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2012 Order Form is Now Available

rharvest — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:01:41 +0000

At last! The 2012 CSA information and sign-up form is available. Here is the complete 2012 CSA Brochure with order form. Here is just the 2012 CSA Order Form.

Once the farm receives your order form and payment, a welcome letter and receipt will be mailed to you. From that point on, all communication will be done through email.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact us by email or phone.

Thank you for your continued support. We are excited for the coming season and glad you’ll be part of it!

Cate & Mat

Beef Delivery & Last Holiday Share Delivery

rharvest — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 03:42:53 +0000

Wednesday December 14 is the last Holiday Share delivery (box #2) and the Beef Bundle delivery.

FARM-FRESH 365: A Celebration of Local Farms and Local Food

rharvest — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:26:17 +0000

Unique seasonal calendar featuring family farmers and farm-fresh recipes from our popular cookbook. What a great holiday gift!

This stunning calendar takes you through a year of seasonal recipes and brings the stories of our local farms into your home. Each month you will meet a family farmer who strives to bring fresh, nutritious food direct from their farms to our tables. The back side of each calendar month features information & recipes on a seasonally available vegetables from the Coalition’s nationally renowned cookbook, From Asparagus to Zucchini.

Bulk quantities available! Please contact info@macsac.org to inquire about bulk purchasing for your farm, retail store, or if you just really like to give calendars as giftts!

Get it here: http://www.csacoalition.org/store/2012-calendar/

CSA Winter/Holiday Shares Available!

rharvest — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 04:27:00 +0000

CSA Holiday Shares Available. Many people have asked us to offer an extension of the season. So we have decided to listen to our members and extend the CSA season with two deliveries – November 16 and December 14, 2011. Our stored items are a popular way to stock up on fall goodies. If you are interested in extending your CSA experience reserve your share now! 2011 Holiday Share Brochure/Order Form

rharvest — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 04:22:34 +0000

I meant to take the camera to the fields today to capture
the beautiful light and magnificent colors of the fall greens.
But, the loading of our six pigs took longer than anticipated
due to pig stubbornness. I forgot about just how stubborn
pigs can be. After a lap (or two) (or three) around the pasture,
we coaxed them off their large pasture into a small
pen with fresh cull tomatoes. (Note to self: put the tomatoes
in the small pen first since they walk right over to the
yummy tomatoes without any fuss.) If you haven’t been
around a hog before, a market sized pig is about 230-250
pounds. They are thigh high and 2-3 feet wide—a solid
mass of rooting muscle and meat. They look lumbering
but move quickly with small sudden moves, and are very
smart. They can easily outwit an inexperienced handler
(yes, we have been outwitted). But, we have raised pigs
for10 years and were prepared to handle them, but forget
to allow time to wait for the pigs to move. No shockers are
used to handle our animals, so one must use patience and
lots of talking nice. They are around us daily and come
when called, but pigs won’t move unless they really want
to. Well, once everyone was loaded (including my favorite
I called Flop Ear) we thanked the pigs and off Mat and
Paul drove to our friends down at the Gays Mill Kickapoo
Locker. It will take them about a month to butcher, cut,
brine and wrap the meat. We will keep you all posted on
any extra pork bundles, and about delivery to those who
have reserved bundles. Information to our pork customers
will be emailed out in the coming weeks.
With the pigs leaving, summer crops declining, and the
change in light, it sure feels more like fall every day. A
stocking hat and sweatshirt are now needed to start and
end the days work. We need to move the picnic table into
the sun (out of the shade) tomorrow!
While some crops are fading (we’re going into the final
weeks of frost-sensitive items like tomatoes, basil, zucchini,
eggplant ) we will soon greet a whole assortment of
delicious autumn vegetables like spinach, Brussels
sprouts, rutabagas, collards, diakon radishes, carrots and
potatoes, and much more. With each change in the season
we say good bye to something, while greeting something
new. Isn’t it an exciting time!
Blessings,
Cate

Bulk Purchase/Stock-up Opportunities

rharvest — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 03:36:15 +0000

We offer bulk purchase opportunities for those who like to preserve or stock up! Call or email us to reserve any of the below items. Orders are due by Sunday night for delivery during CSA Wednesday, then mail a check to “Ridgeland Harvest”.

Canning tomatoes (bulk slicers): 10-pounds $20

Basil (Genovese): 12 bunches $18

Garlic, Food Grade (hard-neck porcelain):

5 lbs $30

10 lbs $57

25 lbs $137

Garlic, Seed Grade: German Extra Hardy or Asian Tempest. Large 3”- 4 inch bulbs with 6-8 large cloves.

1 lbs $16

5 lbs $70

10 lbs $120

25 lbs $250

Onions (yellow or red storage):

5 pounds $10

10-pounds $19

25– pounds $44

Cate and Julie Packing Cherry Tomatoes

rharvest — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 03:12:01 +0000

Email Issues

rharvest — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 03:49:47 +0000

For some reason last week many people accidently unsubscribed from our email list. Almost 9 percent. This had caused a lock on our ability to send emails, until they can determine if we are sending SPAM. As mentioned last week because our email list is large we can not simply send an email to everyone without using a service such as mailchimp. We hope to resolve this issue and resume normal email operations. Please make certain that you have are still on our list by signing up for our newsletter on our website: www.ridgelandharvest.com.

Here is the link to the newsletter:

http://www.ridgelandharvest.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/20110727Week07.pdf

CSA Week 2 Box Packing pt 1

rharvest — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:20:10 +0000

Here is part 1 of packing CSA boxes for Week 2. This shows the box assembly.

Here is part 2 of packing the boxes. This shows how we actually the a produce in 300 boxes.

CSA sign-up deadline: June 6

rharvest — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:31:01 +0000

Still want to sign-up for a CSA box? Your order form and payment must be received by Monday, June 6. That’s right, just a few days left to mail in your information! ~ Thank you ~