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Available from Farm: June 9-12
June 8, 2020 – 2:02 pm
Hello June…in all your…hmm…greenness, that it is!
Greens are super plentiful, start planning how to enjoy various salads and cooking greens not to mention gorgeous herbs, which are fabulous in salads! Salad greens are on an abundance special as we have to cut some extra to make way for planting the sweet potatoes.
And APPLES are BACK! Picking up some freshly out of Champlain Orchard’s storage today!!
The new online farmstand is running well. Let us know if you have any troubles or questions as it is a learning curve for us all.
Our website is always stocked with lots of recipe ideas. You can scroll or search!
Fresh pizzas coming from Field Stone Farm this week – fresh & frozen available for Tuesday & Friday orders. New this week: Tomato Cheese, Southwestern Chorizo Corn & Grilled Eggplant Spiced Olive Feta
This week at our Farmstand you can find:
• Eggs
Veggies for Retail Sale
• Arugula (Field Stone Farm)
• Black Currants, frozen
• Chard, Fresh
• Garlic
• Ginger, Baby (LRF), frozen
• Herbs: Lovage, Mint tips, Oregano, Parsley, Chives, Thyme & Cilantro
• Kale, Frozen (lacinato & Red Russian)
• Onions: yellow
• Radishes, Red & White (FSF & GMG)
• Rhubarb
• Salad Greens
• Shallots
• Spinach, Fresh
• Spinach, Frozen
• Stir Fry/Braising Greens Mix
• Sweet Potatoes (small)
• Tomatoes, Frozen
Following Veggies are Farmshare Members only this week
• Potatoes
Herbs for Retail Sale
• Chives
• Cilantro
• Lovage (celery flavor)
• Mint
• Oregano
• Parsley
• Thyme
Meats
Pork
• Bacon, sliced (Nitrate Free)
• Bacon Ends (Nitrate Free)
• Slab Bacon (Nitrate Free)
• Beer Brats
• Boston Butt Pork Roast
• Chorizo links
• Cutlets
• Fat
• Ham Roasts
• Italian Sausage Bulk (Hot & Sweet)
• Pork Chops
• Ribs, Spare
• Pork Shanks
• Shoulder Roast, Pork Bone in
• Tenderloin
Poultry
• Chicken, Roasting Whole
• Chicken Legs & Thighs
• Chicken, Stewing Hen
• Bones, Pork*
• Offal & Odd Bits* – chicken feet, Trotters, hearts, liver, Pig Heads, etc.
Greenfield Highland Beef
• Italian Sausage links, hot & Sweet
• Beef Bratwurst links
• Boneless Chuck Roast
• Ground Beef
• Short Ribs
• Sirloin & Sirloin Tip Beef Roasts
• Steaks, Delmonico
• Steaks, Eye of the Round
• Steaks, Bone-in Rib
• Steaks, Sirloin
• Steaks, Skirt
• Stew Meat
Honeywilya Fish
Alaskan Coho Salmon, line caught by a Vermont fisherman
• Coho Salmon portions
• Alder Smoked Salmon strips
Pantry & Prepared Foods
• Applesauce: Pure, Dolgo, Plum or Maple Cinnamon
• Bone Broth: Roasted Chicken
• Soup Stock: Farmhouse Blend
• Maple Bread & Butter Squash Pickles with Artesano Vinegar
• Mexican Pickled Carrots
• Chimichurri Sauce
• Dilly Beans with Artesano Cider Vinegar
• Giardinara pickles
• Lard
• Marinara, Tomato Basil (Frozen or Canned)
• Pesto: Basil or Sweet Pea
• Heirloom Tomato Salsa
• Roasted Tomato & Tomatillo Salsa
• Salsa Verde
• Soup: Roasted Turkey & Squash; Creamy Squash; Creamy Carrot Potage; Creamy Broccoli; Simple Squash – no alliums
• Canned Tomatillos
• Canned Tomatoes
From our Farm Friends 
• Maple sweetened Jams from Lightfoot Farm
• Organic Black or 7 Bean medley Beans, Morningstar Farm
• Daily Tonic, Artesano
• Honey Mead Vinegar, Artesano
• Cyser (Apple & Honey Mead) vinegar, Artesano
• Maple Balsamic Vinegar, Artesano
• Vermont Apple Cider Vinegar, Artesano (2 sizes)
• Farmstead Pizza from Field Stone Farm
• Cider Syrup, Brookfield Bees
• Honey, Brookfield Bees
• Maple Syrup, Brookfield Bees
This Week’s Member Special
All of the above is available for members and retail shoppers, but we also offer some specials for our members. To learn more about our flexible, free Choice Farm Share memberships, see the details on our website.
• Salad Greens
• Garlic
• Odd Bits (organ meats, pork heads, feet, etc)
• Bones
• Frozen Spinach
• Frozen Kale
Check out the new ONLINE Farmstand to make your Order
or email your order for packing to: Orders@EatStayFarm.com
Call us with any questions 802-505-9840
Tostada Salad with Cilantro Lime Dressing
June 8, 2020 – 10:44 am
From Moosewood Daily Specials (more or less)
When lettuce is plentiful, we crave more creative salad based meals and we think of our Cilantro Lime build your own mexican inspired salad. This is one of our favorites and it ends up a bit different every time depending on what is in season and in our pantry. And other dressings would be great with it too!
Below are some general suggestions, but so many things can be chopped and offer up to top your taco/burrito or salad approach.
Cilantro-Lime Dressing
1 cup chopped cilantro
1/2 cup lime juice
1/2 cup olive oil or other vegetable oil
1 small garlic clove
salt to taste
Whirl all of the dressing ingredients in a blender until smooth.
Salad building options
Our base: Lettuce, Kale or Napa Cabbage, chopped & dressed with the Cilantro-Lime Dressing (or some other green)
Protein hit: Chicken, chorizo, pulled pork and/or Morningstar beans anything else really simply cooked and then marinated in the dressing; or chicken or pork slow cooked in tomatillos
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- Marinate meats and/or beans in dressing for an hour ideally, for 15 min practically.
Additions:
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- Various veggies for crunch, spice and additions, depending on the season
- radishes, shredded carrots, cilantro, other greens
- scallions or onions, tomatoes, peppers and corn
- Mexican Pickled Carrots
- Cheese, grated
- Various veggies for crunch, spice and additions, depending on the season
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- Chips, rice or tortillas
Sauces:
- Salsas, fresh or canned
- Hot sauces – the Green Chili Hot sauce is great on the meats
- Pepperoncini
- Pickled jalapenos (really great mixed into some sour cream)
- Chopped cilantro
Assemble & enjoy!
Moosewood suggests, “This salad can be simple or piled high with colorful ingredients. Present it one of three ways: Make one large decorative platter, create individual composed salads, or serve it buffet style with each ingredient in its own bowl (and let the diners do the assembling).”
We love the last option — a great one with guests!
Available from Farm: May 25-30
May 27, 2020 – 2:16 pm
Ah, we are feeling the whims of the weather. Freeze & Snow a few weeks ago and now a heatwave…keeping us on our toes. Big spinach week and some other treats starting to come in while we finish off some of our storage items. And the fresh herbs are lovely! Add them to salads, make spreads and more.
The new online farmstand is running well. Let us know if you have any troubles or questions as it is a learning curve for us all.
Our website is always stocked with lots of recipe ideas. You can scroll or search!
This week at our Farmstand you can find:
• Eggs
Veggies for Retail Sale
• Arugula
• Bok Choy (Field Stone Farm)
• Black Currants, frozen
• Claytonia Salad greens
• Chard, Fresh (limited)
• Garlic
• Ginger, Baby (LRF), frozen
• Herbs: Lovage, Mint tips, Oregano, Parsley, Chives & Cilantro
• Kale, Frozen (lacinato & Red Russian)
• Onions: yellow
• Radishes, Red & White (FSF & GMG)
• Salad Greens
• Shallots
• Spinach, Fresh (plentiful!)
• Spinach, Frozen
• Sweet Potatoes (small)
• Tokyo Bekana (Field Stone Farm)
• Tomatoes, Frozen
Following Veggies are Farmshare Members only this week
• Potatoes
Meats
Pork
• Bacon (Nitrate Free)
• Bacon Ends (Nitrate Free)
• Slab Bacon (nitrate Free)
• Beer Brats
• Chorizo links
• Cutlets
• Fat
• Ham Roasts
• Italian Sausage Bulk (Hot & Sweet)
• Pork Chops
• Pork Loin Roasts
• Ribs, Spare
• Shoulder Roast, Pork Bone in
Poultry
• Chicken, Roasting Whole
• Chicken Legs & Thighs
• Chicken Breasts (limited)
• Chicken, Stewing Hen
• Bones, Pork*
• Offal & Odd Bits* – chicken feet, Trotters, hearts, liver, Pig Heads, etc.
Greenfield Highland Beef
• Italian Sausage links, hot & Sweet
• Beef Bratwurst links
• Short Ribs
• Sirloin & Sirloin Tip Beef Roasts
• Steaks, Delmonico
• Steaks, Sirloin
• Steaks, Skirt
• Stew Meat
Honeywilya Fish
Alaskan Coho Salmon, line caught by a Vermont fisherman
• Coho Salmon portions
• Alder Smoked Salmon strips
Pantry & Prepared Foods
• Applesauce: Pure, Dolgo, Plum or Maple Cinnamon
• Bone Broth: Roasted Chicken
• Maple Bread & Butter Squash Pickles with Artesano Vinegar
• Mexican Pickled Carrots
• Chimichurri Sauce
• Dilly Beans with Artesano Cider Vinegar
• Giardinara pickles
• Lard
• Marinara, Tomato Basil (Frozen or Canned)
• Pesto: Basil or Sweet Pea
• Heirloom Tomato Salsa
• Roasted Tomato & Tomatillo Salsa
• Salsa Verde
• Soup: Roasted Turkey & Squash; Creamy Squash; Creamy Carrot Potage; Creamy Broccoli; Simple Squash – no alliums
• Canned Tomatillos
• Canned Tomatoes
From our Farm Friends
• Maple sweetened Jams from Lightfoot Farm
• Organic Black or 7 Bean medley Beans, Morningstar Farm
• Daily Tonic, Artesano
• Honey Mead Vinegar, Artesano
• Cyser (Apple & Honey Mead) vinegar, Artesano
• Maple Balsamic Vinegar, Artesano
• Vermont Apple Cider Vinegar, Artesano (2 sizes)
• Farmstead Pizza from Field Stone Farm
• Cider Syrup, Brookfield Bees
• Honey, Brookfield Bees
• Maple Syrup, Brookfield Bees
This Week’s Member Special
All of the above is available for members and retail shoppers, but we also offer some specials for our members. To learn more about our flexible, free Choice Farm Share memberships, see the details on our website.
• Spinach
• Garlic
• Odd Bits (organ meats, pork heads, feet, etc)
• Bones
• Frozen Spinach
• Frozen Kale
Check out the new ONLINE Farmstand to make your Order
or email your order for packing to: Orders@EatStayFarm.com
Call us with any questions 802-505-9840
Available from Farm: May 17-22
May 17, 2020 – 2:38 pm
Spring sun and warmth seem to be settling in (perhaps I shouldn’t write this) and the plants are happy. Plenty of good fresh, stored and frozen eating from the farm.
The new online farmstand is running well. Let us know if you have any troubles or questions as it is a learning curve for us all.
Our website is always stocked with lots of recipe ideas. You can scroll or search!
