August is Eat Local Month

Jess helping to pack orders and farm stand produce.

As we move into the peak of the summer harvest season (we harvested over 400 pounds of cucumbers and zucchinni wednesday morning!?!) we reflect on our community. Supporting the local community is at the heart of everything we do. From supplying fresh produce, meat, eggs, blueberries, compost, and flowers to you our CSA members, a farmstand visitor, a littleton coop shopper, or someone enjoying a meal at Rosa’s or Sour’s or an ice cream cone at Super Secret Ice Cream, to partnering with local schools and food access programs, we’re committed to making healthy, local food available to as many people as possible. The reach of the farm spider webs out and we hope to impact tastebuds and minds in positive thoughtful ways. All of this is part of our goal to strengthen the local food system and build a more resilient, connected community through local agriculture.

We are one of about 1,100 to 1,400 small farms across Coös, Grafton, and Carroll Counties. These farms grow vegetables, raise livestock, tap maple trees, produce honey, and craft local goods like cheese, jam, and sauerkraut. While they vary in size and focus, they all play an essential role in our regional food system and rural economy.

Eating local is one way to support that system. Folks who stop in at the farm or support us by supporting businesses who purchase from us, help keep farmland productive and keep money spent on food close to home. Eating local cuts down on transportation, and puts healthier, fresher, higher quality food on your plates and in your bellies.

As you know, August is Eat Local Month in New Hampshire and as I mentioned, the height of the growing season, making it a great time to explore what local farms have to offer. Whether it’s grabbing something fresh from a farm stand, stopping by the farmers market, or seeking out restaurants and businesses that use local ingredients, small actions can add up to creating stronger farms and a stronger local food community.



A number of us came together to weed the beans, lettuce and parsley in G6. This group effort made the time pass quickly and will set the garden up for less weeds in the future.

Evrald has picked 90% of the cherry tomatoes this season….hundreds and hundreds of pints. These cherries in GH10 are beginning to reach their peak and are the second planting. We hope to have cherry tomatoes right into the fall and the Fall CSA as long as the weather cooperates.

Tim and Sam took a walk around the farm to get a lay of the land, create a list of priorities for the weekend, month, and fall. We swung the parsley pendulum the other direction and are now in a lull with harvestable bunches, however this next succession in the CAT tunnel is looking great.

Thank you for supporting all we do here at the farm! We are thrilled to be able to help you eat local.

Pickup
Come anytime between 3 pm and 6 pm to choose your share on the day you chose when you signed up, so either Monday or Thursday.

Please bring your own bags or box to gather your choices.

If you signed up for an add-on, don’t forget to pickup your Coffee, Flowers, Eggs, and Pork sausage.

 Remember to contact us in advance if you will be unable to pick up on Thursday, so that we can store your share in our walk-in refrigerator to keep it fresh. You can email or call us to let us know. Thank you to all of those who have already arranged another time to pickup!

Here's what you will find in this weeks share:

Everyone gets to take an item we have yet to decide.

Full shares receive an additional 11 choices and

Small shares receive an additional 7 choices.

Please use the tally sheets to keep track of the number of choices you are taking at pickup. We want to make sure you receive all 8 choices if you are a small share and 12 choices if you are a large share!

Want some recipe ideas?

CHECK OUT THE CSA RECIPE PAGE!

Your Farmer, Sam (For Tim, Mikaela, Jeannie, Jim, Evrald, Shawn, Jav, Jeb, Colin, Jaime, Cole, Wyatt, Ani, Sophie, and Jess)