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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 squash are stacking! 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. 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

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS Welcome to the 2020 Season! We’ll start with some details you’ll need to know! Please remember to practice safe social distancing when you pick up your share. Masks are recommended, and we will have hand sanitizer available at each pick-up location. We will provide clean pens to check your name off,  but feel free to bring your own if you prefer. Also please take all of the veggies in your box with you this year, and if you are sharing with someone make arrangements to do that outside of the pick-up site. A reminder for Half-Share folks! Those Read more

Spring is raging full speed ahead here at the farm and we are excited to be gearing up for CSA season. Thanks again to everyone for filling our membership so quickly this year and we are sad to have to tell so many more we are already over capacity. The farmers have been busy getting everything planted and a good dose of rain is watering everything in. Linda and Bronwynn have been busy in the office making sure everyone is matched to their sites and ready for their boxes. Mailings are going out next week, so keep an eye out Read more

Life has sure changed since the last time I posted our Blog….back in January, we were all focused on the upcoming election, climate change, our taxes, and getting the onions planted in the greenhouse. Now, with the COVID-19 pandemic impacting many individuals around the world, and certainly affecting every aspect of our daily lives and our businesses, our focus is slightly different. We are proud and grateful to live in a community that has come together in so many ways to protect and take care of each other. Farmers are still farming, and making as much food available as possible Read more

2020 is here and we’re gearing up for the new season! I don’t know about your but these cold winter months have me fantasizing about fields of green and summer veggies. We’re cleaning up the greenhouses and preparing our first plantings of snap peas, onions and lettuce. Seeds are ordered, and planting calendars are being finalized. Now all we need are a few more crew and CSA members! The positions we have openings for this season are Farm Crew,  Farmers’ Market vendors in Portland, Farm Production Specialist, and our Farm Office/CSA Coordinator. If you would like to work on our Read more

All of us here at Winter Green Farm are sending love and wishes out to you all for a peaceful end to the 2019 season, and for a joyous and abundant 2020 season! We sure enjoyed our relationship with our fabulous community last year, and through the 40 years Winter Green Farm has been growing fresh, organic food to share with you all. We look forward to many more years and hope you will continue to join us on the organic food adventure! Many, Many blessings to you all! 2020 CSA Signups are open!! If you would like to make Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Last share of the season!! Always so bittersweet….while we’re all truly ready for some down time and rest, we’re also going to miss sharing our food with you all. We are so grateful to have had  you all be part of our farm family this year, and we hope that you have enjoyed the CSA experience, the food and knowing that you are part of the movement to support local food and farmers. Without you we couldn’t do the good work we do! Thank so so much and we hope you will choose to join us in the Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: TOMATO SAUCE.…we have our new batch of Tomato Sauce ready for you! We are offering them for $7.50/jar or $85/case. Let us know if you would like to have some sent to your delivery location next week! END OF SEASON….next week will be the last delivery for the season! We ask that if you have any stray CSA bins anywhere around that you bring them with  you to the site next week….they are quite expensive and the fewer new ones we’ll need to purchase for the 2020 season, the happier we’ll be! Thanks for your help with this…. Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: CSA BOXES…..As we head into the last few weeks of delivery, we would sure appreciate if you look around for any stray CSA bins that have made their way home with you. The fewer new boxes we need to purchase for the  new season, the better. If you find any, just bring them back to your pick up site in the weeks ahead….thanks so much! FILL YOUR PANTRY! Come join us at the Lane Events Center this Sunday, Nov. 10th for the Fill Your Pantry event….it will run from 1pm – 5pm. Stock up on beans, grains, flours, Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: FILL YOUR PANTRY Please join us on November 10th for the Fill Your Pantry event! While the pre-order phase has ended, we will be at the event with veggies for you to fill  your pantry for the winter months. Be sure to get there early if you have particular varieties in mind! Come on down and see us, and enjoy the event! ORGANIC GRASS FED BEEF We have a couple of shares available of our organic grass fed beef this season….our last date is next week on Nov. 5th….if you have been sitting on the fence about reserving a Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Apples and Pears! I was totally amazed by how many of  you responded to our offer of the extra fruit we had from Mt. Hood Organics….I did run out of all the apples I had on hand but we will have more the last two weeks of the Late Season. If you would like some, just let us know. I do still have a some Pears available…I can send some next week to your delivery location if you like. WHAT’S IN YOUR SHARE THIS WEEK: Pac Choi Delicata Squash ~ 2 Celeriac  Leeks Kale ~ Lacinato Stir Fry Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: This week is the last week of the 19 week Standard Season…..if you are continuing on into the Late Season, the first share will be on Friday, October 25th for the Eugene/Springfield, Fern Ridge and Coast members. Portland members shares will begin on Saturday, October 26th at PSU or Hollywood Farmers Markets or Sunday, October 27th at the King Farmers Market. HARVEST CELEBRATION! Please join us for our end of season Harvest Celebration!                                                   Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: This is the 18th week of the season….NEXT week will be the end of the Standard Season, and we will move on to the Late Season. We ask that you scout around your garage and back yards for any stray CSA boxes that might have integrated themselves into your world, and bring them back to your site next week so we can have them all accounted for. This really helps us keep our costs down for next year if we don’t have to replace them….thanks for all of your help with this! HARVEST CELEBRATION!! Saturday, October 19th, Noon Read more