March 12th, 2021
Roots from Green Valley Farm
As the winter gives way to spring our North Bay farmers are left yearning for more precipitation. Our friends at Green Valley Farm have resolved to cancel their produce CSA for the remainder of the 2021 season in light of diminishing ground water resources on the property. While we're heartbroken to hear of this drought-driven decision, we are grateful to collaborate with them, offering their remaining root vegetables to the FEED community. Next week the majority of our Bins will have a combination of Green Valley Farm's Red Desiree Potatoes, German Butterball Potatoes, and Orange Bolero carrots in your FEED bin. We hope you enjoy them with a reverence for the now parched land from which they were harvested.
We are excited to announce our Food as Medicine column, contributed by FEED employee and nutritional advocate...
Our health is our greatest wealth and one of the most foundational ways to take responsibility for our health is to bring awareness to what and how we eat. Most people eat 2-4 meals per day, obviously this can vary given bio-individuality and lifestyle, but these meal times are opportunities to provide our bodies with optimal nutrition for optimal energy as well as healing what ails us. There is a common adage that “we are what we eat” which is definitely true but to take it a step further “we are what we assimilate”. This means we can be eating junk food and only absorbing the rancid fats, excessive sugars, and/or toxins; or we can be eating healthy food but may have digestive issues that are preventing us from absorbing and utilizing the nutrients in those healthy foods. Overall, if you are what you eat and you don't know what’s in the food you’re eating then ultimately how can you know who you really are? How do we utilize Food as Medicine? The principles that I use personally and with my clients are to source foods that are Organic, Seasonal, Local and Minimally Processed.
From our Producers :: Field Notes
A cold storm front moved through California this past week causing irregular weather and culminating in a significant hail storm causing several inches of very short-lived buildup on roadways and areas near Windsor. Tierra Vegetables, on the North side of Santa Rosa saw some significant hail come down on their farm.