CSA Newsletter

~~~the Crossroads Companion~~~ stories, recipes, and news from the farm  Week #3 – Wednesday, June 20th: All REGs & Group A – EO Finding Our Groove We’ve made it to week [...]

~~~the Crossroads Companion~~~ stories, recipes, and news from the farm  Week #2 – Wednesday, June 13th: All REGs & Group B – EOs Two quick notes for week #2: – Sometimes we [...]

Shepherding Time  Do you ever have those moments when you remember that you are indeed an animal? Like when you (or your partner) went into nesting mode, cleaning your home prior to the arrival [...]

Yesterday morning we began to seed the first plants of the season in the greenhouse – onions. When I walked outside with my seed tub in hand and headed toward the greenhouse, I heard a [...]

Recently, Madison Magazine published a wonderful story on eating locally, written by Jonnah Perkins of Vermont Valley Community Farm. It’s entitled 5 Ways to Eat Locally After the [...]

When the farm work slows down, each year around this time I find myself in a distinct home mode: de-clutter and organize.  This feeling is akin to the crazy housecleaning phases I would go into [...]

In our family, Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate family, friends, food, and the many other blessings of comfort we enjoy. I imagine it is similarly celebrated like this is your family too. [...]

I looked across the dinner table at my husband, and he had a familiar look of stress on his face.  “Stressed?” I asked.  “We gotta get those carrots out before it [...]

Yesterday morning I found myself scraping the windshield of our little harvest vehicle. Crates loaded, and off I drove into the field to harvest greens. I had to chuckle at myself as I looked [...]

The craving I feel for time with my kids this year is intense.  I miss them so much throughout the season.  While I see them every day and make time for them, I can’t help but feel like 6 months [...]

My dear veggie lover, I received your letter the other day. It breaks my heart that you want to leave our relationship. It’s my hope that you’ll read this letter and I may be able to [...]

The other day I read Ta-Nehisi Coates essay in the Atlantic entitled the First White President. If you’ve never heard of Coates, he is very talented, very eloquent writer who writes about [...]

For the sixth season in a row, we raised pigs on our farm this year. We get them from a conventional breeder in Waunakee when they are about 40 lbs. We transfer them from their farm to ours in [...]

In the age of Whole Foods being bought by Amazon, technology keeps intersecting into the food industry. It leaves farmers like us wondering how much we need to think about adding customization as [...]

Summer CSA: Week #14 Wednesday, September 6th: All REGs & Group B – EOs Mark your calendar for our Annual Barn Party, Saturday Sept. 23rd. 5:30pm. Catered cash taco bar by Stack foods. [...]

Summer CSA: Week #13 Wednesday, August 30th: All REGs & Group A – EOs Potato harvesting time. Can’t resist the heart-shaped taters. “Your kids must be great veggie eaters, seeing [...]

Intention I don’t go to yoga classes as much as I’d like to. My life feels so busy and it’s hard to make it to the classes. Plus I have this yoga app that has short classes and there’s Youtube [...]

Exhale If I could give mid to late August a name, it would be Exhale. While there is still so very much to do at the farm, this time of year marks a real transition. The edge, the intensity [...]

My trip to Rock Island with our girls was so very special. Just got home at 10pm and put their dirty, lovely little camping bodies in bed. I’m grateful to be home. Grateful to Mike for [...]

Summer CSA: Week #9 Wednesday, August 2nd: All REGs & Group A – EOs Please Note: Next week’s newsletter will arrive later than usual. I’ll be sending it late Tuesday [...]

Summer CSA: Week #8 Wednesday, July 26th: All REGs & Group B – EOs We’ve never seen our fields this wet. It’s not great, but things could always be worse. Last week we [...]

Summer CSA: Week #7 It’s that time in the CSA season, where you may need a reminder on how to use everything without getting overwhelmed! Johanna Voss posted this nice article, entitled [...]

We are so thankful for CSA and the local food movement. The hail storm we had last week was one of the most destructive hail storms we’ve ever experienced. Very few crops were spared from [...]

This past Sunday fun day, we enjoyed the weekend with some friends and their kiddos down at Mt. Horeb’s little gem, Stewart Lake. The kids played in the sand, hunted for painted turtles, [...]

Michele & The Fairy Garden You ever met someone who just about always takes that extra step and does something kind for others, unasked?  Michele is one of those people. Michele is on her [...]

These 3 little girls are so excited for you to come visit the farm! Our first on-farm event of the season is coming up on Saturday, July 1st, 1:30 – 4pm.  We call it the Strawberries and [...]

During certain moments of every farm season, you can suddenly find yourself stuck in intense mode. You know it’s going to happen. You plan for it with staff. You prep your friends for your [...]

The other day Edie was very upset to find herself at a beautiful sandy lakefront beach without a swimsuit. We’d camped out at a friends’ farm in Argyle, and Mom remembered everything [...]

  Our final preseason installment is a short, sweet one taken from an article entitled, Getting Hooked on Cooking with CSA by Katherince Deumling (author of Cook With What You Have). A CSA [...]

Until I became a farmer, I treated recipes as rules. (My mother taught me this.)  If I didn’t have the full list of ingredients for something, I wouldn’t make it.  If I found myself half way [...]