Welcome to the Fall CSA! Before we get into any details about this week's share, I just want to make sure you know the basic information for picking up your share in Holliston.

Pick Up Details
Pick Up Day: Tuesday
Pick Up Time: 1pm-6pm
Pick Up Location: 34 Rogers Rd, Holliston, MA
Share Duration: 12 weeks, last pick up is Tuesday, December 14th!*
*we will most likely be distributing produce on Tuesday, November 23rd (2 days before Thanksgiving) which will mean there will be no planned change to your CSA pick up schedule because of the holiday. We will also offer alternative pick up options for those of you who will be away for the holiday.

How to Pick Up
  1. Park: either drive up the long driveway, past the yellow house, onto the wood chip parking lot and park BEYOND the farm stand wagon, OR, park in the street and walk up. Please drive very slowly - 5mph - people pick up veggies with their kids.
  2. CHECK IN!: It is very, very important that you cross off your name when you pick up your share.
  3. Collect Your Veggies: Please follow the signs and walk around the farm stand wagon to collect your vegetables. There will be a stand attendant available to help you. BRING REUSABLE BAGS/TOTES/BOXES!

What if I know I can't make my CSA pick up: We prefer 48 hours notice, or more, for planned changes in your pick up schedule.
Alternative pick up options are
• Thursday, 12pm-5pm at Weston Nurseries
• Saturday, 9am-1pm at the Ashland Farmers Market until October 16th, when the market ends.

WE CAN ALWAYS MAKE A BOX FOR YOU! If you can't make it before the end of pick up hours, we can make a box for you and leave it in the walk-in-cooler (big white box with gray door next to farm stand wagon). Please text 508-215-8378 as soon as you know you can't make it.

What if I forget? If you forget, we can box up a share for you, please just let us know!

If there is extra produce at the end (and there usually is since we send more than we need to make sure we don't run out) we usually hold some produce like onions, squash, etc that keeps well for a later distribution and donate greens and perishables. If you can't make your pick up and want your share donated, please email me and we will make sure your whole share makes it to the food pantry.
Extra Fruit Shares Available!

We have 50 fruit shares available for 3 weeks, beginning this week! (Sorry for the late notice - we weren't sure there would be enough fruit, but there is!) Sign up ASAP, especially Tuesday members.
So . . . What's in the Share?


• 1 pound tomatoes
• 1 pound broccoli
• 1 pound sweet peppers


Choose 3 (no repeats unless stated on the signs, limited quantities all around):
• carrots
• brussels sprouts tops (these are the tops of the brussels sprout plant - they taste like brussels but cook like collards or kale - really delicious! Sorry, the sprouts themselves won't be ready for about 6 weeks for the fall share!)
• hakurei turnips
• cilantro
• radish
• mountain magic salad tomatoes
• mini sweet peppers
• fairy tale eggplant


Mix and Match 3 pounds:
yellow onions
red onions
green peppers
eggplants - they are getting smaller, we have to pick them this way in fall or they over mature/get damaged in some way, but they are especially tender!
zucchini/squash - limits here
delicata squash
leeks
napa cabbage
cauliflower (limited)
Recipe Ideas:

CHEESY RICE PORRIDGE WITH GREENS
Use those brussels sprout tops in this 5 ingredient vegetarian meal.

KID-APPROVED ROASTED BROCCOLI
Hands down our family favorite roasted broccoli recipe. Even the broccoli haters enjoyed this one!

GLAZED HAKUREI TURNIPS
I love that this recipe uses the greens as well! Also great for radishes or you can use a mix of both.

SAUTEED BROCCOLI AND BOK CHOY
Broccoli stalks are highly underrated. The outsides can be tough so peel them off with a vegetable to reveal the sweet and tender inner stalk. This recipe uses the broccoli stalks and florets as well as bok choy for a simple side dish or add some chicken or steak and serve over rice for a main course. You can swap out the garlic for garlic scapes or scallions.

LEEK & GOAT CHEESE SPANISH TORTILLA
A spanish tortilla is like a delicious cross between scalloped potatoes and a frittata.

GINGERBREAD WAFFLES WITH CARAMELIZED SQUASH
These vegan waffles with caramelized squash are the perfect fall breakfast (or lunch or dinner!).

CHICKEN WITH CREAMY DILL AND LEEK SAUCE
Whenever I see leeks, I think of this recipe. This is my favorite way to roast chicken. Not only is it super easy but it makes a whole meal in one roasting pan (although I usually add a salad as well). As an added bonus, cooking the chicken on a base of veggies keeps it from splattering grease all over the oven, causing massive quantities of smoke to pour out of the oven and setting off your fire alarms. While this is a great way to ensure that your family knows it’s time for dinner, I prefer the quieter method used in this recipe.
We are raising funds to support Flats Mentor Farm Flood Relief!
(last we we raised $1268 from the sale of bouquets/donations, and we saw that several of you made very generous donations on the gofundme page! Our flower manager, Jen, donated her time to make the bouquets, so we will also be donating what she would have been paid to the fundraiser. Last week was Jen's last week, so we will have less time to make bouquets, but still plan to bring some bouquets to sell, $20 each, all profits supporting this important flood relief effort.

This picture was taken above Flats Mentor Farm this summer. It might have been in July, when persistent rains caused flooding on farms all across eastern Massachusetts. Or it might have been as a result of Hurricane Ida, when the fields flooded again. To say that this was a challenging growing season would be an understatement for these farmers.

Flats Mentor Farm, located on 70 acres in Lancaster, MA hosts 354 immigrant farmers, who grow food to feed their extended families and who collectively participate in 40 farmers markets across Massachusetts. The non-profit that supports and hosts these farmers has helped to organize a fundraiser to off-set the extreme losses many of these farmers face this year.


If you are able, a donation of any size would make a big impact.

Farmers across the state are sharing this fundraiser with their community.

Five Forks Farm in Upton donated all of the profits from their sales this past weekend to the fundraiser. This is farm you should know, they grow incredible flowers for sale at their lovely farm stand on weekends - dahlias that will make you swoon are available now, and in spring, when we are all aching for a little boost of beauty, their greenhouses are full of early blooms - plus there are hiking trails at the farm. Their location is 153 North St, Upton. Follow them on facebook for up-to-date information on their farm stand offerings.
Inspired by the folks at Five Forks, and seeing that we have extra flowers in the field after our flower CSA ended last week, we are offering mixed bouquets for a suggested donation of $20 for sale during CSA pick up until frost.

You can either pay $20 which we will then donate to the FMF Fundraiser, or make a donation and show the receipt to the CSA stand manager.

Our supply will be limited, but we will do our best to have many lovely flowers available for the next few weeks!
REMEMBER! IF YOU WANT TO SWITCH YOUR PICK UP DAY I PREFER 48 HOURS NOTICE WHENEVER POSSIBLE!

If you can't make it, please feel free to send someone else to pick up your share, or reach out to us and we can coordinate an alternate pick up plan.
CSA Pick Up Hours:

Holliston Community Farm
34 Rogers Rd, Holliston
Tuesday, 1pm-6pm

Weston Nurseries
93 East Main St (but don't use the main entrance. At the light in front of the Nursery, turn uphill on Legacy Farm road and make your first right. It's a back entrance and you'll see the box truck!)
Thursday, 12pm-5pm

On Farm
65 Brookline St, Pepperell (but really it's more like 60 Brookline st, just east of where the GPS will take you. There's a big sign and a parking lot.)
Thursday 4pm-7pm
Enjoy!
Brittany and the Upswing Farm Team