This week at our Farmstand you can find:
• Eggs (limited, priority to members)
Veggies for Retail Sale
• Bok Choy (Field Stone Farm)
• Black Currants, frozen
• Claytonia Salad greens
• Chard, Fresh (limited)
• Garlic
• Ginger, Baby (LRF), frozen
• Herbs: Lovage, Mint tips, Parsley, Chives & Cilantro
• Kale, Fresh
• Kale, Frozen (lacinato & Red Russian)
• Onions: yellow, Red
• Salad Greens
• Shallots
• Spinach, Fresh
• Spinach, Frozen
• Sweet Potatoes (small)
• Tokyo Bekana (Field Stone Farm)
• Tomatoes, Frozen
Following Veggies are Farmshare Members only this week
• Beets, Chioggia & Red
• Potatoes
Meats
Pork
• Bacon
• Bacon Ends (Nitrate Free)
• Beer Brats
• Chorizo links
• Cutlets
• Fat
• Ham Roasts
• Italian Sausage Bulk (Hot & Sweet)
• Pork Chops
• Pork Loin Roasts
• Ribs, Spare
• Shoulder Roast, Pork Bone in
Poultry
• Chicken, Roasting Whole
• Chicken Legs & Thighs
• Chicken Breasts (limited)
• Chicken, Stewing Hen
• Bones, Pork*
• Offal & Odd Bits* – chicken feet, Trotters, hearts, liver, Pig Heads, etc.
Greenfield Highland Beef
• Italian Sausage links, hot & Sweet
• Beef Bratwurst links
• Ground Beef
• Short Ribs
• Sirloin & Sirloin Tip Beef Roasts
• Steaks, Delmonico
• Steaks, Sirloin
• Steaks, Skirt
• Stew Meat
Honeywilya Fish
Alaskan Coho Salmon, line caught by a Vermont fisherman
• Coho Salmon portions
• Alder Smoked Salmon strips
Pantry & Prepared Foods
• Applesauce: Pure, Dolgo, Plum or Maple Cinnamon
• Bone Broth: Roasted Chicken
• Maple Bread & Butter Squash Pickles with Artesano Vinegar
• Mexican Pickled Carrots
• Chimichurri Sauce
• Dilly Beans with Artesano Cider Vinegar
• Giardinara pickles
• Lard
• Marinara, Tomato Basil (Frozen or Canned)
• Pesto: Basil, Garlic Scape or Sweet Pea
• Heirloom Tomato Salsa
• Roasted Tomato & Tomatillo Salsa
• Salsa Verde
• Soup: Roasted Turkey & Squash; Creamy Squash; Creamy Carrot Potage; Creamy Broccoli; Simple Squash – no alliums
• Canned Tomatillos
• Canned Tomatoes
From our Farm Friends
• Eco-Apples from Champlain Orchards (Querina, Creston, Roxbury Russet)
• Frozen Apple Cider from Champlain Orchards
• Maple sweetened Jams from Lightfoot Farm
• Organic Kidney, Black or 7 Bean medley Beans, Morningstar Farm
• Daily Tonic, Artesano
• Honey Mead Vinegar, Artesano
• Cyser (Apple & Honey Mead) vinegar, Artesano
• Maple Balsamic Vinegar, Artesano
• Vermont Apple Cider Vinegar, Artesano (2 sizes)
• Farmstead Pizza from Field Stone Farm
• Cider Syrup, Brookfield Bees
• Honey, Brookfield Bees
• Maple Syrup, Brookfield Bees
This Week’s Member Special
All of the above is available for members and retail shoppers, but we also offer some specials for our members. To learn more about our flexible, free Choice Farm Share memberships, see the details on our website.
• Odd Bits (organ meats, pork heads, feet, etc)
• Bones
• Frozen Spinach
• Frozen Kale
• Pork Chops
Check out the new ONLINE Farmstand to make your Order
or email your order for packing to: Orders@EatStayFarm.com
Call us with any questions 802-505-9840
Thanks (Farm) Moms!
