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Welcome to the 2021 CSA Season! Things are busy here at the farm, and we can’t wait to get out there and see you all while delivering your delicious veggies. Special Announcements: We’re so glad to hear Covid-19 cases are going down and Oregon is opening up again, but for your safety and ours, we’re still asking everyone to practice safe social distancing when picking up your share. Masks are recommended, and we will have hand sanitizer available at each pick-up location. We’ll provide clean pens, but please feel free to bring your own if you prefer. To stay safe, Read more

2020 has been a wild ride for sure, and we here at Winter Green Farm would like to say thanks for taking the ride with us! For those of you who support us through our CSA program, or visit our Farmers’ Markets, or who follow our Blog just for the fun of it, we would like to tell you how much we appreciate you! Not only this year, but every year! While 2020 sure did bring a lot of changes that we weren’t expecting, or ready for, we all worked together to do the best we could in uncomfortable situations, Read more

Special Announcements Most importantly, stay safe out there this winter! As we listen to the news of COVID cases skyrocketing, all we can do is stay home as much as we can, and wear our masks and wash our hands when we do need to venture out. While we’ll all miss our usual family and friends gathering through the holidays, we can console ourselves by realizing that if we all take care of each other now, we’ll have each other to celebrate with next year. We wish you all a healthy & happy winter season, however you may choose to Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: RESERVE YOUR SHARE FOR THE 2021 SEASON! If you would like to secure your CSA Share for the 2021 season, we are reserving shares with a $25 deposit. You can send a check to the farm, or we can use a debit/credit card info on file if you like. Otherwise just call/email the farm to have your share reserved. SNAP recipients will be exempt from the deposit but we can still reserve the share for you. WHAT’S IN YOUR SHARE THIS WEEK: Apples ~ Gravenstein  Carrots Pac Choi Daikon radish Collards Romanesco Lettuce ~ Red or Green Butter Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: TOMATO SAUCE AND STRAWBERRY SPREAD are available for purchase! The costs are $8.75/jar and $90/case of 12 for the Tomato Sauce. The Strawberry Spread will be $4.75/jar and $50/case of 12. Please email or call if you would like to have these sent to your delivery location for you next week! NETTLE EDGE FARM GARLIC AVAILABLE! Keith Walton runs Nettle Edge Farm, along with his wife Rachel. Keith has been a prominent farmer in the community for 50 years, and his family farm has been in operation since 1911! He has worked on Winter Green Farm as our Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: RESERVE OUR CSA SHARE FOR THE 2021 SEASON! We are reserving shares for 2021 season with a $25 deposit. Just call/email the farm to ask us to reserve the share, and then you can send a check to the farm for the deposit or call/email with card info. HALLOWEEN/SAMHAIN is also known as All Souls Night, Feast of the Dead, Festival of Remembrance, Feast of Apples, & New Year… Samhain is one of the major festivals of the Wheel of the Year, and for many who follow these traditions, the most important festival of all. It is the third and Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: RESERVE YOUR CSA SHARE FOR THE 2021 SEASON! We are reserving shares for 2021 with a $25 deposit. Just call/email the farm to ask us to reserve the share, and then you can send a check to the farm for the deposit or call/email with card info. TOMATO SAUCE IS READY! We’re so excited that our Tomato Sauce is ready. We’ll have it available at our Market sites next weekend, and we’ll also be able to deliver it to your site for you. The cost is $8.50/jar and $90/case of 12 jars. The jars are 24 oz. Strawberry Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: THAT’S MY FARMER ANNUAL BENEFIT A HUGE SUCCESS! The That’s My Farmer Benefit dinner held at Party Downtown Restaurant last night was a huge success! While we usually host the annual sit down dinner with 60 guests attending, this year’s “take out” version enabled us to serve 119 dinners! Thanks to the attendees ticket sales, and very generous donations from the community, we were able to raise over $6,000 for the Low Income Fund. We are excited to share these funds with families in need. Many thanks to Mark and Tiffany of Party Downtown, who created a spectacular Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: We have a lot to talk about this week… TWO WEEKS LEFT OF THE STANDARD SEASON: For those of you who are only receiving the Standard Share for the 19 weeks, you have two weeks of delivery left (this week and next week). If you are receiving the Half Share for 10 weeks, you have one more share, either this week or next, depending on your schedule. Let us know if you have questions! We sure have enjoyed sharing the season with you, and can’t believe it’s almost at a close. We would like to take this opportunity to ask you to Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: THAT’S MY FARMER BENEFIT DINNER The annual “That’s My Farmer” Benefit dinner is scheduled for October 12th this season, with take out dinners scheduled from 5pm through 7pm. The meal will be created by the chef’s of Party Downtown, using donated produce and meats from partnering CSA farmers. The meal is always outstanding, and the proceeds go into the That’s My Farmer low income fund to support families in need with subsidized CSA shares or produce from Markets. Contact the farm for the reservation form. Tickets are $50 ($25 of that goes into the fund), and selling quickly. Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: We would like to suggest that you eat, or use, your tomatoes sooner than later. Between the ash that fell, and the rain that followed, the crop is feeling a bit compromised. We are giving out only the best ones to you all, and thinking BLT sandwiches, salsa, salad toppers! Happy Equinox to you all! As we celebrate another turning of the season today, we celebrate the Earth finding balance between the waning light, and the onset of the darker days. May each and every one of you find your balance between the two, not only in the Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: TOMATOES!! The Tomatoes are ripening and we are now able to offer bulk to our members. We will be offering slicer tomatoes in a 10# flat, and the cost will be $18. Please don’t respond through WordPress!. Call or email the farm with your request, and we’ll deliver them to your pick up site next week for Tuesday/Wednesday members, and this Friday for our Friday and weekend members. The annual That’s My Farmer fundraising dinner will be held this year! Owner/chefs Mark Kosmicki and Tiffany Norton at Party Downtown will cook up a fantastic menu with farm fresh meat and Read more

WHAT’S IN YOUR SHARE Red Russian Kale Corn Carrots Cucumbers Sweet Peppers Tomatoes Cherry Tomatoes Eggplant Onions Some Sites Only: Cauliflower Broccoli It’s September and the pumpkins are getting plump! We hope you were able to relax and enjoy the holiday weekend. For those of you with kids going back to school, and the teachers or adult learners, we wish you success in navigating the coming school year. The crew planted next year’s strawberries last week. WHAT WE’RE MAKING We’re still thinking school lunches, even though most of you aren’t physically returning to school this term. These are easy to Read more

Well, it looks like September is coming in with a bang with high temps and a last taste of summer sun. Hope you get the chance to soak it up and store it for a rainy day. Much like the fruits of our harvest, which coincides with the Full Corn Moon this week. The September Full Moon is often called the Harvest Moon because it is usually the Full Moon closest to the autumnal equinox. However, every 3 years the October Full Moon is closer to the equinox. That’s when the September Moon becomes the Corn Moon and October adopts the title Read more

                                                     This Week’s Share Porter’s Pride Melons are coming in, a sure sign late summer goodness. Available at our markets! Corn is here too, coming to some boxes this week, the rest next week— and we are so excited to eat corn and melons all week. We are now taking orders for lamb, information on that included at the end of this post. WHAT’S IN YOUR SHARE Broccoli Carrots Cilantro Zucchini Cucumbers Tomatoes Cherry Tomatoes Read more

We don’t know about you, but we are happy this heat wave is going to be passing this week. What with fire tornados and 130 degree temps in Death Valley, the promise of fall being right around the corner doesn’t seem like such a bad thing after all. We are still languishing in afternoons at swim holes and quiet evenings after a long, hot day holding on to those last few weeks of summer. Thankfully, with so many fresh offerings, we can spend a little less time in the kitchen when it’s too hot and more time enjoying the flowers. Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: PERSEID METEOR SHOWER Just a reminder to get out and watch the annual Perseid meteor shower this week. The 2020 Perseid meteor shower will probably produce the greatest number of meteors on the mornings of August 11, 12 and 13. Try to watch after midnight but before moonrise. Not optimum for our work week schedules, but so worth it to sneak a peek if you awake in the night. You can find lots more info on the best time and way to optimize your meteor sightings at EarthSky . Happy Meteor hunting! WHAT’S IN YOUR SHARE THIS WEEK: Green Beans Carrots Read more

