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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Due to the new Food Safety regulations, we are no longer able to accept the used berry hale back to the farm for reuse. Once they go home with you, they are not allowed to be reused with fresh produce. We will just have to recycle them, so it’s best if you could just do that on your end…thanks! WHAT’S IN YOUR SHARE THIS WEEK: Kale ~ Red Russian Beets Green Onions Lettuce ~ Red Oak Leaf Carrots Zucchini Cabbage Strawberries SOME SITES ONLY: Cherry Tomatoes RECIPES: Beet Panna Cotta & Meyer Lemon Mousse Beet & Ricotta Hummus Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Only two weeks left of CSA after this week’s delivery! If you would like to receive some of our Tomato Sauce or Strawberry Spread delivered to your site before we’re finished, just let us know! Still time to place an order for the Fill Your Pantry event….just click on the link and you will be taken to the page where you can register to place your Pre-Order. Here are the details: Pickup Event Details: Sunday, November 11th, 2018 1pm – 5 pm Lane County Fairgrounds Expo Halls # 1 and #2 796 West 13th Ave, Eugene This year Read more

“Those who have no time for healthy eating will sooner or later have to find time for illness.”  Edward Stanley SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS; Important Site Changes for our Madison St. Members in Eugene!!  Remember that your site is changing this week due to the old site host moving. Your new location is at 1852 Washington St. The CSA Shares will be on the porch, on the right hand side. Your new site host is Amanda Dublin…if you see her there, please introduce  yourself and welcome her to the farm family! That’s My Farmer Benefit Dinner Reservations are filling up quickly for 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

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

Welcome to Week Seven of the Winter Green Farm CSA Season! We sure hope you’re enjoying your summer as much as we are, because it is going fast! But the crops are loving it! I took a walk through one of our fields today, and boy was it beautiful. By the end of the season, your shares will be overflowing with gorgeous, delicious veggies, and we can’t wait to share. Special Announcements: Don’t forget to check your name off the list so we know you got your share. If your name is not on the list, this is not your 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

Corn Carrots Cauliflower Cipolinni onon Cucumber Tomatoes Lettuce Peppers Some sites only: Eggplant Green beans Special Announcements! We are getting ready to send out our beef information for this year. We offer organic free-range grass-fed beef and if you are interested in receiving our information you can call Linda in the office or email [email protected] and she will be happy to get you on the mailing list. Please don’t respond here in the blog as your request will get noticed sooner if you contact the farm directly, thank you! We are also having a Beef Open House on Saturday, September Read more

Green onions Collards Beets Carrots Lettuce Some sites only: Napa Cabbage Spinach Kale Fennel Strawberries   Vegetable Storage and Preparation Tips: NAPA CABBAGE: Napa Cabbage is cleverly packaged. Just stick dry, unwashed cabbage in fridge. The outer leaves may eventually get floppy, but you can remove & discard them to reveal fresh inner leaves. Cabbage can keep for a month, but once cut, store in a plastic bag. Rinse cabbage under cold running water just before use. Peel away outer leaves (if necessary) & cut cabbage in half through stem end. Lay flat & quarter it, again through stem end. Read more

Swiss Chard Curly Kale Celeriac Kabocha Squash Butternut Squash Parsley Onions Carrots Turnips Romanesco Apples (Gala or Jonagold) Stir-fry Mix RECIPES: Garlic & Lemon Roasted Romanesco Roasted Romanesco Curry w/Lemongrass Butternut Squash Gratin Butternut Squash Pizza’s w/Rosemary Apple Squares Red Wine Braised Roots SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: * All members for the 2014 season will be receiving the Late Season post today…Wordpress does not have a simple way to search for and omit email addresses once they have been added. If you prefer not to receive these posts, please just scroll down to the bottom and unsubscribe…we apologize for the inconvenience. * Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Fall Harvest Celebration Our annual Fall Harvest Celebration will be held on Saturday, October 14th this  year, from Noon to 3pm. We’ll start off with a Potluck to share, and then begin hayrides around the farm. Elizabeth Lutz will join us once again for some amazing faceprinting, we’ll be pressing fresh apple cider and have some crafts for the kids to enjoy. Come join us as well celebrate the season! Women space Vigil for Victims and Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence As  you know, Winter Green Farm supports the Womenspace Transitional Program each season with donations of healthy Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: It’s HOT!!! I will be posting a Blog mostly of recipes this week so I can help out the crew with the processing of your veggies…. WHAT’S IN YOUR SHARE THIS WEEK: Carrots Lettuce ~ Romaine or Red Butter Zucchini Cucumbers Swiss Chard Sweet onion New Potatoes Strawberries SOME SITES ONLY Eggplant Cherry Tomatoes Cauliflower RECIPES: Balsamic-Glazed Potatoes Cheesy Zucchini Tots Spicy Asian Zucchini Noodles Strawberry-Cucumber Ice Pops Eggplant Fries Spicy Eggplant & Cauliflower w/Basil Summer is getting REAL! Even with the crew beginning at 6:30 am, we are still hard pressed to get all of the fragile Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: NEXT WEEK, November 16th, will be the last CSA Share delivery of the season!! If you have any CSA bins that have made their way into your garage or backyard, please make every effort to return them to your CSA site next week. If you would like to purchase any of our Tomato Sauce or Strawberry Spread before the season ends, be sure to let me know and I can send it to your site for the last delivery. WHAT’S IN YOUR SHARE THIS WEEK: Carrots Curly Kale Cabbage ~ Savoy or Dutch Romanesco Parsnips Celeriac Onion Delicata Read more