May 10, 2020 – 10:16 am
Watching our young animals with their sows, does, or hens over the years always makes us extra appreciative of all that mothers do around the world and across species to keep us all going.
Here are a few photos reminding us of all that the maternal side offers our world from this past week….and past years!
Available from Farm: May 10-16
May 10, 2020 – 9:21 am
Happy Mother’s Day!?!?!
Nothing like May snowstorms & arctic cold…..to add some challenge to the early season.
It is at these moments we are grateful for our hoophouses and for our inclination to not push the season to aggressively. That said, we did cover the teeny onion seedlings that went into the field earlier this week….just in case.
And this week, we all get to add FarmHer Hannah at Field Stone Farm to our gratitude list (though she is always on ours!). Adding some diversification to our FRESH GREENS Bok choy & Tokyo Bekana. Hello Stir fry & Caesar salad (or at least our version!)
The new online farmstand is running well. Let us know if you have any troubles or questions as it is a learning curve for us all.
Our website is always stocked with lots of recipe ideas. You can scroll or search!
This week at our Farmstand you can find:
• Eggs
Veggies for Retail Sale
• Bok Choy (Field Stone Farm)
• Black Currants, frozen
• Claytonia Salad greens
• Chard, Fresh
• Garlic
• Ginger, Baby (LRF), frozen
• Herbs, Parsley, Chives & Cilantro
• Kale, Fresh
• Kale, Frozen (lacinato)
• Onions: yellow, Red
• Salad Greens (plentiful)
• Shallots
• Spinach, Fresh
• Spinach, Frozen
• Sweet Potatoes (small)
• Tokyo Bekana (Field Stone Farm)
• Tomatoes, Frozen
Following Veggies are Farmshare Members only this week
• Beets, Chioggia & Red
• Carrots (limited)
• Potatoes
Meats
Pork
• Bacon
• Bacon Ends (Nitrate Free)
• Beer Brats
• Chorizo links
• Cutlets
• Fat
• Ham Roasts
• Italian Sausage Bulk (Hot & Sweet)
• Pork Chops
• Pork Loin Roasts
• Ribs, Spare
• Shoulder Roast, Pork Bone in
Poultry
• Chicken, Roasting Whole
• Chicken, Stewing Hen
• Bones, Pork*
• Offal & Odd Bits* – chicken feet, Trotters, hearts, liver, Pig Heads, etc.
Greenfield Highland Beef
• Italian Sausage links, hot & Sweet
• Beef Bratwurst links
• Ground Beef
• Short Ribs
• Sirloin & Sirloin Tip Beef Roasts
• Steaks, Strip & Delmonico
• Steaks, Sirloin
• Steaks, Skirt
• Stew Meat
Honeywilya Fish
Alaskan Coho Salmon, line caught by a Vermont fisherman
• Coho Salmon portions & whole sides
• Alder Smoked Salmon strips
Pantry & Prepared Foods
• Applesauce: Pure, Dolgo, Plum or Maple Cinnamon
• Bone Broth: Roasted Chicken
• Maple Bread & Butter Squash Pickles with Artesano Vinegar
• Mexican Pickled Carrots
• Chimichurri Sauce
• Dilly Beans with Artesano Cider Vinegar
• Giardinara pickles
• Lard, Leaf & Regular
• Marinara, Tomato Basil (Frozen or Canned)
• Pâté, Chicken Liver
• Pesto: Basil, Garlic Scape or Sweet Pea
• Heirloom Tomato Salsa
• Roasted Tomato & Tomatillo Salsa
• Salsa Verde
• Soup: Roasted Turkey & Squash; Creamy Squash; Creamy Carrot Potage; Creamy Broccoli; Simple Squash – no alliums
• Canned Tomatillos
• Canned Tomatoes
From our Farm Friends
• Eco-Apples from Champlain Orchards (Macoun, Querina, Creston, Roxbury Russet)
• Frozen Apple Cider from Champlain Orchards
• Maple sweetened Jams from Lightfoot Farm
• Organic Kidney, Black or 7 Bean medley Beans, Morningstar Farm
• Daily Tonic, Artesano
• Honey Mead Vinegar, Artesano
• Cyser (Apple & Honey Mead) vinegar, Artesano
• Maple Balsamic Vinegar, Artesano
• Vermont Apple Cider Vinegar, Artesano (2 sizes)
• Farmstead Pizza from Field Stone Farm
• Cider Syrup, Brookfield Bees
• Honey, Brookfield Bees
• Maple Syrup, Brookfield Bees
This Week’s Member Special
All of the above is available for members and retail shoppers, but we also offer some specials for our members. To learn more about our flexible, free Choice Farm Share memberships, see the details on our website.
