Farm Happenings for September 8, 2021

New this Week in Your Shares:

Red Potatoes from Clarion River Organics. Petite cilantro and shallots from CVO! And, head lettuce is back!

New from Our Farm Partners: .

Tait Farm Pumpkin Butter, Tait Raspberry Dijon Vinaigrette, Tait Herbal Balsamic Vinaigrette

Woolf Farm IPM fruit is now apples! It's not too late to sign-up for fruit (visit your Harvie profile or send Vanessa@cherryvalleyorganics.com an email)!

We hope everyone is enjoying their veggies and other delicious goodies from Cherry Valley Organics! We are so happy to have you as farm share members this season. We know you have a lot of choices about where to purchase food, and it means everything to us and our small business partners that you have chosen to support our farms. Thank you!

Are you ready for our September Farm Partner Promo?!?!?

How It Works:

Did you know that September is Hunger Action Month? Did you also know that CVO has already donated more than 1,000 lbs. of vegetables to people in need this summer? This September, we will be partnering with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. For every $10 of farm partner extras sold during the month of September, CVO will donate one organic canned good to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank! We are setting a goal of 200 cans of organic vegetables!! We can do this with your support!

It's time to stock up on fall items like Pumpkin Butter and Spiced Apple Shrub!

Did you know that we have a Farm Market & Cafe along the Panhandle Trail in Burgettstown?

Come and see us this weekend as we raise awareness for Hunger Action Month! We are all decked out for fall, and we'll be donating 10% of sales from September 10th, 11th, and 12th to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank!

Updates from the Farm

We hope that everyone has recovered from the storms associated with hurricane Ida. Despite having to delay Wednesday's deliveries until Thursday, the farm came through the storm unharmed. Our small but mighty team was able to get Friday harvesting done on Thursday as well as Wednesday's deliveries to keep our Friday and Saturday deliveries on track. Go Team CVO! It will take a bit of time for the fields to dry out, but this dry sunny weather will do it! Our thoughts and positive energy go out to those in your communities who suffered loss as a result of flooding.

As we head into fall here, we'll be switching gears again but not quite yet! We still have a second round of cucumbers, beans, and squash as well as paste tomatoes that are not quite ready for fall and will be contributing to shares in September. We will also start distributing our winter squash next week!

Our team is truly grateful for a reprieve from 90 degree temperatures and 90% humidity. We are ready for this fall-like weather, and we hope it sticks around for a while!

Have a great week everyone, and thank you again for being a farm share member this season!!

Jodi, Emily, Vanessa, Jared, Kayla, and Jaclyn

The CVO Farm Share Team

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to vanessa@cherryvalleyorganics.com or to support@harvie.farm at any time.

Cherry Valley Organics began in 2001 as a USDA certified organic farm, producing a high diversity of agricultural products, including vegetables, herbs, cut flowers, and potted plants. Since those early years, we have grown into an organic lifestyle company, producing a wide diversity of products that support a clean, organic lifestyle, including our herbal teas and herbal body care products, all of which are grown or hand-made at our farm.

At Cherry Valley Organics, we believe in…

*Living the healthiest life possible (full of organics!)
*Fair, livable wages for our team members
*USDA certified organic growing and production practices
*Minimizing our carbon footprint and ecological impact
*Supporting our local community

Cherry Valley Organics is a collaboration. Unlike traditional family farms, we come from diverse geographical, family, and professional backgrounds. We are growers, scientists, food & health enthusiasts, teachers, caretakers, chefs, and nutritionists. We are all farmers. And, all of us here at Cherry Valley Organics are committed to growing and producing high quality certified organic products for our community. We would never compromise on organics. Ever.

Cherry Valley Organics, founded by Jodi Danyo, began as a one-third-acre “urban farm” in the Pittsburgh suburb of Crafton, Cherry Valley Organics now encompasses approximately 36 acres in nearby Cherry Valley, Washington County, PA. Despite this expansion, the footprint of the operation is still quite small with farming operations encompassing less than 8 acres. The farm was built, quite literally, from the ground up!

Our Farm Share Growers, Emily Kramer, Vanessa Davis, Lindsay Henry, Alexis Williams, and Alliy Gundlach, love producing high quality organic products for our local Pittsburgh communities. You can find our products at the Sewickley Farmer’s Market on Saturdays (April through November), and also at local florists and specialty shops. In 2018, we opened a Farm Market & Cafe along the Panhandle Trail in Burgettstown, PA.

What makes our Farm Share unique?

*We wash the produce. Thoroughly. You are unlikely to get any mud in your CVO Farm Share bag. We still recommend that you wash our veggies, but many items will be ready to eat (and may make for excellent snacking in the car on the way home from the pick-up location).

*High diversity of veggie crops. We grow over 150 varieties of vegetables and herbs per season, on average.

*Specialty crops, like microgreens. It's a bit unusual to see this high value crop in farm share programs. They are a bit tricky to grow, but wow do they pack a nutritional punch! Despite their small size, they are the most nutritious veggie in the share!

*We believe in minimizing our environmental impact, and we use biodegradable and compostable packaging wherever possible. And we have a variety of new packaging products in the works for 2021.

*Specialty cut flowers are a niche crop for us. We grow many of the hard-to-grow flower varieties like Ranunculus, Bells of Ireland, Delphinium, and more. Many more. Nearly 300 varieties! Our flowers are not your run of the mill market flowers. Our bouquets are carefully crafted, and absolutely gorgeous!

*We have extensive partnerships with other local businesses and farms, including Primrose Farm (pasture-raised eggs), Paul Family Farms (maple syrup), Tait Farm (jams, butters, shrubs), Weatherbury Farm (flours, milled products), Big Bob's Honey (honey), Clarion River Organics (potatoes, sweet potatoes, melons, winter squash), Woolf Family Farms (blueberries, apples, peaches), Cherish Creamery (cheese), Emerald Valley Artisans (cheese), Steel Cup Coffee Roasters (organic, fair-trade coffee), Conover Family Farm (pickles, hot sauce) and more! A selection of these items is available on a weekly basis and can be added onto your Veggie Farm Share in any quantity you choose. We believe in the value of small business and keeping dollars in our Pittsburgh neighborhoods.

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