We don't have added costs of transport, packaging and advertising when you buy through CSAs, the farmer receives a larger portion of the food dollar.
Monday, August 29, 2011
The Store is Stocked
We are loaded with tomatoes, scallions. potatoes, carrots, leeks. cabbage, garlic, summer squash, herbs, and greens! Also, newly planted baby arugula and swiss chard...
Check the freezer for Neopolitan style pizza $8.75 and crusty french bread $2/ loaf!
-if you have a specific veggie - let us know - so we can procure it before you arrive
we work with 5 veggie farmers so one of us should have what you like!
In the meantime - we are preserving/ freezing items that are perishable - so please keep in mind that you can purchase frozen veggies and combination prepared meals in the near future, as well!
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Upick week of middle to end of August
The season is getting late and members that have not been able to get here
still need to enjoy some of the fruits of our labor.
Now is the time since August is half over.
We have put together a selection of goods available now.
Please pick up your basket available for each CSA Member that will include the following:
2 small brown bags of potatoes - fingerling and gold -$5
3 savoy cabbage $7
1 braid garlic (6) $5
1 clamshell mixed herbs $2
2 quarts of tomatoes $9
1 SIMPLY GREEK yogurt $2
$30
Substitutions are available- please choose at least $30 worth of goods now.
Your membership has no expiration date but we may prefer you use up your share by the fall.
still need to enjoy some of the fruits of our labor.
Now is the time since August is half over.
We have put together a selection of goods available now.
Please pick up your basket available for each CSA Member that will include the following:
2 small brown bags of potatoes - fingerling and gold -$5
3 savoy cabbage $7
1 braid garlic (6) $5
1 clamshell mixed herbs $2
2 quarts of tomatoes $9
1 SIMPLY GREEK yogurt $2
$30
Substitutions are available- please choose at least $30 worth of goods now.
Your membership has no expiration date but we may prefer you use up your share by the fall.
August 17th - Finally, Ripe Tomatoes!
Tomatoes are picked daily when ripe and placed in the store.
One quart is $4.50 (this is less than $3 /lb) or $1 each tomato.
Please do not pick tomatoes or handle tomatoes. Since they are heirloom, they are very fragile.
Thank you.
One quart is $4.50 (this is less than $3 /lb) or $1 each tomato.
Please do not pick tomatoes or handle tomatoes. Since they are heirloom, they are very fragile.
Thank you.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
UPICK Week of August 1st
Hello Members
Come to the farm anytime if weekends are not convenient for you!
If you are unable to pick fresh - we will have frozen veggies available for you in the Winter...
Available Now
see our blog on natlnutrients to learn how to cook some of these veggies.
http://natlnutrients.blogspot.com/
see our blog on natlnutrients to learn how to cook some of these veggies.
http://natlnutrients.blogspot.com/
onions... leeks... garlic is curing in barn... kale... wild greens... beet greens... beets...lettuce...celery
carrots...turnips...new potatoes...radishes
corn - we get this from a local farm on Rt 8 - sorry but they are not organically grown
our corn is organic but the field is very small this year
green beans...zucchini...yellow crooked neck...chinese cabbage...savoy cabbage
eggs...herbs...goat cheese...honey...granola...brick oven pizza...frittata
cookies...tye dye tshirts
Tomatoes are still green - we will let you know when they are ready to be picked!
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Introducing one of our Sister Farms
This sister farm is the mirror image of Ambrosia in it's sustainable techniques - they are beyond organic - no plastic - no gmos - no additives expect the compost, glass clippings, cover cropping, and mulch.
We are shepherds to the land, our sister farm and us, only giving for the sake of being nurturing, kind, generous, and altruistic - as most parents are to their children. Perhaps that is what you are too - a nurturer of Ambrosia Farms, because you support our way of giving to the Earth and to creatures great and small - to our bodies, and to our selves!
What is available for UPICK:
WEEK OF JULY 23rd
Cabbage - Sister
Cippolini Onions - Sister
Scallions, Green Onions - Ambrosia
Wild Greens - Ambrosia
Carrots - Sister
Beets - Sister
Beet Greens - Both
Cheese - Dutch Girl
Goat Yogurt - Ambrosia Farms - NY members only tasting
Cow Yogurt - Evans Farmhouse - NY
Cow Yogurt - Brown Cow - CA
Agretti - Ambrosia
Lettuce - Ambrosia
Zucchini - Sister
Yellow Crooked Neck - Ambrosia
Squash Blossoms - Ambrosia
Herbs - Both
Available in Store
Blueberries - UPICK Bacchus Rd
Pie - Blueberry
Maple Syrup - Wallings
Pizza - Ambrosia
Cookies - by Cousin
Grass Fed Meats
Turkey
Duck - Ambrosia
We are shepherds to the land, our sister farm and us, only giving for the sake of being nurturing, kind, generous, and altruistic - as most parents are to their children. Perhaps that is what you are too - a nurturer of Ambrosia Farms, because you support our way of giving to the Earth and to creatures great and small - to our bodies, and to our selves!
What is available for UPICK:
WEEK OF JULY 23rd
Cabbage - Sister
Cippolini Onions - Sister
Scallions, Green Onions - Ambrosia
Wild Greens - Ambrosia
Carrots - Sister
Beets - Sister
Beet Greens - Both
Cheese - Dutch Girl
Goat Yogurt - Ambrosia Farms - NY members only tasting
Cow Yogurt - Evans Farmhouse - NY
Cow Yogurt - Brown Cow - CA
Agretti - Ambrosia
Lettuce - Ambrosia
Zucchini - Sister
Yellow Crooked Neck - Ambrosia
Squash Blossoms - Ambrosia
Herbs - Both
Available in Store
Blueberries - UPICK Bacchus Rd
Pie - Blueberry
Maple Syrup - Wallings
Pizza - Ambrosia
Cookies - by Cousin
Grass Fed Meats
Turkey
Duck - Ambrosia
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Greens and Beans
Love to cook these wild greens with beans - you get a complete meal - add a tomato based soup stock, a curry, or a simple olive oil and garlic - and you'll have the most nutrition on the planet! Come pick a bucket for yourself and explore the endless meal varieties for yourself and your family! A prewashed bucket like this one shown is 4.25. UPICK and it is only 3.50.
As a CSA member - Upick up to $10 in value in veggies per week. Other items in the storer right now are turnips. baby - lettuces galore UPICK, scallions, radishes, cabbage, zucchini flowers, summer squash, maple syrup, dairy, soap, t shirts, pea shoots upick, herbs including cilantro and dill, oregano, mint, sage.
As a CSA member - Upick up to $10 in value in veggies per week. Other items in the storer right now are turnips. baby - lettuces galore UPICK, scallions, radishes, cabbage, zucchini flowers, summer squash, maple syrup, dairy, soap, t shirts, pea shoots upick, herbs including cilantro and dill, oregano, mint, sage.
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