• Odd Bits (organ meats, pork heads, feet, etc)
• Bones
• Frozen Spinach
• Frozen Kale
• Pork Chops
Check out the new ONLINE Farmstand to make your Order
or email your order for packing to: Orders@EatStayFarm.com
Call us with any questions 802-505-9840
Available from Farm: May 4-8
May 4, 2020 – 9:17 am
Welcome May!
The bit more warmth and sun is helping the greens move forward, so there is plentiful salad mix this week and a good bit of chard & spinach, more kal-sparagus and plentiful herbs as well as some kale (less than other things, but we do have some lacinato kale frozen).
Check out the new online farmstand! We think it should make ordering from the farm smoother and easier for us all. Let us know if you have any troubles as it is a learning curve for us all.
Our website is always stocked with lots of recipe ideas. You can scroll or search!
This week at our Farmstand you can find:
• Eggs
Veggies for Retail Sale
• Black Currants, frozen
• Claytonia Salad greens
• Chard, Fresh
• Garlic
• Ginger, Baby (LRF), frozen
• Herbs, Parsley, Chives & Cilantro
• Kale, Fresh(limited)
• Kale, Frozen (lacinato)
• Onions: yellow, Red
• Salad Greens (plentiful)
• Shallots
• Spinach, Fresh
• Spinach, Frozen
• Sweet Potatoes (small)
• Tomatoes, Frozen
Following Veggies are Farmshare Members only this week
• Beets, Chioggia & Red
• Carrots (limited)
• Potatoes
Meats
Pork
• Bacon
• Bacon Ends (Nitrate Free)
• Beer Brats
• Chorizo links
• Cutlets
• Fat
• Ham Roasts
• Italian Sausage Bulk (Hot & Sweet)
• Pork Chops
• Pork Loin Roasts
• Ribs, Spare
• Shoulder Roast, Pork Bone in
• Tenderloin, Pork
Poultry
• Chicken, Roasting Whole
• Chicken, Stewing Hen
• Bones, Pork*
• Offal & Odd Bits* – chicken feet, Trotters, hearts, liver, Pig Heads, etc.
