*Cherry tomatoes at CSA display, photo by Adam Ford*

This Week’s Availability

This week we will have leeks, spaghetti squash, delicata squash, purple kohlrabi, red and yellow beet bunches, Ailsa Craig sweet onions, shallots, carrot bunches, garlic, green cabbage, red and yellow potatoes, sweet peppers, poblano peppers, jalapeno peppers, green curly kale, lacinato kale, pea shoots, arugula, baby lettuce, spinach, mini-romaine lettuce, parsley, heirloom tomatoes, beefsteak tomatoes, grape tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, roma tomatoes, green tomatoes, tomatillos, and husk cherries!

*oof, tomato season is almost over! photo by Adam Ford*

Bulk vegetables available for processing

When we have bulk amounts available with veggies, we like to pass along our wholesale prices to CSA members in case you want to do some processing. Below are the current wholesale prices for certain veggies. If you are interested in getting a bulk amount of anything, send us an email. Thanks! (We aren’t sure how much longer we will have the bulk amount of tomatoes available.)

Roma tomatoes: $28 for 10 pounds, $50 for 20 pounds

Heirloom Tomatoes: $28 for 10 pounds, $50 for 20 pounds

Beefsteak Tomatoes: $28 for 10 pounds, $50 for 20 pounds

Green Tomatoes: $20 for 10 pounds, $33 for 20 pounds

Onions: $20 for 10 pounds, $35 for 20 pounds

Green Curly Kale: $14 for 5 bunches, $24 for 10 bunches

Lacinato Kale: $14 for 5 bunches, $24 for 10 bunches

Garlic: $12 per pound

Jalapenos: $6 per pound, $25 for 5 pounds

CSA Bag Delivery Order Form

Fill out the delivery form by noon on Tuesdays.

CSA pickup and delivery days and times

*Grace harvesting potatoes, photo by Adam Ford*

Vermont Farmers’ Food Center’s 2021 Harvest Fest

The Vermont Farmers’ Food Center is an essentional part of this region’s food shed, supporting various layers of the food system in our area. If you love the work they do, or the fact that we live in a vibrant food shed with many thriving, local farms, consider getting tickets for their 2021 Harvest Fest. The website says they have both take out options or outdoor dining options for the event.

Farm News

Wowee! Almost all the tomatoes are out of the tunnels, beds have been broadforked, irrigated to flush weeds, flame weeded to kill those weeds, and raked to prepare for winter greens. Onions, garlic, and shallots have been graded and packed for storage. The soil steamer we rented is here and ready to do a lot of soil steaming this week. (And I am backed up with my work, so enjoy a photo tour for this week’s farm news!)

Have a great week,

-ESF Team: Kara, Ryan, Molly, Morgan, Grace, Cindy, Taylor, Katie

Weekly Recipe: Curried Spaghetti Squash and Kale Soup