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Live Earth Farm Community News                                           Week 30 - 18th Regular Season
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Apples, Gala
Arugula
Broccoli OR Cauliflower
Cabbage, Savoy
Carrots
Cilantro
Collards OR Kale
Dry-farmed Tomatoes
Lettuce
Onions, Bunching
Radishes
Summer Squash

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Arugula
Beets
Broccoli OR Cauliflower
Cabbage, Napa
Cilantro
Collards OR Kale
Dry-farmed Tomatoes
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Broccoli OR Cauliflower
Cabbage, Savoy
Carrots
Cilantro
Collards OR Kale
Dry-farmed Tomatoes
Lettuce
Radishes
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Annual Fall Harvest Festival

Join us on the Farm - this Saturday, October 26th      
  
Honor the change of the Season and Celebrate the Harvest and Bounty of the Pajaro Valley and the Monterey Bay Area! Join us for fun for the whole family.

Here's some of the activities:
    * Pumpkin Decorating & Face Painting
    * Pie Contest
    * Cob Oven Pizettes
    * Hay Bale Fort, Pumpkin Patch & Tractor Rides
    * Community Potluck Dinner & Sunset Bonfire   
Continue to our web site for more info and to register

Harvest Festival Pie Contest

We are bringing back the pie-baking contest!  
  
Compete with the finest CSA and farming community members in the Monterey Bay area. Show off your baking skills and become a hero of this year's festival.  All ages are encouraged to enter the contest and awards will be given at 5:45pm during our community circle before the potluck dinner begins. To enter the contest, please bring your pie to the Welcome Cart near the fire circle by 4pm sharp. 
 Continue to our web site for more info

Farm News & Tom's Reflections

A Healthy Promise!  
  
When I drive Elisa, our daughter, to school in the morning I get a glimpse of the kind of things she pays attention to as we make the 20 minute drive through the back-roads of Watsonville, Corralitos, and Aptos to avoid the stop and go traffic on HWY 1. Her curiosity often surprises me as she comes up with questions about the farming activities she sees along the way. Just the other day the plastic hoop-houses covering a large field of commercially grown blackberries were being removed, the blackberry bushes still lush and vigorous got mowed to the ground and plowed into the soil. She was curious why these healthy looking plants were suddenly removed. It puzzled me as well since blackberries can stay productive for many years and this was still a young patch.   Continue reading on our web site

CSA & Farm News

Now Taking New Season Sign-ups! 

It's time to Sign-up for our 2013 Winter and 2014 Main Seasons.

 

We are also now offering a Choice Share and Ongoing Membership!

  

Click here for more details about the New Seasons and Choice Share 

 
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 here at the Farm and at Let's Cook! Santa Cruz. Go to VibrantFoodsCatering.com for more information and to register.

African-Style Quinoa Stew
Radish Olive Crostini
Summer Squash Pancakes 

Braised Cabbage and Carrots with Mint and Cider Vinegar 


Community Farm Day

Apple U-Harvest - this Saturday, October 26th
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM


The Fuji apple harvest is in full swing. They are so crunchy and sweet and few things rival eating them fresh, right off the tree. We invite you to pick your own this Saturday, October 26, starting at 10AM. We planned it so that you can also join us for our last community farm event of the year, our Harvest Festival. It should be loads of fun, with activities for everyone.

Bring your home baked pie to enter our contest and pick some more apples to hold you over for the holidays. Farmer Tom will be giving tractor rides, so maybe he can even haul your harvest back to your car. Join us at our Green Valley Barn Farm Stand for directions to the U-Harvest orchard.  Click here for more details

Companion Bakeshop Classes

Lots of Fall Classes to Choose From
 
Do you know Companion Bakeshop, the folks who bake the loaves for our Bread Option, offer baking workshops?  Their Fall schedule is posted, and there are many different workshops to choose from.  Click here for more details and to register. 

Our Farm Stand is Open


Come visit the Farm on a Saturday and go home with fresh produce.  Our Farm Stand is open Saturday's from 10am - 3pm at our Green Valley Barn at 1275 Green Valley Rd near Watsonville.
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Live Earth Farm
PO Box 3490
Freedom CA 95019-3490
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