indiegogo

this was the fundraising campaign 2 years ago and below is the video on youtube

Kickstarter

Spring Fling - Rustic Ridge

Try the local wine from Rustic Ridge Winery in Burlington Flats!  Made in the Finger Lakes and sold out of this winery - you will be pleasantly surprised as we were...Join them on May 19th for a wine tasting and artisan fair.  They are kind enough to let us hand out upickcsa.com information and recruit new members!  Happy Spring!

Happy Spring 2012

...as we begin a new growing season I would like to wish all our fellow farmers and farm supporters a fruitful and nutritious new season!  Happy Spring 2012!

see more about our CSA at our new website

upickcsa.com

Christmas Pie gift : artisan pizza with local ingredients

Our toppings from local farmers and artisans include

Goat Cheese;
Dutch Girl Cheese
Poplar Hedge Farm
Cabbage red 
Rt 12 Farm Stand
Garlic
Ambrosia Farms
Sundried Tomatoes
Rosemary
Sister Farm

In addition to getting a gift of pizza from us
there are items for sale:

apple hand pies,
made with apples from our own antique orchard trees
maple syrup,
goat cheese,
honey,
ducks
... shop with us!  - email for what's in stock.

Thank you for your F.A.B support
F.armers * A.rtisans * B.akers
vote with your dollars and show support for one another

Apple pocket Tart

This item is a great way to enjoy our bountiful apple harvest - a tender flaky pie crust - the filling includes apples & walnuts, brown sugar, cinnamon and freshly ground nutmeg.
Made from scratch using freshly-picked northeast apples
Comes with fresh sugar glaze
Available with or without walnuts

Fall Orders

Please email us your orders for the following
Photos shown on
circlecsa.blogspot.com

_____Brickoven Pizzas, Ambrosia Farms 8.50 each
_____Apples, Windy Hill, 1.89 lb
_____Apple Cider, Windy Hill, gal 5.00, 1/2 gal 3.75
_____French Bread, Calandra's, 2.00 ea
_____Granola, UpState Harvest, 4.80
_____Chevre, soft goat cheese, Poplar Hedge Farm, 8.00 ea
_____Hard goat cheese, Dutch Girl Cheese, 4.80 ea
_____Yogurt, Plain, Simply Greek, 1.99 ea
_____Frozen Foods, 2.75 ea
_____Fresh Garlic, Ambrosia Farms, 6.00 braid
_____Maple Syrup, Wallings, 14 qt
_____Amaretti Cookies, Ambrosia Farms, 25 tub
_____Handmade Baskets, straw, 27 and up
_____Flat Wooden Crates, The Hay Store, 24 and up

Please email your choices!
Your balance of 2011 CSA shares
will continue as a Member through the Winter Months

Order NOW and GIVE some of these products as a Holiday Thanksgiving Basket
We found just the basket to fill your family and friends with wonderful gifts

Remember-
You continue to get quality small farm items

You  Help Support our Farm Families

We value your Membership

Pizza Making Sunday - October 23 2011

We invite CSA Members to our Pizza Making Sunday tomorrow - other dates will be posted in near future!  Please feel free to bring friends and family (waiver required).  Everyone will have a chance to make their own.  We supply the dough and toppings - traditional Neopolitan style.  Take some home for your freezer.

Sunday, October 23, 2011
Time:  2pm-7pm
Where: The Store and Backyard - indoor and outdoor seating.
Price:  $8.50 per pizza, $3.00 appetizer plate (roasted sausage and salad)

Also available:
Fresh Picked Herbs, Cardoon, Swiss Chard, Mustard Greens, Yellow Squash, Celery, Scallions
Garlic
Maple Syrup
Baked Goods

while supplies last

Ambrosia Farms featured on Realtimefarms.com

Feedback - Members please email some thoughts or send a note. Thanks!

Our own Circle CSA is unique in that members choose to spend as little or as much as they want each week and make their own choices on what to take from each weeks harvest.  For example, we still have lots of potatoes and savoy cabbage that was not chosen by members.

The year was difficult weather wise because of heavy rains during and flooding, plus the early frost! Ugh...

Some things were very bountiful - like apples.  Our tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant did poorly due to my own time constraints but we got an abundance of tomatoes from our Sister Farm.  Members showed less enthusiasm for dark leafy greens, which were abundant, but did very well picking fresh lettuce.    Members tried new things like pea shoots and ground cherries.  The store worked well but will be improved in terms of climate control, organization, space and shelves. Accounting for member choices worked with the "tab" method but was time consuming to tabulate near the end.  Members consumed much less on a weekly basis than was anticipated at $20 per week.  The communication needs improvement, for example members come to the farm and request items not available that could be with some advance notice.  Due to financial constraints from low membership turnout, we are not able to provide as much as other CSA Farms, but we hope to build and improve each year.  Our prices are low most of the time but the $10 veggie basket (laundry size) was too low.  We pass along wholesale prices on many items.

Overall, we were lucky this year because our Members showed patience, enthusiasm, and a wonderful community spirit.  We hope you consider us again next year for your local farm support!

 - we may share this feedback in an article for a local paper, we may quote you only as an anonymous member - we never share private information to anyone.

Also, you may provide anonymous feedback to us - via snail mail to: 

AMBROSA FARMS

PO BOX 463

BRIDGEWATER, NY  13313

Email some feedback and answer these questions when you have time.

Did you get enough value for your money?

How did the CSA change or improve your meals?

What was memorable about your CSA Experience?

What was especially helpful for you and your family?

What would you do to improve the CSA Member experience?

What would you like grown/raised/or purchased for you that was not available through the CSA this year?

Other Comments to Share or Which may help us Improve Community Supported Agriculture in General

Frost Advisory Sept 16 2011

* IMPACTS...AREAS OF FROST WILL FORM LATE TONIGHT. THE MOST
WIDESPREAD FROST WILL BE IN THE SHELTERED VALLEYS AND THE
SOUTHERN TUG HILL PLATEAU ACROSS NORTHERN ONEIDA COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS
NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY
FROM THE COLD.

The Floods of 2011

Floods are covering our hay field and the rains rotted the tomatoes left on the vine.

We were lucky not to sustain any home or barn damage but our hearts go out to those that lost power and possesions.  Hopefully no lives were lost.

We work together to help our neighbors in this time of crisis - remember that  hardship can be overcome with the support of other people.

NEW PLANTINGS READY - Fall

Celery

 Arugula

Radishes

Prepared Foods For Health...Save our Family Farms!

Here are some thoughts on what our Members are Helping us With.

Our Passion

I love the study of nutrition and bodily health - there are a few simple rules to follow:

drink plenty of water, check you area for a natural spring and fill your own water - here is a link
http://www.findaspring.com/

eat lots of veggies

have fruit for desert - natural sugars are better for you
- maple syrup - minerals
- honey - allergy prevention
- watermelon
- apples

EAT LIKE A HORSE!
GRAZE: don't wait until you are starving because then you blindly eat - famished

This is June Royal!

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!

Savoy Cabbage and Potatoes!

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.

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.

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/

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!

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