Category Archives: From the Veggie Fields

Spring Forward

It’s been another very busy week as we began accepting Membership Renewals for our CSA for next season.  The Renewal drive is going well and we have received many inquiries already from potential new members! A few important dates coming … Continue reading

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Harvesting Rainbows

This week’s share has plenty of color varieties to make all your dishes look like rainbows! Have fun mixing all the different lettuces and adding tasty greens like fennel, rainbow chard and spinach. The cabbage crop has finally come in, … Continue reading

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Folks love the increase in share

Hope everyone has been enjoying the recent increase in the number of items in the CSA share. This is the result of an incredible effort to get our new farm site up and running during this summer, fall and winter … Continue reading

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Plan ahead for next Season

On Saturday we had our first Farm to Table Supper.  With the help of the good folks at Whole Foods Market in Tampa, we served 130 people a nutrient-dense, whole food, vegan meal featuring veggies from our farm.  The Naked … Continue reading

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Half Way through our Season

It’s hard to believe that half of our season is already behind us.  We have received much encouragement and support from many of our members, as well as important feedback.  As we think ahead to next season (and the CSA … Continue reading

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Your support helps us all

Peaceful Greetings, The last couple of weeks we’ve had a surge of school-aged children taking part in our field trip program at the farm.  We’ve watched these kids touching, smelling and tasting the beautiful veggies, herbs (and weeds!) that grow … Continue reading

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Field notes from a dirty earth worker

The Spring Potatoes are in the ground at the new Children’s Home field. We were able to plant them last Sunday after the harvest, just on time thanks to our amazing and dedicated Sweetwater Farming team who put in a … Continue reading

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First harvest at our new farm

This week we are harvesting baby arugula from our new farm at The Children’s Home!  We are very excited to begin harvesting, things are growing very well at the new farm site, almost half the field is planted or ready … Continue reading

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Transition is difficult, but good.

Transition is taking place this week and the next few weeks from the Bern’s farm we have called home for years, to our new farm at The Children’s Home.  Since this summer the farmers have been working diligently to clear … Continue reading

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Back in the Groove

It’s been a nice holiday season with a little time off to spend with our families and friends.  We hope you have enjoyed the start of the New Year too.  The recent cooler weather makes it finally feel like winter … Continue reading

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