Our first education center event, farm tours, and lots of events!

Do you want to enjoy fresh seasonal produce and knowledge of where it comes from? Do you and your friends live outside our current distribution and would love to have Outer Aisle come closer to you? Contact Kaedence to see about starting deliveries in your area!

Weekly or bi-weekly deliveries to:
Tuolumne County
Calaveras County
Alpine County  
 
Benefits of Becoming a CSA Member:
Enjoy local and seasonal fruits and veggies all year round
Fresh, high quality, home-grown flavor
Bi-weekly fall, winter and spring deliveries to convenient drop off locations near you
Your choice of the size bag for your needs: mini, basic and full sizes. Add on fruit, roots, and greens
Access our on-line web store  
Vacation when you are out of town
Supplement your own garden, you grow greens: we have roots and fruits!
Lower your carbon footprint. Save gas, we deliver to you
Support local growers, producers and makers.

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From the Garden

 
There's so much happening all of a sudden in the garden - the warmth, light and moisture combo are the primary catalysts for exceptional growth. The zucchini is almost doing circles around us but thanks to the CSA they are all finding good homes. Basil is going strong under double covers and hopefully we'll make it through the upcoming cold weather snap. Speaking of snap - we have one of our fav springtime crops: snap peas. Hands down the most sought after snack food in the garden and everyone is down to picking this crop (one in the bucket and two in mouth). 
  Fava beans are rocking the show the next month. If we were Italian we'd be celebrating by having a holiday on the first day of the fava harvest! I'm voting for that! Celebrating the seasonal offerings is rooted in the reality of growing, harvesting and storing so when the fava beans are plump and ready to eat they represent the first real protein crop of the season after a winter of roots and spring greens. Our first harvest of head lettuce: butter, romaines and leaf lettuces in varying tones of green to red are a feast for the eye not to mention the palate. 

Produce from afield: Asparagus, English peas, artichokes, avocado, valencia oranges, lemons, strawberries, greens, herbs and much more.

CSA Reminders

 
Our new drop off site: Mountain Ranch. Sign up here.
We are now offering the Personal Shopper Option, where you can choose your own orders! Learn more here.

On the Menu this Week

  
Save room for dessert!
 
FEATURED NEW DINNER ITEM: 
Papusas!
A farm spin on a traditional Salvadorian dish.
Papusa is a thick, handmade corn tortilla (using masa) filled with assorted filings.
Outer Aisle chef Mitchell will be serving this dish vegetarian-style with fresh mozzarella, pickled cabbage, snap peas, carrot, avocado, red onion &cilantro vinaigrette
 
FEATURED FARM ITEMS:On this week's menu you will see an abundance of zucchini from our garden, fresh basil, garden greens, snap peas, fava beans & locally foraged morel mushrooms. 
 
FEATURED ON TAP:
Kombucha! It's delicious and nutritious.

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Upcoming Special Events

Sunday, April 27th (12-4pm)

Taste of Calaveras

We are joining in on the tour in Taste of Calaveras by the Angels Camp Business Association this year! We'll be featuring a special line of d'oeuvres. Learn more and get your tour tickets here.

Sunday, April 27th

Earth Day

Come see us at Earth Day 2014 at Utica Park
we are supplying the grub for the event and featuring our popular Abundant Bowl with coconut beans, brown rice and veggie toppings.

Saturday, May 10th

Soup & Salad Farm Tours

The first tour of the year is coming up just before Mothers Day on May 10th. We are getting excited to show off the garden in it's springtime glory and give you an idea of what's to come. Eric will be leading the tour and you can expect to have an educational and fun time. We recommend that you wear suitable footwear, a hat and carry a water bottle. One hour tour: $15 (children are free). If you come for the tour and eat lunch at Outer Aisle we'll discount your lunch meal by $5. Call us with any questions: 209-728-1164

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Saturday, May 10th, 9pm-12am

Saturday Night Music & Dancing

Grab your dancin' shoes kids, the local wonder band: The Hot Dark is coming to Outer Aisle! Cover charge at the Door (first come first serve): $7 per person, 2 for $10

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Sunday, May 11th (10-3pm) extended hours!

Mother's Day Brunch Buffet

Mother's Day is on its way! Come celebrate the powerful women in your life with a specialized buffet feast in honor of mom's everywhere. By reservation only!

Call us to save your seats: 209-728-1164.

Learn what's on the menu by RSVPing on our facebook page here.

Wednesday, May 21st (6:30pm)

Education Education Event:

Fostering Sustainability through Bird Friendly Certification Program

Gold Country Roasters (GCR) and Outer Aisle Foods present a FREE public educational event featuring two eminent experts in the field here to discuss the shade grown coffee movement and the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center's (SMBC) "Bird Friendly" coffee certification program.

Join us on our Facebook page and let us know you're coming!

Outer Aisle FARMERS KITCHEN, MARKET & PUB. "growing food, feeding community".

Behind the scenes of Outer Aisle is Taylor Farms. Located on Main Street, Douglas Flat, our nearly two acre "beyond organic" farm produces a large  variety of seasonal vegetables including these seasonal highlights:  summer heirloom tomatoes, fall cauliflower, winter carrots and spring  potatoes to name just a few! 

Outer Aisle also operates a year round CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program. We distribute the highest quality, local, seasonal and regional produce and products to members all over Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties. We only purchase product from farms and producers who are committed to ecologically sustainable practices and go beyond the National "Organic" standards.

COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE 

We invite you to be a member of our CSA. Community Supported Agriculture is more than a statement of support it's an amazing way to connect your palate with seasonal eating on a regular basis.
      
Where the food comes from?

People ask us all the time is our produce "organic" and while we are tempted to just say yes and let the organic definition tell the story we don't. We are not certified "organic" and to use the word as a casual expression would get us into trouble. We believe that our practice of stewardship goes beyond what is required under the "organic" label. We are committed to caring for the soil and the micro-organisms that so skillfully maintain fertility so that plants can thrive. And above all, we have a direct connection with our customers and invite you to come out to the fields on one of our farm tours. (Starting in May every 2nd and 4th Saturday.)

Thank you to those pioneering farmers who worked for years, at first alone and then together, to stand firm in ensuring the adoption of strict regulations for what was to become a multi-billion dollar industry. Over the years since "organic" moved to a national standard some of those regs have been "watered" down to allow the larger industrial farms to get a piece of the dollar pie.

We love it that the farmers who were the originators of organic are the predominant producers of the food that we eat, we sell and we cook. 

Those pioneering farmers are still doing what they have always done: adhering to their own high standards of organic and going beyond what is required. Full Belly Farm, Terra Firma, Coke Farms are three of the original pioneers that supply us with produce at times when our garden is not producing. They are advocates of a sustainable approach and even though they are certified organic their practices are what nurtures community: soil and people! 

Those pioneers are inspiring the younger generation and we are proud also to complement our produce with those from up and coming organic farms like Tomatero in Watsonville.

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Enjoy seasonal produce and the insurance that what you eat comes from farms that practice diversity, stewardship and are pioneers of good health.