Yippee for the first CSA! May 19&20, 2020

This is your first CSA share this season!

Currently our herd of heritage sheep are grazing in the fields doing a good job munching down and working in the cover crop. The cows are in the back field right now doing good work grazing that pasture and having babies. We have had 5 calves so far this Spring. Yep, they just birth by themselves out there in the pasture. We check on them a lot of course (and they all get named by Jason & Erin's 10yo). Both herds are rotated throughout the fields as crops move in and out. This is regenerative agriculture at it's best! Most of the crops in this week's share are coming out of the other field right now, on the south side of Hygiene Rd behind the hoop houses. The Niwot fields are being prepped and seeded with lots of diverse crops too.

This week we have included lots of good over-wintered spinach. Please enjoy this nutrient packed spring treat while it lasts for just another few weeks! Think homemade saag (easily made with greek yogurt), spanikopita, creamed spinach, ....

Boc Choy is another Spring item that will only be here for a few weeks. Try it stirfried with Hakurei turnips and cashews over basmati rice with a nice Spicy Peanut sauce! Boc Choy is also great chopped raw in quinoa salad with raw chopped turnips, radish, and feta cheese.

Thanks for being part of Aspen Moon Farm! It is your membership that inspires us everyday. Be well!

Please see aspenmoonfarm.com for 2022 CSA sign-up! Started in 2009, Aspen Moon Farm consisted of 2.5 acres in Longmont, Colorado with one acre of cultivated vegetables and one Farmer’s Market in Longmont. Now we are amazed by the 99 acres in our care with approximately 25 acres in production! We typically serve seasonal Farmer’s Markets in Longmont and Boulder (and hope to get back to that soon), and offer an abundant Roadside Farm Stand, open as weather permits(and dependent on current staff scheduling). Finally we are most proud of our CSA program and are so grateful for a wonderful group of annual CSA members (over 900) whose kind support keeps the farm open and productive. Aspen Moon Farm is USDA Certified Organic and has been practicing biodynamic agriculture since 2009 so our produce is truly 100% natural and bee friendly. We work hard to provide our own on-farm fertility through biodynamic compost, cover cropping, and crop rotation. All of our crops are carefully tended (many are hand-harvested) so you get the cleanest, freshest, and most nutritious produce possible. Our crops include a wide range of seasonal vegetables, beautiful organic flowers, succulent berries, and starter plants for your spring garden. Led by Jason and Erin (biodynamic gardeners, turned homesteaders, turned farmers), Aspen Moon Farm is managed by a team of inspiring and aspiring farm crew and interns. It is truly this team and the heart & soul they put into this farm (not to mention the 60+ hours of physically demanding work every week) that allows us to maintain and grow.

We are helped along by the dignified (sometimes not so dignified) ministrations of 20 kind-hearted cows, a gaggle of escape-artist chickens, a small herd of Navajo Heritage sheep including their aspiring guard dog, a spunky mini-horse, an elusive band of wandering cats, some very busy bees, and our dog/mascot Zuzu who keeps us all in line and laughing. At Aspen Moon Farm we work together to cultivate sustainable, life-giving, deliciously organic produce for you and your family. We plant, we weed, we tend, we dig, we water, we run, we lift, we clean, we bunch, we clean again, we count, we pack, we ache, we tire, we thank, and we love it all! Simply, we love growing good food for you!

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