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Welcome to Week Seven of the 2022 CSA Season! Summer is starting to cook, and energy here at the farm is high! More and more veggies are getting over the cooler weather and popping up to say “hi,” and we can’t wait to put them in your shares as the season goes on! August Balance Due Letters are Going Out! August is right around the corner, so for those of you on the monthly payment plan, that means August 1st! If you’ve sent in post-dated checks, those will be processed on the first or the few days following, so if Read more

Welcome to Week Six of the 2022 CSA Season! We are well into July by now, and the veggies are loving all the sunshine and warmth! We hope you’re out there enjoying these beautiful summer days, and are able to use these delicious veggies for your table! Let Us Know if You’re Going on Vacation! We understand that summer is the time when most of us take off to see family or go on adventures, and that sometimes those trips conflict with your delivery schedule. That’s okay! We’re more than happy to work with you so you get the most Read more

Welcome to Week Five of this year’s CSA season! We’re so glad to have you with us, and we hope you all had a wonderful Fourth of July! The weather has been cooler this week, so we hope you’re enjoying it while it lasts. I know we sure are! Please Remember to Respect Your Site Hosts and their Property! We are so grateful to our site hosts, all of whom have graciously donated their porches and driveways to make deliveries that much more convenient for all of us. We would like to take a moment to remind everyone how important Read more

Welcome to the last week of June! We’re already on Week Four, and the season is flying by! We hope you’re enjoying the beginning of summer and staying cool in this Oregon heat! It hit us fast this year, but the veggies are loving it. Thank you so much for your patience this season! Technology is one of those things that can make life so much easier…but it can also be infinitely more challenging. This year, we’ve changed a few things in how we run our system. With the new website that launched last season, we’ve been able to make Read more

Welcome to Week 3 of the 2022 CSA Season! We’re still crossing our fingers for sunshine, but the veggies are still growing! We’re starting to see more and more of our crops peek up through the soil, and we’re so glad we get to share that with you this year! Standard Half Shares (10 weeks), this is your week! For those of you on the Standard Half Share (10 weeks) program, this is your week to pick up! Don’t forget to check the list and mark your name off so we know you got your share. Please don’t take a Read more

We made it through Week One! I don’t know how it was on your end, but from my end, it was a little bumpy. I’d like to thank all of you for your patience as we navigate this new system, and I try to remember the dozens of details Linda juggled without her here to tell me! We’re so glad you’re with us this season, and we can’t wait to see what veggies will pop up next! Thank You to Those Who Came Out for the Potluck! For the first time since the pandemic started, we were able to celebrate Read more

Welcome to this year’s CSA season! We’re so happy to have you with us this year, and we can’t tell you how excited we are to tag along on this food journey with you! It’s been an incredibly wet spring, but the sun is finally shining, the days are warming up, and we have lots of delicious veggies to share with you this season! How Does This Work? There are two different seasons and five share types to Winter Green Farm’s CSA. We’re beginning the Standard Season, which runs from this week until mid-October. When the Standard Season ends, the Read more

June is finally here, and you know what that means! The 2022 CSA Season is right around the corner! That’s right, we start our CSA season next week! We are so excited to get this food journey going for yet another year, and we can’t even tell you how much we appreciate you letting us tag along. Quick Note of Clarification: Last week, I sent out a mailing with hard-copy information, including delivery site info and a delivery schedule. Those mailings took a few weeks of preparation, so if you’ve changed details to your account in the last few weeks, Read more

To all our supporters, staff, and friends at the Hollywood Farmers Market, As some of you may be aware, over the past several months, we have been struggling to find and employ staff to run the booth at the Hollywood Market. With increasing fuel costs, and an overall increase in expenses (labor, supplies, etc.), we sadly feel that we can no longer service this market. We started our booth at the Hollywood Farmers Market eighteen years ago, and it has been a great experience! Many relationships were formed over the years, and thousands of people enjoyed eating our organic, biodynamic Read more

We have reached May, and (finally) the sun is shining! We still have a few more weeks until the season starts, but it’s coming up fast, and boy are we excited! We cannot wait to see what the season will bring, and we’re so glad to be joining you on this food journey. We’re so happy to have you with us this season! The 2022 CSA Season will begin the first week of June! We have five different share options: Standard Full Share (19 weeks), Extended Full Share (24 weeks), Standard Half Share (10 weeks), Extended Half Share (12 weeks), Read more

There’s only one month left until the beginning of the season! We’re so happy to have you with us on this food journey, and we cannot wait to see what this season has in store. We still have shares available! We’re quickly approaching the beginning of the 2022 CSA Season, and we do still have a few shares available! If you haven’t already reserved your share, or you know of someone who is waiting, hop on over to our website and reserve your share before they’re gone! We have less than 5 Extended Season Shares left, and our Standard Season Read more

Spring is officially here, and Oregon is showing us just how moody she can be! We’ve had beautiful sunshine, lots of rain and wind, and this week, even some snow! Our farmers are getting pretty creative to keep up with the weather, but it sure is gorgeous out here. We hope you’re able to enjoy all an Oregon Spring has to offer, even if it’s from the comfort of your own home. The 2022 Season is Getting Closer! With the season well under way, we’re getting closer and closer to June, and you know what that means: CSA! We cannot Read more

Spring has officially begun, and April is right around the corner! The sun is shining, birds are chirping, and the view outside my office window is absolutely beautiful. We’re all looking forward to the start of the season, and we cannot wait to tag along on your food journey this year. We Still Have Shares Available this Season! It’s not too late to reserve your share! If you or someone you know is interested in fresh, organic produce from a biodynamic farm this year, jump on over to our website to reserve a share. We have both Standard and Extended Read more

