What’s in the box?

Summer Squash/Zucchini
Carrots
Cabbage - Napa or Savoy
Kale
Salad mix
fennel
Green onions
Cilantro or Broccoli (medium and large shares)
cucumbers (small shares)

Notes on the box.

The textures in this weeks box! So varied and beautiful.
Be sure to remove tops from the carrots for the best storage.
New this week is Fennel. The fronds and the bulb are edible. It has a nice anise type flavor. It’s good roasted, sauteed, or sliced very thin and added to a marinaded salad.
Savoy or Napa cabbage are both great for crispy slaws!

Cosmic Wheel Creamery Cheese Shares.

MoonGlow and MoonShadow! I love sending these cheeses at the same time. The MoonShadow is made in the early part of the season before grazing on pasture can happen when the cows are still eating only hay. The MoonGlow is the same recipe, but made when the cows are on pasture. It’s a fun way to see the difference that what the cows are eating will make in the cheese! You can see the more golden color of the MoonGlow from the carotenoids in the milk when the cows are on fresh pasture. The flavors are also different and I suggest tasting them side by side. Hope you enjoy!

Recipes.

Chickpea Pancakes with Kale and Fennel
Sauteed Zucchini and Fennel
Zucchini and Fennel Pasta

Asian Slaw with Napa or Savoy Cabbage

On the farm.

Hi everyone! We hope you can join us next weekend on the farm for the Co-op Eat Local Farm Tour. July 10 from 10-4 you can come out to the farm and check things out and visit. There will be cheese curds, a farm store, and tours every hour on the hour as well. If you come out, make sure you find us and let us know that you are a CSA member!

We wanted to have you all meet our amazing farm crew. We couldn’t grow and deliver all this food without them! First up is Anabel. She’s from Santo Domingo and has studied as a veterinarian. We love that she’s here working with us! From Anabel:
”Arriving to the farm as an Exchange visitor to start my internship has been an opportunity of a lifetime! Coming from a different country lacking job experience & cooking skills represented a challenge for me. However after the weeks were passing, the farm crew made me feel like home. Is a privilege to do some hard work in the farm when in some countries is usually work for men, however here I’m allowed to do several tasks that contributes to my development.
Working my whole body everyday, feeling stronger and acquiring both mental and physical endurance.
My favorite chore is milking the cows, from preparing the milking equipment to pay attention to each cow in order to get fresh milk everyday. I also like seeding, planting & packing vegetables for the CSA boxes. Is a rewarding feeling once we’re harvesting and able to see the results of all the work, is nice to smell the scent of each vegetable. I’m glad to be part of an industry that produce food to many families.”
One of our favorite questions for everyone is If you were a vegetable, which vegetable would you be and why? Anabel said that was an easy question, she would be broccoli because it looks similar to her afro! <3 (: