Lightening Heavy Loads: Summer Week #20 – 10/21/20
As always, the end of the summer season seems to land itself so quickly! Overall, we’ve had a fantastic season. Our crew was so fun, hardworking, covid-careful, and amazing! Meanwhile, [...]
- Savor peak seasonal flavors
- Cook with local produce that lasts
vegetable shares to help you create
fresh meals with real food
CENTER PLANTS ON THE PLATE
REDUCE MEAL PLANNING STRESS
BOOST VEGETABLE INTAKE
Do You Struggle to Find High Quality Produce at an Affordable Price?
Are you longing for real food packed with flavor?
Is it time to incorporate more vegetables in your meals?
Does meal planning stress you?
Do you crave freshness?
Are you tired of produce that doesn’t last?
Does grocery store produce taste flat to you?
Crossroads Community Farm
Our farm story is one of passion. Mike & I first met at UW-Madison. He was working on an agronomy degree with the hope of starting an organic vegetable farm. I was teaching environmental studies at UW and MATC during the academic year, and working on farms in the summer.
We met and it clicked. We were passionate for each other and deeply committed to spending our lives working towards a different, more sustainable future.
Together we began to grow food on our farm in a way that nourishes both our bodies and our soils.
Today we feed over 800 families through our vegetable share program. Our own has three daughters. Our lives are a messy, joyful, chaotic intertwining of tractors, seedlings, crew lunches, princess drawings, dirty boots, sweet corn fritters, coyote howls, and dog-chewed crayons.
While I no longer teach in an academic setting, I find myself still teaching. My job as a farmer is not only to grow food, but to teach how to cook the food, and why what’s on the dinner plate matters.
Mike, Cassie, Zea, Edie & Juna Noltnerwyss
Mike and I started our farm in 2005. Located in Cross Plains, we directly market our produce through our vegetables shares, the Willy Street Coops & various restaurants in the Madison area.
MEAL PLAN EFFICIENTLY
You’ll be able to streamline your meal planning, because seasonal produce will become the base of all your meals.
BECOME A FLAVOR PROVIDER
You and your family will enjoy the flavor and freshness of a garden, without having to tend the garden.
UP YOUR VEGGIE GAME
You’ll eat more vegetables without having to make the weekly choice to do so. They’ll be in a box, ready to be enjoyed.
