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We are adding pick up locations as farmers markets are opening up. You can now find us at
Sundays – Squirrel Hill Farmers Market – 9am – 1 pm
Wednesdays – Here at The Farm – 11 – 7
Fridays – Northside Farmers Market – 3 – 7 pm
NEW! Saturdays – Mt. Lebonon, Uptown – 9 – 12.
Back by Demand!: Mondays – East Liberty Farmers Market – 3 – 7 pm
Field Update – Jen
I know, I know. How much more lettuce do I expect you to eat? Well… let’s harken back to the days of ole, when the wintry winds blew and you had to slurp down that limp lettuce that had been sitting on the grocery store shelves for 2 weeks. The chances are that it was so unappetizing that you skipped salads and swore them off until the spring, when farmers came out of hibernation with the “real deal”. So you think you might be sick of salads now, but we’re only 2 weeks into the CSA and you’re on a marathon to “eat your greens” – be it lettuce, kale, or broccoli leaves, until Old Man Winter comes and spoils our palette with trans-national imports that pale in comparison.
So when you see that boat load of lettuce…. it’s not time to cringe. It’s time to step up to the challenge. By pass the tortilla and replace with lettuce leaf burriot (who needs all those carbs anyway?). Nacho night on a bed of lettuce, Spring rolls with lettuce, Ceasar salad from scratch, stuffed lettuce leaves with local chevre (we recommend Cherish Creamery) topped with pickles. Think of your four heads of lettuce as a blank canvas in which you can explore your inner Julia Child, and paint a palette of early summer greens that you’ll reminisce over during the long nights of winter.
Let’s move away from talk of winter and throw out some excited whoops over the nearly-ready zucchini! We are on the BALL this summer and I have to say I’m thrilled with how quickly crops are getting planted, weeded, and harvested. I look back to early June in 2018 and the tomatoes had just been planted, little sprouts just establishing their own territory. This year, we’re already on our 3 round of trellising tomatoes and they are thigh high and bearing fruit. I won’t be long until we taste our first cherry tomato of 2021!
Market update – Greg
It’s an exciting time for the farm as our ventures start to support each other and our efforts start bearing fruit. To hire additional farm labor, (e.g., get beyond subsistence farming by accelerating construction of the community farm of our collective dreams), we COOK our produce and meats on the spot at the farmers market! Ready to eat, ‘Farm to Hand’ food. By removing the bricks and mortar, as well as the distribution costs, we can price our local organic sides and non-GMO pastured meat HAMburgers at more competitive ‘fast-food’ prices, rather than the gourmet local restaurant prices. This dramatically increases our customer base, and ensures that we can pay the labor without dramatically increasing production. The major accomplishment for us is to be able to put a delicious burger in-the-hand with a tolerable price-tag. I love burgers, and have paid over $50 to feed the family (two small girls and two farmers) something decent… so we rarely go out. I feel good telling the customers that all Farmer’s Grill profits are deposited into employee payroll. Folks are directly supporting local farm workers by buying our food.
This Week’s Menu
What I plan for at 11 pm on Sunday doesn’t always pan out to what we harvest later in the week. Items may vary at the whim of Mother Nature:
This week – look for Kale, lettuce, broccoli, herbs, scallions, garlic scapes, chard, and maybe even peas!!
Pickled Garlic Scapes – from SeriousEats
(you’ll have to ask my mom for her secret Pickled Garlic Scape Recipe)