March is in full swing and Spring is beginning to peek around the farm. The nights are still cold, but the days are getting a little warmer, and nature is responding to the upcoming season. We hope you’re all enjoying the last vestiges of winter as much as we are! 2022 CSA Season Shares are still available! We still have spots available for this upcoming CSA season! If you or anyone you know is interested in reserving a share this summer, send them our way! Shares can be purchased here on our website, and we have multiple share types and Read more

We’ve reached the middle of February, and winter is almost over, which means spring is right around the corner and the 2022 CSA Season will be here before we know it! Signups for the upcoming season are well underway, and we’ve been busy here at the farm. Missing those delicious farm veggies? Come see us at the Winter Market in Eugene! You can find us on 5th Street at the Lane County Farmers Market in Eugene every Saturday, where you can get your fill of our winter veggies. We got a bit of a break around the holidays, but once Read more

This year has started off with a bang, what with all the snow and ice January gave us. Now, we’ve reached February and 2022 is well under way! We hope your year is shaping up to be a good one, and we’re so glad you’ve chosen to let us be part of it. Winter Green Farm is Hiring! We’ve got quite a few openings for employment here on the farm this season, including Production Assistant Manager, Crew Member, Delivery Driver, and Farmers Market Vendor. If you or someone you know is interested in working with us here at the farm, Read more

The weather has been beautiful, if not a little wet, and we hope you’ve all been enjoying it as much as we have. Things have been busy here at Winter Green Farm, and we can’t wait to tell you about it! 2022 Signups are Up and Going! If you’re interested in the 2022 CSA season, preorders are still open! We are opening them up to the Wait List today, so the spots may be limited when we open full signups beginning of February. If you’d like to reserve a preorder spot, hop on over to the website, choose your share Read more

January is well under way and 2022 signups are chugging right along! The weather has brightened up, too. If you missed it this weekend, the coast was gorgeous! But even the mist coating the valley has dissipated as the week has gone by, and the farm is absolutely gorgeous! Sign up for the 2022 CSA Season! We’re on the second week of preorder signups for the 2022 season, and right now, we’re offering shares to current members only. We’ll send out emails to our Wait List next week to give them access as well, then open signups to the public Read more

2022 has arrived with snow, rain, and lots of wind here in the Pacifc Northwest, and we hope you all had a wonderful holiday break and managed to keep safe. We had lots of snow here at the farm, close to 16 inches! Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get up here with my camera in my little car, so I don’t have actual pictures of the snow. The farm is still gorgeous, though! Sign Ups are Open for Current Members! It’s finally here! After lots of research and many hours figuring out the logistics for development on our new sign-up Read more

The days have gotten colder, and for some of us, that means snow! We got some here at the farm, and boy was it beautiful. We hope you’re all able to stay safe, stay warm, and enjoy some wonderful food with your loved ones as winter sets in. Winter Begins, and Yule Approaches! While we’ve gotten a bit of snow, winter isn’t actually here yet. The first day of winter falls on the Winter Solstice this year, which will arrive on December 21, 2021. This day will be the shortest day of the year, with it getting dark here in Read more

The days are getting colder, and it’s getting chilly here at Winter Green Farm. We’re working hard to wrap up all the end-of-year tasks as we prepare for the next harvest year and a bit of a reprieve ourselves for the holidays. We hope you’re all enjoying good food and great memories with your loved ones. We’re still working on next season’s signups. Last week, I was hopeful we would get our ducks in a row to open pre-orders for the 2022 season this week. Unfortunately, I underestimated the amount of work that goes into the process–especially in a new Read more

Things are wet and muddy here at the farm as December settles in and winter quickly approaches. We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are celebrating the holidays however you choose, having great food, and making memories with loved ones. Special Announcements: We’re getting really close to being ready to sign you all up for the 2022 season, maybe even as soon as next week! It will be a three-pronged process, with a password to allow current members access before the general public, so keep an eye on your emails in the next week or so to make Read more

Well, the 2021 CSA season is over, and the holidays are upon us. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and we hope you’re all able to spend a wonderful day surrounded by loved ones and enjoying delicious food. We’re grateful you invited us along on your food journey this year, and we wish you all the best in during the holiday season! Special announcements: We’re done at the King Market in Portland! We’d like to take a moment to thank our awesome staff at the King Market, as well as all of our members and patrons. You made Sundays fun and we appreciate Read more

This week’s delivery marks the last share of the 2021 CSA Season. Congratulations, CSA member and farm crew alike. We did it! We’re so thrilled you decided to join us for these last few weeks in the Late Season, and we can’t tell you how much we appreciate your support and encouragement throughout this year’s season. Our members really are the best, and we couldn’t imagine doing this farm thing with out you. Special Announcements: This is the last delivery of this year’s CSA season, so please reach out to tie up any loose ends! If you have any questions Read more

We’ve reached the 23rd week of the 2021 CSA Season, and the 4th week of the Extended Season. Can you believe we’re in the middle of November already? Fall is thoroughly underway and the rain has arrived, giving the farm the drink it’s been waiting for. We hope you’re finding ways to keep dry and enjoying our delicious Winter Green veggies on your table. Special Announcement: There’s just one more week left of this year’s season and we’re working hard to fill your baskets with as much of our fall crop as we can. If you’re on the Half-Share program, Read more