Week 35: Red as a Beet
It is looking likely that we get our first snow of 2021 this weekend! Who is ready? The snow will be a welcome sight and provides a great opportunity to get outside and enjoy its beauty. The snow-covered fields at the farm make it clear how important the already harvested root vegetables are during this time. This week, we take a dive in to beets. Yes, beets, the food that few are enthused to eat. However, beets have experienced a renaissance. Chefs are now using beets in cre
Week 34: Rootin' for 2021
Happy 2021! As we get into the heart of winter, we are lucky to have greens continuing to come in from the new hoop house. As always, as the weather changes so does the food that we have available at the farm. Rutabaga has returned to join the other winter root staples. Winter at the farm provides a great time to eat a more starch-heavy diet courtesy of the root bins. Root vegetables are underground plant parts that are where a plant stores energy in the form of carbohydrat
