2025 Harvest 23

You did it.
Twenty-three weeks. Nearly half a year of filling your fridge with leafy greens, vibrant roots, and vegetables you maybe had to Google once or twice (hi, kohlrabi). That’s no small thing. Truly—take a second and let that sink in.

You showed up week after week. You remembered pickup days (even on the weeks when life was wild and the fridge felt like a game of veggie Tetris). You got creative. You snuck greens into breakfasts, blended squash into soups, handed your kids cucumbers and carrots like they were snacks from a secret garden. You fed your family real food. And that’s something to feel pretty damn proud of.

One of my favorite things I heard this season came from our family doctor—who also happens to be a CSA member. He told me that one of the healthiest decisions a family can make is joining a CSA. Not just because you’re getting loads of nutrient-dense food (though your bodies are definitely thanking you), but because it often leads to something even more powerful: families sitting down at the table together. In his words, diverse vegetables plus shared meals equals stronger bodies and stronger connections. He says he recommends joining a CSA to his patients daily, if they’re able.

So from the bottom of our tired, dirt-under-the-nails, grateful hearts: thank you.
Thank you for committing to the rhythm of the farm. For trusting us with your meals. For bringing our vegetables into your kitchens, your lunches, your kids’ snack plates, your Sunday dinners, your Tuesday scrambles.

Our family loved growing food for your family.
And if your fridge feels a little too quiet next week… just know we already miss being part of your meals too.

— Until next season 💛


Harvest 23

  1. Baby Kale Mix—(we love adding this to smoothies!) It’s super high in antioxidants, contains vitamin C, Vitamin K, Manganese and various polyphenols

  2. Lettuce Mix—Anti-infamatory and a rich source of vitamins A, K and folate.

  3. Red Radicchio— It’s rich in vitamin K, a good source of dietary fiber, and it healthy source of antioxidants. Consuming radicchio may help reduce the risk of health conditions such as cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis, and heart disease.

  4. Spinach-rich in iron, potassium, vitamins C & E, and magnesium. Spinach can also aid in digestion and has anticancer properties. Eat this veggie up!!

  5. Turnips—Rich in vitamins and minerals turnips are high in antioxidants which help provide anti-inflammatory, anticancer, and antibacterial effects, among other benefits. The greens boast a whole list of their own nutritional values but the biggest ones are that they’re high in vitamin A and calcium. Please remove the greens from the turnips and store them separately so the roots don’t get soft.

  6. Beets—rich in folate, manganese and copper. Copper is very important as it helps make red blood cells and helps keep your immune system healthy.

  7. Jalapeño Peppers—jalapeños are rich in vitamins A and C and potassium. They also have carotene -- an antioxidant that helps protect your cells from disease– as well as folate, vitamin K, and B vitamins.

  8. Potatoes—Potato skins and flesh are both very beneficial to human health. Fun fact—potato plants draw some of the highest concentration of macro and trace minerals from the earth. This was news to me!! They are high in potassium and rich in vitamin B6, as well as a fantastic source of amino acids, especially lysine in its bioactive form. Lysine is a powerful weapon against viruses such as Epstein-Barr and shingles that are behind rheumatoid arthritis, joint pain, autoimmune disease, and more. Potatoes also contain tyrosine, a chemical needed to produce thyroid hormones. So cool! Eat more potatoes folks!

  9. Winter Squash —Winter Squash is a highly nutritious and alkaline food which is rich in phytonutrients and antioxidants. It’s easy to digest and contains high amounts of Vitamins A, E, C, B-complex, and beta carotene, iron, zinc, calcium, and potassium which are vital for a healthy and strong immune and nervous system

Recipe Suggestions

Harvest Chicken Salad (this is a fabulous salad!!)

Mild Butternut Squash & Lamb Curry (this is a family favorite! Use any variety of winter squash in the stew!)

Chicken, Chickpea & Spinach Soup (so easy and delicious!)

Beef & Beet Patties with Spinach Avocado Pesto (so good! The pesto is bomb and this is great for meal prep!)

