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Amongst all the spring weather we are looking far into the summer months as we’ve now planted some of our main summer veggies this week - cucumbers, eggplant, summer squash, tomatoes, and basil will be filling your boxes soon. Our veggie crew also planted 17 different varieties of peppers today!!! And with a freezer stocked with our pasture-raised bacon, BLT season is just within reach! Calving is picking up as lambing is slowing down, we have just five more mama sheep left to have their lambs and then lambing season is a wrap! We have 9 calves and seem to get a new one every other day now. Be sure to follow us on Instagram to keep up with all the new life happening on the farm!
We have big plans and intentions for the season! From team building, to marketing, to decisions around hay, and when to harvest the wheat - collaborative conversations are just as important as working in the fields! We had one of team meetings in the wheat fields, which are almost ready to be cut for hay and some will be harvested as grain for pig feed, covercrop seed, and if the protein content is right, maybe even wheat for flour!
What's in the veggie box:
Baby Greens
Bunching onions
Broccoli
Mint
Broccoli leaves
Italian Greens
Head lettuce
Lemon Balm
Radish (TBD)
*The harvest list is always tentative. The garden decides what's in the box.
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Recipes:
Stir-fried broccoli florets, stems and leaves —
The holy grail of the sustainable meal, the stir fry uses all parts of the broccoli. Add a dash of sesame oil and serve over noodles for flare. Broccoli leaves : prepare them same ways as kale, Swiss chard or collard and mustard greens. Try them in soups, salads or sandwiches, or even blended into a smoothie.
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About the farm
Caney Fork Farms is a 400 acre organic vegetable, multispecies livestock, and chestnuts agroforestry farm in the hills of Middle Tennessee. We raise cattle, sheep, and pigs using organic practices. Our livestock are grazed and fed in a way that is optimal to their health and quality of life. Subsequently, these practices improve the land and sequester carbon into the soil. Special attention is given to their rearing so that the final product that you take home is of the highest quality, leaving you satisfied and nourished. Our vegetables are certified organic.
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