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this week's
HARVEST
This list may change, but here's our best guess of what you'll be getting in your share this week.
Arugula
Beets
Carrots
Hot Peppers
Onions
Peppers
Potatoes
Tomatoes
Watermelon
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| 2014 CSA MANUAL |
Just about everything you need to know about the Rushton Farm CSA is located HERE! 
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| Upcoming Events | |
September 4, Fall Migration bird banding begins.
September 13, Fall Warbler Walk at Summerhill Preserve.
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KEEP US IN THE LOOP!
Email is our primary means of communicating all CSA matters, so please contact us if your address changes, or if you'd like a family member's address to be added to the CSA mailing list.
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WHEREABOUTS
Rushton Farm is located within the 85-acre Rushton Woods Preserve on Delchester Road, just south of Goshen Road in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. |
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Week of September 2, 2014 - Issue No. 15
IN THE BAG tidbits from Fred
Food & Feathers
While growing food is the main objective at Rushton Farm we also pay close attention to how our growing methods impact the surrounding environment. Surrounded by diverse ecological communities, The Willistown Conservation Trust's Rushton Farm is an ideal place to promote sustainable agriculture while fostering a meaningful appreciation for the natural environment. The Community Farm Program combined with the Bird Conservation Program provides visitors with hands-on opportunities to connect to both agriculture and nature.
"Food and Feathers" is our term for learning about the relationship between the food we grow and our fine feathered friends who visit our fields. Bird population and diversity are key indicators to the health of an ecosystem. From the beginning of Rushton Farm our bird banders and monitors have studied the population and diversity of the migratory and resident birds. Consistently year after year the numbers have proven that Rushton Farm is providing a beneficial habitat for the birds flocking to the farm and surrounding woodland.
Doris McGovern our master bander and some fascinated friends
Intern Travis Price releasing a feathered friend
In the spring and fall visitors can visit the bird banding station and see a wide variety of birds being banded so that they can be tracked as they make their annual pilgrimages both north and south. In the fall our sights turn to the little sawhet owls who stop by Rushton on their way south from the boreal forest in Canada. In October and November our bird banders join the owls and become nocturnal creatures of the night spending long hours banding these beautiful raptors.
A mesmerized sawhet owl being held by WCT Bird Conservation Director Lisa Kiziuk
If you would like to learn more about our Food and Feathers program WCT Bird Conservation Director Lisa Kiziuk and I will be presenting two classes for the Mt. Cuba Center in Hockessin Delaware. The first is called "Food and Feathers: Where Community Farm Meets Bird Conservation" and it will be held from 7-9pm Thursday, September 11 at the Mt. Cuba Center. The second class is called "Food and Feathers at the Farm" and it will be held from 7 to 11am Saturday September 13 at Rushton Farm. The second class is a field day where attendees can see bird banding firsthand and walk the fields of Rushton Farm to see how we grow healthy food organically and sustainably while promoting habitat for birds. More information is available at the Mt. Cuba website
click here!
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RECIPES what to do with all those veggies
We were trying to time our fall cucumbers with our last watermelons but it looks like we are going to miss it by a week. We did not want to waste this wonderful recipe from Mary Smith so you can hold your watermelon until next week when our cucumbers hopefully will be ready or use cukes from the market (or your garden).
Cultivated in the Americas over 6,000 years ago, sweet and hot peppers come in an amazing array of shapes, sizes and colors. Some peppers will set your mouth ablaze, while others will deliver a more subtle fruity or fragrant addition to your preparations.
The burn comes from capsaicin, a compound that is found in all parts of a chili pepper's fruit, but is particularly concentrated in the seeds and ribs. The formula is quite elementary; more capsaicin equals more heat.
Roast them, slice them into salads or dice the smaller, hotter ones into salsas, stir-fries, sauces, burgers and breakfast omelets and burritos. Cleverly incorporate them into rubs, marinades, and soup recipes. For heat seekers the list goes on and on.
This recipe below is ideal for those of you who do not want to be overwhelmed by the chili pepper's heat.
Cucumber Melon Salad
Yeild: Serves 4
Ingredients
4 cups mixed diced watermelon & cantaloupe
2 cups diced cucumber, seeded if there are seeds
1 teaspoon lime zest
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
1 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
1 ounce feta cheese, crumbled
1 serrano or jalapeno(variety) chili, minced
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Salt to taste
Preparation
1. Combine all of the ingredients in a large bowl. Toss together just before serving.
Author of "The Very Best of Recipes for Health."
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About Us
Rushton Farm is part of Willistown Conservation Trust's Community Farm Program.  Willistown Conservation Trust is a non-profit organization working to preserve and manage the open land, rural character, scenic, recreational, historic, agricultural and natural resources of the Willistown area and nearby communities, and to share these unique resources with people of all ages and backgrounds to inspire, educate and develop a lifelong commitment to the land and the natural world.
To learn more or to find out how you can get involved visit
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