Kiddo CSA Recipes

Double Chocolate Beet Muffins (these are such a fun and tasty way to enjoy beets!)

Pumpkin Molasses Chili (a family favorite!)

2025 Harvest 22

Howdy folks and welcome to Harvest Week 22!

As the CSA season winds down, we can’t help but reflect on what an incredible year it’s been. It was truly bountiful! As much as we’ll miss harvesting food for your families this winter, our bodies are feeling it — and our hands and feet are COLD out here in this frosty autumn weather.

A special shoutout to our designated veggie washer each week — you’re our hero! It’s not an easy job this time of year. The water’s freezing, the veggies are freezing, and it’s an all-day affair.

This week’s share looks a lot like last week’s, featuring another round of that beautiful Sugarloaf radicchio. We hope you enjoyed it because there’s more coming your way! You’ll also find our favorite winter squash — the Blue Hubbard. It’s a beast, but oh-so-delicious. This is our sweetest squash variety, perfect for baking, soups, or curries.

Pro tip: the best way to “slice” it is to drop it on the ground so it breaks into smaller, more manageable pieces. If you have kiddos, this is a fun (and safe) way to get them involved!

Alrighty — we hope you’re hungry for another week of the healthiest, freshest food in the valley.

Your farmers,
Andrea, Taylor, Pepper, Maize & our awesome crew

Harvest 22

  1. Kale—super high in antioxidants, contains vitamin C, Vitamin K, Manganese and various polyphenols

  2. Head Lettuce—Anti-infamatory and a rich source of vitamins A, K and folate.

  3. Radicchio—(the variety is “Sugarloaf” and it’s a green variety) It’s rich in vitamin K, a good source of dietary fiber, and it healthy source of antioxidants. Consuming radicchio may help reduce the risk of health conditions such as cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis, and heart disease.

  4. Bell Peppers—Bell peppers are very high in vitamin C, with a single one providing up to 169% of the recommended daily value. Other vitamins and minerals in bell peppers include vitamin K1, vitamin E, vitamin A, folate, and potassium.

  5. Onions— Onions are high in probiotics and fiber which is great for gut health. They are also high in vitamin C, which may help regulate your immune health, collagen production, and iron absorption. Onions are rich in B vitamins, including folate and vitamin B6.

  6. Winter Squash (Blue Hubbard)—Winter Squash is a highly nutritious and alkaline food which is rich in phytonutrients and antioxidants. It’s easy to digest and contains high amounts of Vitamins A, E, C, B-complex, and beta carotene, iron, zinc, calcium, and potassium which are vital for a healthy and strong immune and nervous system

  7. Carrots—Rich in beta-carotene which your body converts into Vitamin A. This vitamin is important for vision, bone and immune function. Carrots are also high in antioxidants and important minerals for overall body health. Remove the greens on the carrots before storing them so they don’t go soft.

  8. Scallions—Great for overall immune health. Scallions are a good source of vitamin C and a flavonoid called quercetin. Both can strengthen your immune system and help it fight illnesses.

  9. Garlic— the list of health benefits is almost too long!! It’s anti-fungal, anti- inflammatory, boosts immune health, and is full of antioxidants! Just eat garlic with every meal!

Recipe Suggestions

Pork and Butternut Stew (this is FANTASTIC!!) use your blue hubbard for this recipe!

Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad (use any variety of lettuce or kale!)

Chipotle Butternut Squash Soup (use any variety of winter squash)

Chili Lime Winter Squash Salad (use the Sugarloaf Radicchio in this recipe. It will be fantastic as a stand in for lettuce!)

Chicken & Chickpea Stew (this is SO cozy—use kale in place of spinach here)

Here are some CSA Kiddo Inspired Recipes

Pumpkin Molasses Chili (this is fantastic!)

Kid Friendly Carrot Salad (we love this as a whole family!)

Winter Harvest Mexican Beef Stew (this kiddos love this SO much!)

