Farm Happenings for August 6, 2019

New this Week: Blueberries from Sand Hill Berries, Clarion River Organics' Sweet Corn, and Sunflower Bouquets (are back)!

We hope you enjoyed blueberries last week from our partner farms. This week, we'll be getting some blueberries from Sand Hill Berries and also for the first time, SWEET CORN, from Clarion River Organics.

Did you know that we have our very own CVO Farm Market & Cafe? It is located on the Panhandle Trail in Burgettstown, just about 3 miles away from the farm. We are open Thursday through Sunday each week, and we have a selection of local farm products, our own produce and value-added products, AND a cafe with espresso drinks, our herbal teas, Millie's Homemade Ice Cream, and our organic baked goods, including homemade, organic pies (so you can eat pie-on-the-porch)! All of this deliciousness is featured on our Facebook and Instagram pages, won't you friend or follow us?

https://www.facebook.com/cherryvalleyorganics/

https://www.instagram.com/cherryvalleyorganics/

And, go for a hike or bike ride on the Panhandle Trail and say hi to Katie and Emily in the shop!

This Past Week on Our Farm...

This week on our farm, we said good-bye to some of our wonderful early season helpers, Kitty and Jessie. Thank you for all of your hard work ladies! If you are interested in learning more about our small team, check out our brand new website at www.cherryvalleyorganics.com on our About Us page.

It is truly tomato season now! All of the heirlooms are ripening now with some paste/plum tomatoes just starting. We will be introducing seconds bushels for canning, freezing, or salsa-making this week! Be sure to pre-order bulk quantities as soon as possible. This week, we also said goodbye to the spring carrots, but beets are back and new rounds of squash and cukes will be coming online soon. We have to keep planting to have continuous supply so even though it seems like summer is almost over, we will still be planting at the farm for continuous fall harvests for another 5 weeks or so. Fall broccoli, cabbage, kales, collards, scallions, and leeks get planted this week!

Have a great week ahead everyone!

Jodi, Allie, Katie, and Emily

The CVO Growing Team

Cherry Valley Organics began in 2001 as a USDA certified organic farm, producing a high diversity of agricultural products, including vegetables, herbs, cut flowers, and potted plants. Since those early years, we have grown into an organic lifestyle company, producing a wide diversity of products that support a clean, organic lifestyle, including our herbal teas and herbal body care products, all of which are grown or hand-made at our farm.

At Cherry Valley Organics, we believe in…

*Living the healthiest life possible (full of organics!)
*Fair, livable wages for our team members
*USDA certified organic growing and production practices
*Minimizing our carbon footprint and ecological impact
*Supporting our local community

Cherry Valley Organics is a collaboration. Unlike traditional family farms, we come from diverse geographical, family, and professional backgrounds. We are growers, scientists, food & health enthusiasts, teachers, caretakers, chefs, and nutritionists. We are all farmers. And, all of us here at Cherry Valley Organics are committed to growing and producing high quality certified organic products for our community. We would never compromise on organics. Ever.

Cherry Valley Organics, founded by Jodi Danyo, began as a one-third-acre “urban farm” in the Pittsburgh suburb of Crafton, Cherry Valley Organics now encompasses approximately 36 acres in nearby Cherry Valley, Washington County, PA. Despite this expansion, the footprint of the operation is still quite small with farming operations encompassing less than 8 acres. The farm was built, quite literally, from the ground up!

Our Farm Share Growers, Emily Kramer, Vanessa Davis, Lindsay Henry, Alexis Williams, and Alliy Gundlach, love producing high quality organic products for our local Pittsburgh communities. You can find our products at the Sewickley Farmer’s Market on Saturdays (April through November), and also at local florists and specialty shops. In 2018, we opened a Farm Market & Cafe along the Panhandle Trail in Burgettstown, PA.

What makes our Farm Share unique?

*We wash the produce. Thoroughly. You are unlikely to get any mud in your CVO Farm Share bag. We still recommend that you wash our veggies, but many items will be ready to eat (and may make for excellent snacking in the car on the way home from the pick-up location).

*High diversity of veggie crops. We grow over 150 varieties of vegetables and herbs per season, on average.

*Specialty crops, like microgreens. It's a bit unusual to see this high value crop in farm share programs. They are a bit tricky to grow, but wow do they pack a nutritional punch! Despite their small size, they are the most nutritious veggie in the share!

*We believe in minimizing our environmental impact, and we use biodegradable and compostable packaging wherever possible. And we have a variety of new packaging products in the works for 2021.

*Specialty cut flowers are a niche crop for us. We grow many of the hard-to-grow flower varieties like Ranunculus, Bells of Ireland, Delphinium, and more. Many more. Nearly 300 varieties! Our flowers are not your run of the mill market flowers. Our bouquets are carefully crafted, and absolutely gorgeous!

*We have extensive partnerships with other local businesses and farms, including Primrose Farm (pasture-raised eggs), Paul Family Farms (maple syrup), Tait Farm (jams, butters, shrubs), Weatherbury Farm (flours, milled products), Big Bob's Honey (honey), Clarion River Organics (potatoes, sweet potatoes, melons, winter squash), Woolf Family Farms (blueberries, apples, peaches), Cherish Creamery (cheese), Emerald Valley Artisans (cheese), Steel Cup Coffee Roasters (organic, fair-trade coffee), Conover Family Farm (pickles, hot sauce) and more! A selection of these items is available on a weekly basis and can be added onto your Veggie Farm Share in any quantity you choose. We believe in the value of small business and keeping dollars in our Pittsburgh neighborhoods.

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