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Week 5/52 | January 29th


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Dear Farm Friends,


Mountain Bounty is unique in our region in that we offer CSA boxes for 50 weeks of the year. But why go year-round and how does it work? 


The genesis of this idea goes back to an “aha” moment I had in the second or third year of the farm. We’d had a blight hit our potatoes and were looking at a dismal harvest. I felt that our CSA members deserved some potatoes, despite the original CSA aspiration that everyone should share in the farm’s triumphs and defeats. So I reached out to some farmers I knew at Full Belly Farm near Davis and ended up buying a truckload of potatoes from them. At that time there was a movement towards “full diet” CSAs, where a single farm would grow vegetables, fruit, grain, meat, dairy, and make many other items like pastas, jams and preserves as well.


I experienced both external and internal criticism when I brought those potatoes from another farm. But I realized that I couldn’t, and didn’t want, to try to do it all. It was a relief to rely on friends. And also a recognition that in a myriad of ways we are always relying on others. True self-sufficiency is an appealing fantasy. If we have any success, we like to think that we’ve bootstrapped ourselves, against all odds. But have we really?


Soon after the potato incident, I noticed a pattern of CSA member laments. As winterapproached, people would say “we’ll miss your food so much, we don’t know what to do.” That got me thinking some more, and I approached Riverdog Farm, also near Davis, about providing winter CSA boxes for us, which they did for several years. Now, many years and a few iterations later, we work with a small group of organic farms to produce your weekly boxes. We are fortunate that not too far downhill from us the growing conditions are remarkably different. With our current system, we are able to include some of our own produce in the winter, as we are able, and then also select the best things we can find from our friends’ farms. 


This system benefits all the farms and eaters involved. And it’s especially important that we are able to provide year round work for our crew, which has resulted in a much more stable and long term team than most farms enjoy. A bit of farm resilience through cooperation. It’s so much more fun than rugged individualism.    

-John


Click here to check out a past video of our crew and the weekly winter box pack!

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.

Vegetable Share CSA

(Provided by Mountain Bounty Farm and our partner organic farms)

Regular Box (Feeds 2-4 people)


  • Carrots (Mountain Bounty Farm)
  • Spinach (Riverdog Farm)
  • Beets (Supertuber Farm)
  • Lettuce (Pinnacle Farm)
  • Parsley (Mountain Bounty Farm)
  • Leeks (Terra Firma Farm)
  • Collards (Mountain Bounty Farm)
  • Celery Root (Coke Farm)
  • Broccoli Raab (Coke Farm)

Small Box (Feeds 1-2 people)


  • Carrots (Mountain Bounty Farm)
  • Spinach (Riverdog Farm)
  • Beets (Supertuber Farm)
  • Lettuce (Pinnacle Farm)
  • Parsley (Mountain Bounty Farm)
  • Leeks (Terra Firma Farm)

Fruit Share CSA

(Provided by Frog Hollow Farm)

New Fruit Share Boxes are here!


We have been working with Frog Hollow to reduce our Fruit Share packaging as well as to help our drivers out with return transport, and the new boxes are here this week!


Please be sure to break them down flat for return, similar to the Vegetable Share Boxes. Thanks!

Box contents:


  • Moro Blood Oranges (Frog Hollow Farm)
  • Fuji Apples (Cuyama Orchards)
  • Heirloom Navels (Buck Brand Citrus)
  • Honey Tangerines (B&J Ranch)
  • Fuerte Avocados (Eco Farm)


Whip up this Blood Orange Vinaigrette (Click here) to dress a simple salad with this weeks avocado and lettuce from the veggie share!

Click here to join the Fruit Share!

Mushroom Share CSA

(Provided by Grass Valley Mushrooms)


This week your mushroom shares will be Lion's Mane Mushrooms. For some tips on how to prepare these delicious and nutritious fungi, check out this page on "How to Cook Lion's Mane Mushrooms" (Click here)


The Mushroom Share is now year-round, offered as a weekly or bi-weekly subscription!


Signups are limited, so grab a spot today for delivery next week!


Click here to purchase a Mushroom CSA!

Recipes (including a "use it up" section for last week's leftovers), storage tips and inspiration:



  • We LOVE getting "hot tips" from our members for utilizing their CSA Box contents and maximizing their value - this week a longtime member suggested this receipt for your leek greens -
"Leek greens are just as edible as bulbs, and if you prepare them right, they taste great. Here's how to eat them instead of letting them go to waste!" (Click here)
-Rosanne, Grass Valley
  • Hot, cheesy spinach dip please! This Spinach Dip (click here) can be made ahead of time and is an instant crowd pleaser. Plus, you can top it with this week's parsley and dip this week's carrots in it!


  • Celery Root Remoulade (Click here) is my favorite way to eat celery root. Reminiscent of slaw, it is simple, tangy and creamy. Try it out this week and let me know what you think!


  • This week, boil your beets and make brownies with them (we promise this is AMAZING)! This recipe for Dark Chocolate Beet Brownies (Click here) highlights how sweet beets are and adds them into a fudgy delicious treat.


"USE IT UP" WEEKLY RECIPE!


This will probably not be the last stir fry recipe you see in the "Use it Up" recipe section. Making a stir fry is just such a quick, creative and satisfying way to make a meal with leftover produce. EVERY ingredient in last week's box was a tasty option to add to a stir fry!


This "Stir Frying 101" guide by Cook Smarts (Click here) is a great resource to get you started.

 
 
 

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