“I think preparing food and feeding people brings nourishment not only to our bodies but to our spirits. Feeding people is a way of loving them, in the same way that feeding ourselves is a way of honoring our own createdness and fragility.” ― Shauna Niequist, Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace, and Learning the Hard Way SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tomatoes! We have a surplus of tomatoes right now, so if you would like to order a flat, just let us know. We are offering 15# flats for $34. Beef or Lamb Shares! We have sold out of our hamburger only Beef 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

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

We’re heading into the last week of July and the veggies are looking great! Everything’s growing, enjoying the sun, and waiting for the perfect time to be harvested and added to your share. Special Announcements: With summer in high gear, the first of the month is fast approaching, and that means August payments. If you’re set up for monthly payments and any of your information has changed, get ahold of us here at the farm at 541-935-1920 or [email protected] Going on vacation but not sure what to do with your share? Check out our website to place a vacation request. 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

Corn Carrots Onions Cucumbers Green beans Tomatoes Peppers Basil Some sites only: Cauliflower Eggplant Lettuce Beets Special Announcements: *The Beef Open House is on this Saturday, September 7th. There will be hayride tours, leaving at 10:00am and 1:00pm, which will take you out to view our cows and answer any questions that you might have. *We still have a few shares left in our late season CSA. The late season deliveries run from October 25th  to November 22nd. The late season shares will be full of our fall crops like carrots, beets, parsnips, turnips, winter squash, storage onions and potatoes, Read more

Lettuce Cabbage Carrots Sweet onion Chard Some sites only: Green onions Kale Broccoli Zucchini Spinach Strawberries Special Announcements: It’s blueberry time! We are excited to be working with Sunset Valley Organics again this year to bring you blueberry pints in your box! Sunset Valley Organics is a family run blueberry farm located in Corvallis. You can read all about their farm and agricultural practices on their website here, or check out their blog here. We will have the blueberry pints available for you for the next two weeks, starting this Friday, July 11th and again on July 18th for the Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Just a reminder for members who are receiving the Half Shares…..you will still be receiving the Blog post on Tuesday’s, even it is not your week to pick up your share! If you are receiving the 10 weeks of delivery, you should have received your first share last week, and then every other week until mid October. If you are receiving the 12 weeks of delivery, you will receive your first share this week, and then every other week until the week before Thanksgiving. If you have any questions about when to pick up your veggies, please do get Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: For those of you participating in the Standard 19 week season, next week will be your last share! We do still have a few of the Late Shares still available, so if you would like to continue on with delicious goodness, until the week before Thanksgiving, just let us know! If any of the CSA bins have made their way home to your house, please round them up and bring them back to your delivery location next week. The more bins that are returned, the fewer we need to replace next year and at a cost of $8/bin, Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: A couple of the site hosts have mentioned that the CSA bins are not being wiped out well enough. If you would please take an extra moment to use the cloth towel at the site to wipe out the veggie matter from the bin, it really makes an easier task for your volunteer site host at the end of the day. They store the empty bins until the following week when we return with fresh boxes, and have to tidy the site at the end of the day. Thank you! Blueberries!! Due to the impending heat predicted, we Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: This is the last delivery of the season for the 2018 CSA! Thank you so much for sharing the season with us! We hope that you all have a wonderful winter and Holiday Season! We look forward to feeding you again next season! If you are already missing your weekly share and would like to reserve your share for next season, just let us know! It helps us to plan for the new season and you can rest assured that your food future is secure! WHAT’S IN YOUR SHARE THIS WEEK: Brussels Sprouts Carrots Kale Potatoes Leeks Butternut Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: We are beginning to reserve our Late Season shares…..if you are enjoying the season so far and would like to continue on until the week before Thanksgiving, just get in touch and we’ll add  you to the Late Season membership! With the exception of Portland deliveries, all Late Season deliveries will be on Friday’s beginning October 24th, after the Standard Season ends. Portland deliveries will be on the weekends, at our Saturday PSU and Hollywood Farmers Markets, and on Sunday at our King Farmers Market. WHAT’S IN YOUR SHARE THIS WEEK: Cauliflower Carrots Zucchini Cucumber Onions Tomatoes Peppers Read more