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Week 9 - 18th Regular Season
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What's in the Boxes

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Beets
Broccoli
Cabbage, Savoy
Carrots
Kale
Lettuce
Onions, spring
Potatoes
Summer squash
Strawberries

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Beets
Broccoli
Cabbage, Savoy
Carrots
Kale
Lettuce
Onions, spring
Potatoes
Summer squash
Strawberries

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Beets
Broccoli
Cabbage, Savoy
Kale
Lettuce
Onions, spring
Potatoes
Summer squash
Strawberries
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Upcoming Events

Maturing apricots

Young plums

Butterfly on berry plant

Wild rose blossom

Guava blossoms

Berry blossoms
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Farm News & Reflections

A Taste of the Wild Side

On a farm walk with friends and family this weekend we discovered that many of the native blackberries growing in hedgerows and the understory of our oak woodlands are filled with ripe berries. Unlike the adjacent cultivated field varieties growing in neat domesticated and trellised rows, the native blackberries grow wild among a thicket of other native plants such as Coyote brush, Coffeeberry, Mugwort, Monkey flowers, California Lilac, Sage and many others.  

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Rebecca's Recipes 

Rebecca Mastoris is a chef/teacher at Bauman College, and a partner with Karen Haralson in Vibrant Foods Catering. Both Karen and Rebecca teach cooking classes at the Farm, in town locally (at  Let's Cook! Santa Cruz), and the last Sunday of each month at Williams Sonoma in Los Gatos. Go to VibrantFoodsCatering.com for more information and to register.

 

Beet Chutney
Broccoli with Smoked Paprika and Garlic 

Caesar Potato Salad with Sugar Snap Peas 

Carrot and Cranberry Salad with Ginger Dressing 

Sauteed Kale with Garlic, Shallots, and Capers 

White Kimchi 

Community Farm Day - June 22nd

Ideally farming is built around a mutual commitment between farmers and eaters, to share the risks and benefits of growing food and, of course, experiencing the pleasure of eating and sharing food that comes from this more harmonious relationship with the land. You are invited to come to the farm to honor the changing of the seasons, celebrate the meaning of community around Food and Farming, and experience this dynamic relationship at our upcoming Annual Summer Solstice celebration.  There will be fun activities for the whole family from 2:00pm till dark.  For more information and to Sign up for the event - Click Here! 
Discovery Program

Summer Camps at Live Earth Farm

Looking for a Summer Camp for the kids?  This year our Discovery Program is offering three camps:  Art on the Farm Camp, Young Farmers Camp, and Sprouts Camp.  We have a really good time at our Summer Camps.  Summer is such a brilliant time on the farm.  The experience is warm, sunny, bright, and full of flavor.  Our days are filled with fun activities designed to encourage creative expression in many different media.  We make art, crafts, snacks, preserves, garden beds, and great friends.  During the course of the week we plant, weed, harvest, water, cut, cook, can, weave, print, paint, all in the beautiful setting of Live Earth Farm.

There's even a 10% discount for CSA members, returning campers, siblings and coupon holders (only one discount may be applied per family).  Regular price of $350 per camper.
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Our Farm Stand Opens June 1st

Come visit the Farm on a Saturday beginning June 1st and go home with fresh produce.  Our Farm Stand will be open from 10am - 3pm at our Green Valley Barn at 1275 Green Valley Rd near Watsonville.
Bread Love

We've been offering artisanal organic whole wheat sourdough bread from Companion Bakeshop as our "Bread Option" for a few years now, and started offering individual loaves through our web store last season.  So if you want to try a loaf or two before committing to the full Bread Option, just order them over the weekend for your next delivery.  Look for ordering instructions in the Saturday morning "What's in the Web Store" email. Then if you like it (we know you will!), you can simply log in to your online account to add a bread option and get a loaf weekly!
 
Companion Bakeshop uses their own sourdough starter, all organic ingredients, hand-mixes their dough, and hand-shapes all their loaves. These are rustic, European style loaves, stone baked fresh the morning of delivery! The only ingredients in them are their starter, Giusto's organic whole wheat flour, water, salt, plus whatever seeds are added depending on the loaf-type.

Please note: bread is currently only available for Wednesday and Friday deliveries. 
Request of Current CSA Members

Help us meet our CSA membership goal for the Season

We are only 75 members short of our projected CSA membership goal, and we would like you to help us reach it. Unlike in past years where we've had a waiting list for CSA memberships, many, mostly positive, factors have changed that reality, where today we enjoy more choice and availability of locally grown organic food. As a farm we are adapting by diversifying our marketing strategy, selling more of our harvest to grocery stores, restaurants, and small distributors, as well as expanding our deliveries to new markets all the way into San Francisco. Nothing has changed in our commitment and philosophy, we however need to adjust to new economic realities and meeting our membership goal is important. You, our members, are what supports and makes the Live Earth Farm community. We are asking that you spread the word to your friends, family, neighbors, co-workers about what a benefit being a part of Live Earth Farm and receiving your CSA share box is.
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Upcoming Workshops at the Farm  

Want to learn how to make cheese, pickles, jams, and other preserves?  Happy Girl Kitchen, the wonderful folks who preserve the summer goodness from the farm for us to enjoy during the winter season, holds monthly workshops at the farm.  Check them out by clicking on the links below

 

June 15th - Jam with Happy Girl Kitchen 

July 20th - Pickling with Happy Girl Kitchen  

August 10th - Preserving Tomatoes  

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Live Earth Farm
PO Box 3490
Freedom CA 95019-3490
831.763.2448  [email protected]
www.LiveEarthFarm.net