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This Week's Farmshare is Extremely Heavy

Posted in Organic Food, Midwest, Local Food on Sat, 12/05/2009 - 1:41pm by lee -

We were down to very slim pickings when this week's Harmony Valley farmshare arrived (now that we've hit the cold months, the box comes just once every two weeks). I had been excited about it for days, especially as it became increasingly clear that we didn't have enough carrots to last the week.

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This Week's Farmshare: Thanksgiving Ready!

Posted in Local Food, Recipes, Sustainable, Television, Twin Cities on Mon, 11/23/2009 - 1:37pm by lee -

Now that our Harmony Valley farmshare deliveries have slowed to just once every 2 weeks, I get especially excited when they come. Any lover of tasty soup recipes will tell you that you can never have too many root vegetables, too much squash, or too much garlic. And this week being the start of Thanksgiving ... well, let's just say I'm grateful once again for fresh, locally grown sweet potatoes to put beneath mountains of marshmallows and brown sugar.

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The Last Weekly Farmshare Delivery of the Season

Posted in Local Food, Midwest, Organic Food, Sustainable on Sat, 11/07/2009 - 1:17pm by lee -

This is Harmony Valley's last weekly farmshare for 2009 - after this week, deliveries will come only every other week through the end of the year. I can't help but feel a little bit sad about it, although I know it'll give me a good opportunity to try new foods at my local co-op - and maybe even to get out to the St. Paul Farmers Market a few times in January.

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Harmony Valley Keeps it Fresh and Local

Posted in Organic Food, Midwest, Local Food on Sat, 10/03/2009 - 12:20pm by lee -

My family is nearly 6 months into our Harmony Valley farmshare, and it's astounding to think about how much has changed for us. We're making soup out of things like celeriac these days, and the other day I ate a fresh lunch consisting only of things I picked from the garden 5 minutes before. My family hardly recognizes me. We don't even keep beef jerky or gummy worms in the cupboard anymore. Crazy.

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This Week's Farmshare: More Local Organic Food Goodness

Posted in Midwest, Local Food, Organic Food, Sustainable on Sat, 09/26/2009 - 2:11pm by lee -

Is it possible to miss a bag of mixed salad greens? We've been getting them from our Harmony Valley Farmshare like clockwork, but this week, we're bag-o-mixed-salad free (fortunately, we've still got a bag of spinach). I'm totally okay with that, mostly because I've been eating tomatoes like a crazy person, thickly layered on my hummus sandwich nearly every day for lunch. I've also taking to grilling just about everything that comes, including cauliflower, which is fantastic with olive oil, black pepper, and sea salt. I haven't tried my celeriac yet, but I'm hoping to this week, especially now that I know I can grate it and fry it up like a potato pancake.

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Our Harmony Valley Farmshare This Week

Posted in Organic Food, Midwest, Local Food on Fri, 09/11/2009 - 12:07pm by lee -

As you can see, this week's Harmony Valley farmshare box looks every bit as good as the one we've just eaten our way through. Of all last week's treasures, none went over quite as well as the broccoli romanesco, which my kids ate raw in a matter of minutes. In fact, we've been through 2 heads of the great green stuff this week (thanks, Seward Co-op!) - and a bit of tasty cheddar cauliflower as well.

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This Week from Harmony Valley Farm

Posted in Local Food, Midwest, Organic Food on Mon, 08/31/2009 - 12:25pm by lee -

You'll notice that the list of what's in our Harmony Valley Farmshare is getting longer. I should also point out how amazingly good the food is. And despite the fact that I have shamefully tossed out my amaranth each week, I'm happy we got it again - just in time (again) to try out that amaranth and goat cheese pizza recipe I've been talking about from Amy Boland's site (see our picture below - it was delicious).

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Okay, Now I'm Completely Overwhelmed!

Posted in Local Food, Organic Food, Sustainable on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 12:37pm by lee -

Our kitchen counter, covered with this week's farmshare bountyMy kitchen counter, covered with this week's farmshare bountyWhat am I going to do with all of this stuff? It's taking over my kitchen! My fridge is still nearly full from last week's Harmony Valley vegetables! My fruit share includes an entire bag full of apricots! I've been eating salad greens and sautee mix non-stop for weeks! I don't know if I can eat another basil vinaigrette.