Greenfield Highland Beef
• Italian Sausage links, hot & Sweet
• Beef Bratwurst links
• Ground Beef
• Short Ribs
• Sirloin & Sirloin Tip Beef Roasts
• Steaks, Strip & Delmonico
• Steaks, Sirloin
• Steaks, Skirt
• Stew Meat
Honeywilya Fish
Alaskan Coho Salmon, line caught by a Vermont fisherman
• Coho Salmon portions & whole sides
• Alder Smoked Salmon strips
Pantry & Prepared Foods
• Applesauce: Pure, Dolgo, Plum or Maple Cinnamon
• Bone Broth: Roasted Chicken
• Maple Bread & Butter Squash Pickles with Artesano Vinegar
• Mexican Pickled Carrots
• Chimichurri Sauce
• Dilly Beans with Artesano Cider Vinegar
• Giardinara pickles
• Lard, Leaf & Regular
• Marinara, Tomato Basil (Frozen or Canned)
• Pâté, Chicken Liver
• Pesto: Basil, Garlic Scape or Sweet Pea
• Heirloom Tomato Salsa
• Roasted Tomato & Tomatillo Salsa
• Salsa Verde
• Soup: Roasted Turkey & Squash; Creamy Squash; Creamy Carrot Potage; Zesty tomato; Creamy Broccoli; Simple Squash – no alliums
• Canned Tomatillos
• Canned Tomatoes
From our Farm Friends
• Eco-Apples from Champlain Orchards (Macoun, Querina, Creston, Roxbury Russet)
• Frozen Apple Cider from Champlain Orchards
• Maple sweetened Jams from Lightfoot Farm
• Organic Kidney, Black or 7 Bean medley Beans, Morningstar Farm
• Daily Tonic, Artesano
• Honey Mead Vinegar, Artesano
• Cyser (Apple & Honey Mead) vinegar, Artesano
• Maple Balsamic Vinegar, Artesano
• Vermont Apple Cider Vinegar, Artesano (2 sizes)
• Farmstead Pizza from Field Stone Farm
• Cider Syrup, Brookfield Bees
• Honey, Brookfield Bees
• Maple Syrup, Brookfield Bees
This Week’s Member Special
All of the above is available for members and retail shoppers, but we also offer some specials for our members. To learn more about our flexible, free Choice Farm Share memberships, see the details on our website.
• Odd Bits (organ meats, pork heads, feet, etc)
• Bones
• Frozen Spinach
• Frozen Kale
• Pork Chops
Check out the new ONLINE Farmstand to make your Order
or email your order for packing to: Orders@EatStayFarm.com
Call us with any questions 802-505-9840
Stronger Together
April 27, 2020 – 12:45 pm
The work of staying healthy in community
Food crops get viruses also, as well as bacterial and fungal infections. Often insect pressures on plants piggy back on such stressors, along with nutritional imbalances. Chemical agriculture attempts to cheat these forces with fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides and herbicides. Their positive impacts are short lived and myriad negative impacts can be lasting. Regenerative farming alternatives are often more labor intensive and costly. But have a glance at the immediate gratification evident in this season in the hoop houses as a result of intercropping and mulching!
In nature plants work together with their different root depths and types to interact with their surrounding networks of fungal life and other organisms to grow well and stay healthy. Our farming methods attempt to mimic nature by intercropping multiple plants together.
Having not only different plant types but also plants of different ages together make our gardens work like a well-functioning village. Elder plants throw up flowers which invite pollinators into the space and give us a chance to add color, texture, flavor and nutrients to already splendid salad mixes and other dishes.
Limiting disturbance of our soils to enable the vibrant biology to help plants have all the nutritional balance required to develop immunity to pests and disease. Intercropping helps interrupt transmission of disease and insect pressure. Covering bare soil with a variety of mulches from living systems (not plastic fabrics) feed and add diversity to the soil biology.
Staying healthy is hard work! We hope you all are hanging in there and that the visual joy from the hoop houses fills your screens with color and hope. And that the fresh veggies that emerge from the unheated hoop houses bring you diverse punches of nutrition for your own microbiology, even as they also form a 3-dimentional joy committee on your plates!
Available from Farm: April 27- May 1
April 26, 2020 – 5:57 pm
Ah..April Sun, Rain & Snow!
Keeping us on our toes. We have a nice mix of fresh greens this week, but we need a bit more sun and warmth for them to totally take off. But we also still have lots of frozen kale & spinach for those recipes where you’ll cook it anyway!
Check out the new online farmstand! We think it should make ordering from the farm smoother and easier for us all. But do let us know if you have any troubles.
Thanks to Mark & Nichole at Artesano we are restocked with a wider range of their vinegars, including the Maple Balsamic per requests and their Daily Tonic! All so great for enhancing our farm fresh food.
Our website is always stocked with lots of recipe ideas. You can scroll or search!
