A new year arrives like the birth of a new child. So much potential lies in these days ahead, so pure and innocent. The change is like the promise of everything that is tender and new, so much hope lies within the future. So much promise. In the world ahead of us with a seemingly changing climate, there is some discomfort in the air. The new year is like a clean, virgin, blank slate, but it seems to have some warping around the edges. What does a new year, a 2016, look like on a local, organic, small-scale vegetable CSA farm?
Well, if I have learned nothing from farming, I have learned to become an optimist. I have learned to order my seeds, prepare my bed and sow. I say a little prayer to the Bella Luna and send three kisses off to the Full Moon as Strega Nona did as her “ingrediente segreto”. Year after year we plan and improve and believe. We believe that the work we are doing is important, necessary and in harmony with the ecosystem we live within.
We are entering our 11th year as CSA farmers. The CSA is the most important part of our farm and is also the style of farming and community engagement that we are most passionate about. We are excited about the lessons we’ve learned as farmers. We’re excited about new seed varieties we plan to try, soil health and improvement and also for the food, of course, that we plan to grow and feed to our friends-all of you!
Lucky for us, winter offers your farmers a luxurious break. A physical and mental break from the stresses of a farming season. It creates a space where one season comes to a definite end and another will come to a true beginning. This is it. This is the beginning. The beginning of a new year. We have updated our 2016 pricing and even the shopping cart on our website is new where we can now accept credit cards and paypal on our home site. The Early Bird Discounts are in effect through April 1st, but we love to see folks sign up as early as they are able so that we can mange the bulk of our book-work associated with the flush of new Sign Ups coming in when it’s cold outside and we’re not so busy with transplanting and cultivating and other fun farming jobs that we would much prefer to be doing in May!
Join us in a new season. Let’s all vote together for local food. Let us reduce the fossil fuels that are used to transport vegetables across the country. Let’s try new vegetables. Let’s try new recipes and meet new people and convene in this way. Renew your membership in our CSA. Tell your friends to join a CSA. Eat more vegetables. Visit the farm. Bring kids to the farm. It’s time for resolutions. This is a really wonderful place for growing and we really want you to be a part of its future.
