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In This Week’s Box
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- Kiwi, Brenner Ranch, Newcastle, CA
- Warren Pears, Frog Hollow Farm
- Pink Lady Apples, Viva Tierra, Watsonville, CA
- Clementine Mandarins, Olsen Organics, Lindsay, CA
- Navel Oranges, Olsen Organics, Lindsay, CA
- Hass Avocados, Gillig Orchard, Watsonville, CA
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From Farmer Al
Dear Members,
Last week was a busy one for me on behalf of the farm and Happy Child CSA.
On Tuesday the 11th, I visited with Rebecca Klein of Lafayette who is creating a wonderful new vision for CSAs and for connecting schools and churches with local farmers for their food needs. Her CSA site is located at Temple Isaiah in Lafayette. While there, I met Janna Lipman Weiss, a mom and CSA member whose children attend the Jewish school located on the grounds. She has been working with the school cafeteria to show them how to source all their school lunch food from organic, sustainable local farms. I was amazed and inspired to hear their stories, which were as much about community building as about food!
On Wednesday, Jeff and I met with Gudrun Enger, our West Menlo Park site host. She was further inspiration, with a beehive and chicken coop in her back yard to help feed her children with fresh eggs and honey. Gudrun made a great suggestion—for us to create a Happy Child CSA Advisory Committee composed of interested members. This could help bring the original shareholder idea back into the way we operate as a CSA, and was only one of her many fantastic ideas.
Then, on Thursday I met a hopefully future CSA member: Dan Del Grande, the owner/brewmaster of Bison Brewery in Berkeley. He’s interested in making fruit enhanced organic beer using Frog Hollow fruit in season. We are very excited about that prospect!
So, rather than fight the muddy conditions in our orchard, I got to have a delightful week of connecting with what I hope is the first of many people in our greater CSA community. Later this month…two visits to Monterey. Stay tuned!
Organically Yours,
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Jeff Bordes is Frog Hollow's Director of Sales and Marketing. His goals for Happy Child CSA directly align with its core values which include education, sustainability, and building community. Suggestions or feedback regarding the future of our CSA can be directed to him through this website's contact form.
Hi,
I just wanted to give you some feedback on this week’s box. We think it was heavy on the kiwi. Also, two of the kiwis were already mushy and one of the clementines was also bad. Everything else was fine. Thanks a lot.
John
Hi John,
Karen had been out of the office sick, but I made her aware of your comment as soon as she was back. I’m sure she’s contacted you already to provide replacements, but if not, feel free to email her directly at karen@froghollow.com or give us a call.
The kiwis in the January 17th week’s box were definitely nearing the end of their shelf life. As we have more flexibility in regards to box contents with the changes we’ve made transitioning to the new Happy Child CSA format, we’re making more of an effort to include as much fruit as possible each week and eliminate waste. This can lead to putting in very ripe fruits.
As we’ve nixed the email newsletter and this site grows in functionality, being able to notify members of instances like this where bonus or very ripe fruit ends up in the box will be done here with supplemental articles.
Thank you for taking the time to give us some feedback!