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This Week's Farmshare, August 8

Posted in Local Food, Midwest, Organic Food, Sustainable on Sat, 08/08/2009 - 1:06pm by lee -

For the second straight week, I've gone right for the small yellow tomatoes. They're super sweet and super delicious, and my family won't go near them. How lucky can a fella be? Cucumbers are a big hit in my house all around, so we're glad to see those coming too. And we've got almost enough tomatoes (and peppers) for salsa, but not quite.

Here's what's in the Harmony Valley CSA box this week, with words and pictures directly from Harmony Valley's e-newsletter:

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This Week’s Farmshare Box

Posted in Local Food, Midwest, Organic Food, Sustainable on Fri, 06/26/2009 - 4:17pm by lee -

csa333Here are the contents of this week’s box, along with notes, suggestions, and a picture from Harmony Valley Farm. I’m exceedingly happy to be getting sugar snap peas and summer squash this week, and I’m committed to making garlic scape pesto too. Slightly bummed that there’s no fruit share this week, especially since I’ve started squeezing my own orange juice. Oh well, more strawberries!

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The Great Scapes

Posted in Local Food, Organic Food, Recipes, Sustainable on Fri, 06/19/2009 - 4:02pm by lee -

scapes1Before last week, I didn’t know what garlic scapes were. I’d never seen them, smelled them, or touched them, and I most certainly did not know where they came from. But our Harmony Valley farm share delivered local, organic scapes to Minneapolis last week - and oh, how far my family has come in one short week.

According to Mother Earth News:

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This Week's Farmshare Bounty

Posted in Activities, Books, Local Food, Television, United Kingdom on Thu, 05/21/2009 - 1:40pm by lee -

csa33A quick look at what's coming in my CSA box this week, along with ideas from Harmony Valley Farm on what to do with it all. This content comes directly from the Harmony Valley newsletter:

  • Asparagus - Make a quick and delicious cream of asparagus soup by boiling asparagus until bright green and tender, pureeing in a blender along with its cooking water, and stirring in shredded Swiss cheese, cooked bacon crumbles, salt and pepper. Cook just until heated through and serve immediately.
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My Little Bundle of Joy

Posted in Local Food, Midwest, Organic Food, Sustainable, Twin Cities on Fri, 05/08/2009 - 1:47pm by lee -

[caption id="attachment_1548" align="alignright" width="300" caption="My CSA box, just opened."]My CSA box, just opened.[/caption] I picked up my first community supported agriculture (CSA) box yesterday from an unmarked garage near Uptown Minneapolis. I was excited to see what had come from Harmony Valley, but disorganized enough to have forgotten to bring my own bag to carry away my bounty (the boxes themselves are meant to stay).

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10 Ways Local Food Has Changed My Life

Posted in Local Food, Organic Food, Specialty Food, Sustainable, Twin Cities on Mon, 04/20/2009 - 9:54am by lee -

It was just over 6 weeks ago when I joined my first CSA, bought Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, and started hunting down restaurants serving local, sustainable foods.

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Food4Thought.com: Bringing CSAs to Your Doorstep

Posted in Twin Cities, Sustainable, Organic Food, Midwest, Local Food on Fri, 03/20/2009 - 2:10pm by lee -

food4thoughtlogoTony Pavelko, who recently started the Twin Cities company Food4Thought with Gina DiMaggio, recently sent me an email describing the service: We are a little bit different from most CSA programs in that we are working with four farms (one of them being Harmony Valley! [this is the CSA I am part of]).

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What Will I Get From My Minnesota/Wisconsin CSA?

Posted in Local Food, Midwest, Organic Food, Sustainable, Twin Cities on Wed, 03/11/2009 - 11:09am by lee -

hv-header1 My friend Jim suggested this post, and I'm glad he did. He's apprehensive about joining a CSA; he seems especially concerned that he'll end up with 200 boxes of radishes. Here's a month-by-month listing (from the Harmony Valley Farm website) that lists the vegetables (and occasional fruits) that will be coming from the Harmony Valley Farm CSA, located in Wisconsin.

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