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Aug 22, 20213 min read
Food Unites Us {Week 15 CSA}
Where division grows, food and joy mend. It was December 2018 when Zach turned to me, a bright smile across his face, and said, "We...
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Aug 12, 20212 min read
Smokey Revelations {Week 14 CSA}
The "new norms" are everywhere, spilling over from a pandemic of adjustments into how our food grows in this tragic new season of smoke...
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Aug 5, 20212 min read
The Beauty in Between {Week 13 CSA}
Despite the growing popularity of the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model, there tends to be some confusion around what it really...
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Jul 29, 20213 min read
Cultivating a 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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Jul 22, 20213 min read
The Future of Farming is Female {Week 11 CSA}
Purchasing and celebrating locally grown organic produce translates far beyond vibrant flavors and peak nutrition. It is literally...
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Jul 15, 20212 min read
Seasonal Ecstasy {Week 10 CSA}
In contrast to the sleepy pace of the cold season, the summer is ablaze in ecstatic glory of growth and fertility. Throughout nature,...
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Jul 8, 20213 min read
The Heat is On {Week 9 CSA}
Amid oceans on fire, sea animals cooking to death in the Pacific, and our own little farm facing its hottest season yet—we're left...
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Jul 1, 20214 min read
The Cost of Convention {Week 8 CSA}
People are inclined to ask why organic produce is so expensive when they ought to know why conventional produce is so cheap. Before...
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Jun 24, 20213 min read
Highs and Lows {Week 7 CSA}
The undulating nature of high country farming meets the uncertain future of climate change to offer more proof that local farmers are, in...
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Jun 17, 20212 min read
A Good Problem to Have {Week 6 CSA}
At least 70% of a farmer's world is composed of projections. Between forecasts for harvests, the weather, or weekly markets, endless...
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Jun 10, 20213 min read
Deep Roots make Bending Easy {Week 5 CSA}
It's not the strongest who survive, but those who are most able to adapt, said none other than Charles Darwin. I learned that quote in...
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Jun 3, 20214 min read
Going Real Organic {Week 4 CSA}
The pervading belief that 'organic' is just a marketing tactic is a valid one, albeit limited. The unfortunate reality is that 'organic'...
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May 27, 20213 min read
Hands in the Dirt, Hearts in the Sky {Week 3 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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May 20, 20212 min read
Tenacious Beginnings {Week 2 CSA}
The high country won't let us get too attached. Not to 80 degree spring days, nor to lingering blooms. After all, if the frost doesn't...
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Dec 29, 20204 min read
A Fresh Focus
While our nation seems to be waiting to exhale as 2020 comes to a close, it appears the new year won't be bringing swift relief just yet....
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Sep 23, 20203 min read
Warm Endings {Week 19 CSA}
It's hard to believe that we only have one more CSA after this week, despite a forecast that would have us believing our tomatoes will...
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Sep 9, 20202 min read
Harvesting gratitude. {Week 17 CSA}
Even in the dead of winter, nature's abundance is everywhere. But in the transitions of the shoulder seasons, it tends to be savored the...
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Sep 2, 20203 min read
The yoga of farming. {Week 16 CSA}
We thought we were yogis before we became farmers, but then we realized it's all the same. Despite the West’s persistent association of...
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Aug 25, 20204 min read
Fueling a food revolution. {Week 15 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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Aug 19, 20203 min read
Inferno of Surrender {Week 14 CSA}
Few things humble and renew the spirit like a close encounter with a raging wildfire. Threatening our home and livelihood all at once, it...
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