2025 Harvest 21

Howdy folks and welcome to Harvest Week 21! The fields are bursting with lush fall greens, while the spots where the squash, melons, and cucumbers once thrived are looking pretty bare these days. Our cover crop is coming in strong (thank goodness!), and we’re shifting gears to prep the upper field for garlic planting. Garlic is always the final crop of the season—we plant it before winter sets in and it hangs out there until spring. So today’s to-do list includes making beds, spreading fertilizer, and breaking apart what feels like a million cloves of garlic. Our fingernails will be scented for the rest of the season with fresh garlic!

Anyhow, we hope this week’s harvest finds you well and hungry! The rainbow chard salad recipe below was a big hit at our house, and I think you’ll love it too.

Happy cooking and eating everyone!

Your farmers,
Andrea, Taylor, Pepper, Maize and our awesome crew

Harvest 21

  1. Radicchio—(the variety is “Sugarloaf” and it’s a green variety) It’s rich in vitamin K, a good source of dietary fiber, and it healthy source of antioxidants. Consuming radicchio may help reduce the risk of health conditions such as cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis, and heart disease.

  2. Rainbow Chard—this dark leafy green is high in antioxidants and important vitamins and minerals including vitamin C, K and A and a healthy dose of magnesium (which many people are deficient in).

  3. Lettuce Mix—A rich source of vitamins A, K and folate. Also anti- inflammatory!

  4. Bell Peppers—Bell peppers are very high in vitamin C, with a single one providing up to 169% of the recommended daily value. Other vitamins and minerals in bell peppers include vitamin K1, vitamin E, vitamin A, folate, and potassium.

  5. Broccoli—Broccoli contains many vitamins, minerals, fiber, and antioxidants. Research suggests that some of broccoli’s plant compounds are thought to help prevent cancer when eaten often. Broccoli’s benefits include helping reduce inflammation, keeping blood sugar stable, and strengthening the immune system.

  6. Beets—rich in folate, manganese and copper. Copper is very important as it helps make red blood cells and helps keep your immune system healthy.

  7. Red Onions— Onions are high in probiotics and fiber which is great for gut health. They are also high in vitamin C, which may help regulate your immune health, collagen production, and iron absorption. Onions are rich in B vitamins, including folate and vitamin B6.

  8. Parsley—This herb is an all-purpose pathogen-fighter; it keeps bacteria, parasites, and fungus at bay. It helps alkalize all systems in the body and includes important vitamins and minerals such as vitamins B, A, C, and K. It’s also a highly remineralizing food, especially for those low in trace minerals; parsley provides magnesium, sulfur, iron, zinc, manganese, molybdenum, chromium, selenium, iodine, and calcium. 

  9. Purple Potatoes—Potato skins and flesh are both very beneficial to human health. Fun fact—potato plants draw some of the highest concentration of macro and trace minerals from the earth. This was news to me!! They are high in potassium and rich in vitamin B6, as well as a fantastic source of amino acids, especially lysine in its bioactive form. Lysine is a powerful weapon against viruses such as Epstein-Barr and shingles that are behind rheumatoid arthritis, joint pain, autoimmune disease, and more. Potatoes also contain tyrosine, a chemical needed to produce thyroid hormones. So cool! Eat more potatoes folks!

  10. Winter Squash (Delicata)—Winter Squash is a highly nutritious and alkaline food which is rich in phytonutrients and antioxidants. It’s easy to digest and contains high amounts of Vitamins A, E, C, B-complex, and beta carotene, iron, zinc, calcium, and potassium which are vital for a healthy and strong immune and nervous system

Recipe Suggestions

Chicory Salad with White Beans, Anchovies & Parmesan (this is one of our all time favorite salads to make with radicchio or endive!)

Beet, Avocado & Tahini Salad (So very tasty and easy!)

Lamb Meatloaf with Tahini Sauce and Beet Relish (if you haven’t made this yet your missing out! The flavors are fantastic!)


CSA Kiddo Inspired Recipes!

Double Chocolate Beet Muffins (my kiddos favorite!!)