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This list may change, but here's our best guess of what you'll be getting in your share this week.
Arugula
Beets
Cabbage
Cucumbers
Fennel
Green Beans
Tomatoes Turnips Zucchini
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Save the dates!
Friday, August 5th
Friday, September 9th
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RECIPES WANTED!
10th Anniversary Cookbook
Recipes Wanted!
It's hard to believe that next year will mark 10 years since the CSA began at Rushton Farm. What a wonderful journey it has been. A cookbook is in the works to help celebrate the occasion. We have many recipes in our coffers but would like to have CSA members share a favorite recipe or two. Recipes that use the fruit or vegetables found in our shares are preferred. Please email recipes to Allyson McTear at amctear@verizon.net or place hard copies in the folder in the farmshed by September 2nd. Many thanks and stay tuned for cookbook updates.
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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.
Address: 911 Delchester Road Newtown Square, PA |
Fred de Long - Director of Farm Program
Noah Gress - Field Manager
Chelsea Allen - Field Manager
Eliza Gowen - Outreach Coordinator
Todd Alleger - Agroecology Project Coordinator
Molly Clark - Rushton Farm Apprentice
Fabien Richard - Student Research Apprentice
Katie Pflaumer - Student Research
Apprentice from the University of Pennsylvania
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Week of July 5, 2016 | Volume IX | Issue No. 7
IN THE BAG Tidbits from the staff
One of the great rewards of a farm season is the arrival of the first tomato. When that beautiful green orb flames to a brilliant red you know summer has officially arrived. A couple of weeks ago we saw the first blush that seemed to indicate summer was upon us. Little did we know the sweltering heat that summer would quickly bring. Those tomatoes that were showing the slightest blush a few weeks ago have been harvested and the rest of the tomatoes are quickly turning. It looks like it is going to be a hot summer and the tomatoes are looking happy.
A farm market tomato is very different than your run of the mill supermarket tomato. Commercial tomato varieties have been bred to pack easily, hold up for long transport and last for a week or more. They have been picked green or pink before their flavor has had a chance to develop. Their taste reflects this. Farm market tomatoes are often "heirloom" varieties that have long been cultivated for their flavor and texture. They are allowed to ripen on the vine before they are picked and are often sold to the consumer within days, if not hours, of harvest. Because of the time and care needed to grow these exceptional varieties they are typically only grown by small farms.
At Rushton Farm we will have a wide variety of tomatoes to select from throughout the season. Our first tomatoes are Early Girl, Eva Purple Ball, and a plum called Blue Beech. Coming soon will be the ever colorful Striped German and the granddaddy of them all Brandywine. To finish out the season we will feature San Marzano plum tomatoes. We will have smaller plantings of other tomatoes throughout the season to complement our larger plantings.
Each variety is unique in both taste and appearance and we urge you to try them all and let us know your favorites. Rushton Farm will be having a Summer Celebration featuring a tomato tasting at the farm on July 30th from 5-7pm where many of the varieties grown on the farm will be sampled. Until then enjoy the summer harvest.
*a note on tomato storage Tomatoes should never be refrigerated. At 55 F a chemical reaction occurs in the tomato causing the flavor to dissipate. Store tomatoes at room temperature and wrap or discard unused portions.
-Fred
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THE DIRT Notes from the field
 One of the side benefits to a successful spring is we have been able to significantly increase our donations to the West Chester Food Cupboard and the Chester County Food Bank. To date over 400 lbs of fresh produce has been donated. Last year Rushton Farm donated 3,500 lbs of produce through the entire season so we are well on our way to exceeding that number. Through gleaning the fields and donated shares we donate at least 10% of what we grow to area food banks.
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Roasted Beet Salad with Walnuts
and Goat Cheese
Servings: 6 Ingredients - 3 medium beets, washed and trimmed
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons sherry vinegar
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon minced red onions
- 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 4 cups baby spinach
- 1/2 cup crumbled goat cheese
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Wrap the beets in foil packets and roast in the oven until tender, about 1 hour. Open the foil packets and let cool. Once cool enough to handle, peel using a paper towel, then dice.
- In a medium bowl, add the olive oil, vinegar, honey, red onions and Dijon and whisk together. Add the beets and spinach to the dressing and toss to coat. Top with the goat cheese and walnuts.
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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.
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