Mountain Bounty Farm News 

Dear CSA,

The Nisenan are the Indigenous people of the Sierra Nevada foothills, their traditional territory extending from the crest of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the North Fork of the Yuba River, to the west side of the Sacramento River and the northern banks of the Consumnes River. 

Nevada City and much of the surrounding area (including our Mountain Bounty Birchville Farm site) rests on land that Nisenan people have called home since ancient times. As a farm, we recognize that the land we operate on is unceded indigenous territory, and we contribute monthly to the Nevada City Rancheria’s "Ancestral Homelands Reciprocity Program".

The Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe is looking to purchase 232 acres located on a historic Nisenan Village site called Yulića, near Nevada City, CA - what is currently known as Woolman at Sierra Friends Center. Their fundraising goal of $2.4 million includes the purchase price, government-mandated improvements, and an operating endowment. Phase 1 fundraising is $1.5 million by April 4, 2024. This is the Tribe’s best opportunity to re-establish a homeland in more than half a century, but they need help to make it happen.

In this unprecedented moment, we all have the opportunity to support the return of Ancestral Homelands to the Nisenan Tribe, and in turn offer support for their tribal health and stability, cultural and spiritual preservation/revitalization, and community and environmental healing. 

We ask our members to educate themselves on the Homeland Return Campaign (click here for more information) and also consider a donation to their GoFundMe Campaign (Click here) if possible.

The purchase and rematriation of Yulića provides a tremendous potential for stability and healing for the Nisenan people, the environment, and the fabric of the Nevada City community.

-Becky and the Mountain Bounty Crew

Seasonal Flower Shares -

Provided by Little Boy Flowers

The Early Spring Flower CSA offered by our partner farm Little Boy Flowers is happening now! Signups are still available for the remaining weeks of delivery. This CSA runs through April 17/18

The Early Spring Flower CSA includes bouquets of our farm's most popular blooms- anemones, ranunculus, Icelandic poppies and tulips. The size of the bouquets progresses with the season.

Try our Mountain Bounty personalized coffee blend CSA (both Regular and Decaf) from Remedy Coffee Company in Auburn!

Remedy coffee is made with a focus on quality, by working directly with growers and producers, and small batch-roasting to bring out the natural flavors of the coffee bean. Their coffee is served at local Nevada City haunts such as Three Forks and Briar Patch. We are thrilled to offer up our own signature coffee; the "Mountain Bounty Blend" as a Weekly or Bi-weekly CSA Subscription.

Farm Box Contents

(Contents are subject to change depending on harvest and weather conditions at Mountain Bounty and our Partner Farms.)

Please check the delivery list at your CSA site and sign your name indicating you have picked up your shares. We deliver exactly what is on the delivery list.

Small Box (Feeds 1-2 people)

• Purple Potatoes (Super Tuber Farm)
• Collards (Riverdog Farm)
• Broccoli (Coke Farms)
• Yellow Onion (Coke Farms)
• Fennel (Pinnacle Farm)
• Cilantro (Pinnacle Farm)

Fruit Box - (Provided by FROG HOLLOW FARM and contents subject to substitutions)

**PLEASE NOTE: The Fruit Share will be taking a seasonal break the weeks of

April 10/11 through May 15/16, with deliveries resuming May 22/23**

• Pink Lady and Fuji Apples, Cuyama Orchards
• Murcott Mandarins, Fruit Fairy Farms
• Navel Oranges, Blue Heron Farm
• Cherimoya, Las Palmalitas - Please expect cosmetic damage on the exterior. There will be some splits but the inside should be good! See the recipes section for cherimoya tips.
• Hass avocados, Calavo,

**Due to delivery logistics, we are unable to return the Fruit Share Boxes to Frog Hollow. Please recycle your box at home**

If you are unsure if you are signed up for Fruit Shares, please visit your Member Dashboard HERE to verify!! Please do not grab a share unless you see your name on the pickup list.

Mushroom CSA

(Provided by Grass Valley Mushrooms)

This week will be a bag of Blue Oyster Mushrooms, locally grown from Grass Valley Mushrooms.

General mushroom cooking instructions: Mushrooms should be cooked for about 15-20 minutes. Sautéing them is what we do most around here! 

Start with a dry sauté (no oil or butter) on low heat first for about 5 minutes to soften them and break down the outside cellular wall of the mushroom, and this will get some of the excess moisture out. Then, add oil or butter and your seasoning and go to a low-medium heat, sauteing for 10-15 minutes.

Tips and Recipes:

Blue Oyster Mushrooms have a mild, savory flavor well suited for cooked preparations, including braising, sautéing, roasting, frying, grilling, and sir-frying. The mushrooms can be consumed raw, but the flavor may contain a slightly more metallic taste. Blue Oyster mushrooms are most commonly combined with other mushrooms and sauteed to create an earthy and textural side dish, or they are tossed into soups to contribute umami flavors into the broth. The mushrooms are also roasted and stirred into pasta, cooked into omelets, breaded and fried, prepared as a vegetarian substitute for seafood, used as a topping over pizza, grilled and layered onto burgers, or served as a simple side dish. For some ideas on how to use your Blue Oyster mushrooms, especially as an Asada for tacos, Click Here!

Recipes, storage tips, inspiration and nutrition information:

• Purple Potatoes have a lot going for them, nutritionally-speaking. They are a good source of beta-carotene, but are an even richer source of anthocyanin pigments, which act as antioxidants that can help reduce inflammation and boost your immune system. Purple potatoes have about three times more anthocyanins than the average blueberry. For fun, you could make a truly unique pot of Purple Mashed Potatoes (Click here) or you can go a little less psychedelic and make Rosemary Roasted Purple Potatoes (Click here).

• Cherimoya are an exciting treat in the Fruit Share this week! These softball-sized fruits have a thick green skin that reveals a pale and custard textured flesh when sliced open. Tropical notes of pineapple, banana, and papaya of this fruit can be enjoyed by slicing the fruit down the middle and eating with a spoon or slice it into sections like an orange. Seeds and skin are not edible.

• It's chilly out, which means it is still soup season (Yay). Use the Fennel in your box this week to make this hearty Fennel Soup with Pasta and White Beans (Click here).

• If you are wanting to add even more purple to your dinner table, prepare this Carrot and Purple Daikon Radish Salad (Click here).

• Collard Greens can be served as a vegan main dish or as a hearty side in this Ethopian recipe for Gomen (Click here). If you are feeling particularly adventurous, you can prepare injera (Click here) the crepe-like bread common in Ethopia, to pair with it.

Important Dates:

• The Fruit Share will be taking a seasonal break the weeks of April 10/11 through May 15/16, with deliveries resuming May 22/23.
• All shares will be delivered on Wednesday, November 27th for the week of Thanksgiving.
• We will be closed for a Farm Vacation from 12/21/24 through 1/5/25. There will be no deliveries those weeks, as well as no Admin support.

info@mountainbountyfarm.com

Mailing Address:

14579 Blind Shady Road, Nevada City, CA 95959

Phone:(530)292-3776