This week at our Farmstand you can find:
• Eggs
Veggies for Retail Sale
• Black Currants, frozen
• Claytonia Salad greens
• Garlic
• Ginger, Baby (LRF), frozen
• Herbs, Parsley & Cilantro
• Kale, Fresh
• Kale, Frozen
• Onions: yellow, Red
• Salad Greens
• Shallots
• Spinach, Fresh (us & Field Stone Farm)
• Spinach, Frozen
• Sweet Potatoes (small)
• Tomatoes, Frozen
• Winter Squash: Butternut (last ones)
Following Veggies are Farmshare Members only this week
• Beets, Chioggia & Red
• Carrots (limited)
• Potatoes
Meats
Pork
• Bacon
• Bacon Ends (Nitrate Free)
• Beer Brats
• Boston Butt Pork Roasts, Skin on
• Chorizo links
• Cutlets
• Fat
• Ham Roasts
• Italian Sausage Bulk (Hot & Sweet)
• Pork Chops
• Pork Loin Roasts
• Ribs, Spare
• Shoulder Roast, Pork Bone in
• Tenderloin, Pork
Poultry
• Chicken, Roasting Whole
• Chicken, Stewing Hen
• Bones, Pork*
• Offal & Odd Bits* – chicken feet, Trotters, hearts, liver, Pig Heads, etc.
Greenfield Highland Beef
• Italian Sausage links, hot & Sweet
• Beef Bratwurst links
• Ground Beef
• Short Ribs
• Sirloin & Sirloin Tip Beef Roasts
• Steaks, Strip & Delmonico
• Steaks, Sirloin
• Steaks, Skirt
• Stew Meat
Honeywilya Fish
Alaskan Coho Salmon, line caught by a Vermont fisherman
• Coho Salmon portions & whole sides
• Alder Smoked Salmon strips
Pantry & Prepared Foods
• Applesauce: Pure, Dolgo, Plum or Maple Cinnamon
• Bone Broth: Roasted Chicken
• Maple Bread & Butter Squash Pickles with Artesano Vinegar
• Mexican Pickled Carrots
• Chimichurri Sauce
• Dilly Beans with Artesano Cider Vinegar
• Giardinara pickles
• Lard, Leaf & Regular
• Marinara, Tomato Basil (Frozen or Canned)
• Pâté, Chicken Liver
• Pesto: Basil, Garlic Scape or Sweet Pea
• Heirloom Tomato Salsa
• Roasted Tomato & Tomatillo Salsa
• Salsa Verde
• Soup: Roasted Turkey & Squash; Creamy Squash; Creamy Carrot Potage; Zesty tomato; Creamy Broccoli; Simple Squash – no alliums
• Canned Tomatillos
• Canned Tomatoes
From our Farm Friends
• Eco-Apples from Champlain Orchards (Macoun, Querina, Creston, Roxbury Russet)
• Frozen Apple Cider from Champlain Orchards
• Maple sweetened Jams from Lightfoot Farm
• Organic Kidney, Black or 7 Bean medley Beans, Morningstar Farm
• Daily Tonic, Artesano
• Honey Mead Vinegar, Artesano
• Cyser (Apple & Honey Mead) vinegar, Artesano
• Maple Balsamic Vinegar, Artesano
• Vermont Apple Cider Vinegar, Artesano (2 sizes)
• Farmstead Pizza from Field Stone Farm
• Cider Syrup, Brookfield Bees
• Honey, Brookfield Bees
• Maple Syrup, Brookfield Bees
This Week’s Member Special
All of the above is available for members and retail shoppers, but we also offer some specials for our members. To learn more about our flexible, free Choice Farm Share memberships, see the details on our website.
• Odd Bits (organ meats, pork heads, feet, etc)
• Bones
• Frozen Spinach
• Frozen Kale
• Pork Chops
Check out the new ONLINE Farmstand to make your Order
or email your order for packing to: Orders@EatStayFarm.com
Call us with any questions 802-505-9840