The Weblog
This page contains news, event information, and other items added by Ian and Adam, the resident farmers at Old 99. We send out a message every week, but most are set with a delete date about two weeks later. I archive some of the posts if they have content other than weekly availability of produce and meat.
You can send me questions too, which if they are of a general nature, I can post to this Old99 blog.
Old 99 Farm, week of Nov 21 2021
We’re covering all the chores and fall farm projects quite well, though we do miss regular help. Thank you for the offers that have come in, I’ll be contacting you for work days. I expect I’ll be able to make an announcement for our new farm intern next week.
This week’s produce
We have celery, spinach, chard (perpetual green, rainbow), purple top white turnips, Detroit beets, collard greens, baby fennel bulbs, baby leeks, potatoes, carrots, rutabaga and golden turnips, new crop baby carrots, kale, and mixed greens.
We have home processed pork lard and beef broth.
Several people took my hint about the NY striploin steaks being so tasty and tender. There are still some left as well as other steak cuts like t-bone and sirloin. The pork chops and boneless chicken breasts are popular too.
We have made 40 bottles of hard cider that you might like. Maybe I’ll slip one in the Winter CSA baskets soon.
Community Shared Agriculture
We are one of the few farms offering a winter share of vegetables: fresh greens all winter, eggs and cold storage root crops. The price is $25/week for 24 weeks starting from when you purchase. So if this week, your share runs to April 30. You can skip up to 3 weeks and extend the end date. A new option we’re trying is the smorgasbord: you pick your 6 vegetables from the harvest table when you arrive, or substitute an item or two that we have boxed up for you.
A third option is Cash Advance: pay ahead $300, and order a la carte from the locallygrown menu. The advantage: I’ll reduce the unit prices by 10% and you’ll know you are supporting the farm with your commitment.
Starting next week we will return to one day market pickup or by arrangement. Thursday will be market day, and you can pick up Friday to Sunday.
Are you paying attention to the climate scene? I believe I see a lot more mainstream media talk about the urgency of real action. I find it now past obvious that very disruptive changes are called for, sacrificial really, for there to be any probability of stabilizing the Earth ecological system. Here is an excellent summary, only 33min, by Michael Dowd of our predicament. I’ll be offering a few suggestions every week on what we can do to get ready, adapt and support each other.
Please surf on over to our virtual farm market to place your orders.
Healthy eating
Ian and Cami