We are so happy the weather has cooled a bit this week, it seems like we are back to our typical Willamette Valley summer weather, and we are thankful to have anything that seems like “normal” these days. Each day of sticking to the tangible things we can do to manage our small bit of the world seems a balm and a blessing and we hope each of you has found something to moor onto. This week there are plenty of good things in your box to plan healthy meals for you and your loved ones. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: We will Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Next week we will be processing the August first of the month recurring payments for you CSA share, and again on the 15th for the Half Payments. If you have moved, or if you have had card issues and received a new card, please do get in touch to update your info so your payment processing goes smoothly…thanks for your help with this! One United Harvest Cookbook….now a Blog! About 15 years ago we participated in a cookbook project by Julie Sockahcki. The One United Harvest cookbook idea was to create a resource for CSA members and farms, Read more

Hello! It is officially very hot here, and our farmers are working hard to take care of the crops and each other in the heat. The fields seem to be shimmering from the warmth and we find ourselves looking forward to the evening’s respite. We hope you have your favorite swimming holes—that aren’t too crowded—and are finding ways to stay cool and enjoying some lazy afternoons in the shade. Don’t forget the second (and final) week of blueberry deliveries is this week.  Strawberry flats are also going out this week! We will still take orders for the next few weeks. Read more

Hello! Can you believe it’s the middle of July already? We sure can’t. But the corn is past knee-high so it must be true. Thank you to everyone for continuing to follow safe social distancing and mask wearing. We are so looking forward to when we can see all of your smiles again. Don’t forget the first week of blueberry deliveries is this week. Your flats will be labeled with your name, so please double check you have yours, and make sure if you ordered more than one to pick them all up. The berries are plump and delicious, we Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS Social Distancing and Face Masks: We are asking members to please practice social distancing, hand sanitizing, and to use face masks. This helps to protect you and others, and some of our Site Hosts expressed that we reiterate this request, so they can feel safe as well. We so appreciate your help with this, particularly with the resurgence of cases. Thank you. Blueberries A reminder we are partnering with Berkley’s Blueberries out of Lebanon this season to bring you bulk flats of their delicious organic blueberries. Many of you have already placed your orders, thanks! There will also Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS Social Distancing and Face Masks: We are still asking members to please practice social distancing, hand sanitizing, and to use face masks. This helps to protect you and others, and some of our Site Hosts expressed that we re-iterate this request, so they can feel safe as well. We so appreciate your help with this! Blueberries! We are excited to be partnering with Berkley’s Blueberries out of Lebanon this season to bring you bulk flats of their delicious organic blueberries. Feel free to read more about their farm here ~ Berkey’s Blueberries  They only grow blueberries and they do have Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS Summer is finally here and the sun has been beaming in our valley. The farmers are starting the days earlier to get the harvests in before it’s too hot. Every day is very full, and each of us is happy to be involved in getting each of you the best food. It looks like everyone is pretty well sorted out with their sites. Just a reminder that we ask the site hosts to give members a reminder call the first two weeks of delivery. While we do have a couple of hosts who like to continue calling, from Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS Thank you all for a great start to the season! We have heard so much good feedback from you, and aside from a few first week hiccups, it has been a smooth start, so thank you for your involvement. We love to see photos of what you’re making on social media, please tag us if you post so we can share! If you aren’t following along yet, our Instagram is @wintergreenfarm and Facebook is Winter Green Farm. We do post actively on our Instagram feed with market updates and daily life on the farm. Please remember to keep Read more