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Need to know!
Skim all the rest, but please read this section.
When is the last day of CSA?
As the growing season starts to slow, folks start to question the last day of delivery for their CSA. Here is a listing of our delivery schedules for this year. The last delivery will be on a Wednesday this year, so that people can have their food before Thanksgiving.
- Gonzo Share: End Date Nov 27th
- Staple Share: End Date Nov 27th
- Seesaw Share: End date Nov 21st for "A" and Nov 27th for "B"
- Chicken Weekly: End date is Nov 27th
- Chicken "A" Group: End Date Nov 21st
- Chicken "B" Group: End Date Nov 27th
- Eggs Weekly: End Date Oct 17th
- Eggs "A" Group: End Date Oct 10th
- Eggs "B" Group: End Date Oct 17th
- Bridge Share: Delivery Dates Dec 5th and Dec 12th.
Coming Soon- Winter Meat Share! Our Winter meat share will be delivered 1 time per month from Dec-Feb and will contain pork, beef, and poultry items. Watch your email for details coming soon.
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Projected Box Contents
(green = recipes) (blue = storage tips)
Staple: SMALL BOX
Box contents are subject to change at the last minute, do to unforeseen circumstances.
Directions for pick up:
Follow this link for directions on how to pick up your CSA box and farm store items
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Featured Vegetables
French Fingerling Potato
Not to be confused with new potatoes, fingerling potatoes have a more complex flavor, and they are fully mature. The French fingerling is a petite, sleek and slender heirloom potato. Its rose colored skin is thin and smooth. Its flesh, creamy yellow and splashed with pink, is succulent, firm and waxy. Thin delicate skin doesn't need to be peeled. It has a robust, nutty, earthy and buttery flavor when cooked.
Please note that this week the potatoes you will receive will not be washed. This is to allow for longer storage if you choose not to use them right away.
Cauliflower
This year's green and purple cauliflower is beautiful and delicious. This variety is very fragile and may show bruising on the flowers. Cauliflower should be used quickly to avoid the growth of mold on the flowers. Try one of the recipes above or this one for Spicy Roasted Purple Cauliflower. The recipes freeze well or the flowerettes can also be frozen after quick boiling water blanch.
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Coming Soon from LotFotL:
Winter Meat Shares
Boxes are delivered 1 time per month to select drop sites (Delivery dates: Dec 5th, Jan 16th, and Feb 13th). This share will include around 16-20 lbs of meat each month. All of the meat is either from our farm or from local Wisconsin farms that are using organic and/or grass fed standards. Each box will differ, but will look something like this:
- 1 whole chicken 4-5 lbs
 - 1 lb ground pork
- 3 lbs ground beef
- 1 lb bacon or breakfast sausage
- Neys Big Sky or Bolzano Meats specialty sausage
- Other beef (steaks, roasts, etc.)
- Other pork (Roast, chops/steaks, ham, etc)
Watch for our official release date and prices in a not far off email.
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More Dirt on the Food Safety Modernization Act:
Small Farms like LotFotL are asking for your help. We need your comments to let the FDA know how important local food and farmers are to you and that you don't want this act to be a burden on your food producers. We need them to see that you recognize that these regulations have the potential to be harmful to the planet's soil, water, and wildlife. They need to know that you support the use of natural fertilizers like manure and compost and don't want your food grown with synthetic chemicals that ultimately deplete the soil and planet. Please tell them that you know the safest way to get our food is from small local farmers!
Top 10 Problems with FSMA for Farmers and Local Food Businesses:
1.They're too expensive. The rules could cost farmers over half of their profits and will keep beginners from starting to farm.
2. They treat farmers unfairly. FDA is claiming broad authority to revoke small farmers' protections without any proof of a public health threat.
3. They will reduce access to fresh, healthy food. Local food distributors like food hubs could close, and new food businesses will not launch.
4. They make it harder for farms to diversify. Grain, dairy, and livestock farmers could be denied access to emerging local food markets.
5. They will over-regulate local food. The rules could consider farmers markets, roadside stands, and community-supported agriculture programs "manufacturing facilities" subject to additional regulation.
6. They treat pickles like a dangerous substance. The rules fail to protect a host of low-risk processing activities done by smaller farms and processors.
7. They make it nearly impossible to use natural fertilizers like manure and compost.
8. Farmers will be pushed to use chemicals instead of natural fertilizers.
9. They require excessive water testing on farms. Farmers using water from streams and lakes will be required to pay for weekly water tests regardless of risk or cost.
10. They could harm wildlife and degrade our soil and water. The rules could force farmers to halt safe practices that protect our natural resources and wildlife.
Bonus: there's at least one good thing about the rules.
The rules take an 'integrated', not a 'commodity-specific' approach - meaning farmers won't face over 30 separate rules for each kind of fresh produce they grow. FDA needs to keep this good decision in the final rules!
This list is brought to you from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition.
Click here to learn more and submit your comment to the FDA!
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