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Groundwork Share-a-Share

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 Promoting the "Farmacy". 
Farmer Manuel planting potatoes with our "new" potato planter

Last week I spent a day speaking at three hospitals in the Boston area about the health benefits of Farmer Dave's CSA.

Years ago I never would have imagined that I would be amongst those speaking about ergonomics, fitness regimes, diabetes, blood pressure and overall health.  All I want to do is grow good food.  Yet it is comforting that so many now understand that the quality of the food we put into our bodily systems is as important to our health as the amount of exercise we get every day.  We all eat several times a day, so like exercising, the cumulative effect of what we eat has a lasting effect on our lifetime health.

Thank you to the Cambridge Health Alliance for appreciating how Farmer Dave's fits into a lifetime of health and for allowing me to speak to the hundreds of members of your staff.

Farmer Dave 
In Your Share: Week 10
Beautiful June Veggies
 The following items may make an appearance in your shares this week.  The actual contents of your share may differ based on harvest conditions.  As always Mother Nature ultimately dictates what is available.
  • Baby Lettuce Mix
  • Bok Choy (from the fields!) 
  • Spinach  
  • Baby Kale   
  • Carrots 
  • Herbs 
  • and possibly more!
Recipe of the Week

Roasted Bok Choy       

From Eating Well 

 

We all love Bok Choy at Farmer Dave's!  We eat it raw fresh out of the fields as a refreshing crunchy snack during hot summer days.  It's satisfying, mild, and wonderfully healthy!  One cup of bok choy contains only 9 calories!  It's a great source of Vitamin C, K, A and the B vitamins and it's full of cancer fighting antioxidants.

 

Bok choy is best when eaten promptly but can be stored wrapped in plastic in your fridge for 2-3 days.   

 

Try it in a stir fry, soups, or use it as a substitute for cabbage in your favorite coleslaw recipe.  Here's a great recipe for roasted bok choy, because really, roasting is a simple way to make every vegetable delicious. 

 

Ingredients:

  • 1 head bok choy, (1 1/4 pounds), trimmed, leaves separated
  • 4 teaspoons canola oil
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh tarragon or 3/4 teaspoon dried
  • 1 teaspoon mirin, (can substitute sherry or white wine with a pinch of sugar)
  • Freshly ground pepper, to taste
Directions:

Preheat oven to 450�F. Toss bok choy, oil, garlic and salt in a roasting pan. Roast on lowest rack, stirring twice, until wilted and tender-crisp, about 6 minutes. Whisk lemon zest and juice, tarragon, mirin and pepper in a small bowl. Drizzle over the roasted bok choy.
Vegetable shares starting in 3 weeks!

         

It's hard to believe but there are only three weeks left of the spring share and then we're onto the vegetable shares!  The first pick up for the vegetable shares is the week of June 10th!  If you haven't registered for your main season share- now is the time to act! 

In order to guarantee your share for the first week of pickup we need to have your registration and payment in hand by Thursday, June 6th. We are still accepting registrations for all of our pickup locations and share options but we expect to fill up at certain locations and will definitely run out of the choice-style shares in Tewksbury and pre-boxed vegetable shares in Wilmington in the next few weeks. 

You can register online for your shares here and choose to pay by check or credit card.  Or you can email Ginger or call 978-349-1952 to register and pay by check.

Farmer Dave's is constantly working to make our CSA as convenient as possible.  In that effort we have expanded to a few new pick up locations this summer.  All of our pick up locations and times can be found on our website

Here's a quick rundown of the pick up locations for the 2013 season.

Mondays:
  • Beverly Farmers Market
  • Lanesville Community Center (Gloucester)
  • Home delivery in Andover & North Andover!
  • Burlington Presbyterian Church

Tuesdays:

  • Farmer Dave's Farm (Dracut): Choice-style & Pre-boxed 
  • Lawrence*: Choice-style & Pre-boxed 
  • Jamaica Plain at Community Servings
  • Boston-South End at Villa Victoria
  • Roxbury*  

Wednesdays:

  • East Street Farm Stand (Tewksbury): Choice-style only (pre-boxed vegetable shares can be picked up on Thursdays)  
  • East Somerville: Choice-style and pre-boxed
  • East Boston Neighborhood Health Center*
  • Eastern Bank in Lynn- Employees only
  • Union Square, Somerville
  • Home delivery in Somerville/Cambridge/Boston area by Metro Pedal Power.

Thursdays:

  • Cape Ann Farmers Market (Gloucester)
  • Wilmington Memorial Library
  • East Street Farm Stand (Tewksbury) Pre-boxed shares only.

Fridays:

  • Boston Medical Center
  • Brox Farm Stand (Dracut)
  • Lowell at Brew'd Awakenings Coffeehaus
  • Malden at First Parish Church
  • CHA Malden Family Medicine*
  • Reading at the Old South United Methodist Church 

*EBT/SNAP payment plans are available at these locations through our partnerships with Groundwork Lawrence, the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center and the Northeast Organic Farming Association.  Contact Ginger for more information or to be considered for a payment plan.  

 

 

Groundwork Share-a-Share Update
 
Thanks to generous donations by you (CSA members) to the Groundwork Share-A-Share™ fund, we were able to subsidize the cost of shares in 2012 for over thirty individuals and families, as well as shares for local food pantries.

Please consider helping us in our efforts to make the CSA accessible to more families by donating to Groundwork Share-A-Share.

 

To learn more about the program,  click here.

 

Thank you all for helping us keep this program going in 2013!  

 

Contact Us:

Farmer Dave's CSA
437 Parker Road
Dracut, MA 01826

(978) 349-1952