Organic = Non-GMO: CSA Week 5
May 29-June 1, 2017 The technology behind genetically modified organisms (GMO) is fascinating. How the scientists place a particular gene of one species into the double-helix chromosome string of a totally different classification of life at precisely the right place to effect the expected change is nothing short of amazing. Miraculous biological beings are being […]
Taking the Long View: CSA Week 4
May 22-25, 2017 As farmers, our job is to covert solar energy into human nutrition. Cellular-level photosynthesis is where the action is. Plants harvest and store this solar energy in many forms: Some store their energy in the soil, others store it in tasty fruit, or roots or seeds. Our system of managing the plants […]
Mac’s Organic Evolution: CSA Week 3
May 15-18, 2017 When a bewildered-looking 3-year old looks up at you and asks, “Daddy, why did you spray poison on our food?” it makes you think. When you are trudging along a pond dam with a tank of toxic herbicide sloshing around on your back, spraying invasive thistle weeds, and fish “accidentally” die off, […]
Eat Your Greens: CSA Week 2
May 8-11, 2017 We only get 22 weeks to offer news and info through your CSA newsletter this season, and here we are dedicating a whole newsletter article to greens. This should tell you how important we think greens are, and also it should tell you that you need to get ready to eat some […]
May Equals CSA: CSA Week 1
May 1-4, 2017 Welcome, new and returning shareholders of the Summer ’17 Elmwood Stock Farm CSA Program. Your investment goes well beyond an exchange of cash for goods. The multiple layers of benefits of consistently eating wholesome foods are what the community-supported-agriculture partnership is really all about. You commit to eat local, organic food and we agree […]