {Week 5 CSA}

A looming shortage of farmers is casting a shadow on our agricultural landscape and, if the leading farmland owners (aka investors) have...

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Jun 22, 20233 min read

Redefining Organic {Week 4 CSA}

You can buy "certified organic" meat raised in a CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operation) that never stepped foot off of cement. You...

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Jun 15, 20233 min read

A Local Kind of Love {Week 3 CSA}

In our quest for a healthier life, we often find ourselves caught in a whirlwind of contradictory advice and fleeting trends. But amidst...

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Jun 8, 20232 min read

Humus: Humble & Heroic {Week 2 CSA}

The organic movement began long before there was a label to notify consumers of its importance, and the heart of it has always been...

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Jun 1, 20233 min read

Rooted in Gratitude {Week 1 CSA}

Thank you for being a part of something exceedingly rare and undeniably needed. The "local food movement" is rising in popularity after...

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Sep 29, 20223 min read

Many Hands {Week 18 CSA}

And just like that, another whoosh of a season has passed. Fall has reliably brought her crisp mornings to the farm and we know her...

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Sep 21, 20223 min read

Harvesting Beauty {Week 17 CSA}

“But I suppose you must touch life in order to spring from it.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald If you asked Zach or I if we'd planned to be...

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Sep 15, 20223 min read

Resilience is a River {Week 16 CSA}

"Here’s the tragedy of agriculture in our time. In the middle of the last century, Aldo Leopold was writing and publishing on the “land...

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