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Common Roots Urban Farm CSA Newsletter #2
As a child, I was afforded many opportunities to spend time with my grandmother on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation. She was always so happy to see me and I was always elated to be with her. This time of year, the strawberry patch that she maintained behind her garage would be brimming with fruit1 read more »
Common Roots Urban Farm CSA Newsletter Week #1
Welcome to the 2021 Common Roots Urban Farm CSA! Every week during the season, we will keep you updated on what’s going on at the farm with our Farm Happenings newsletters. We hope you can enjoy a little of our insight and perspective from our lives on the farm. Silliness and whimsy abound!
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Final Common Roots Urban Farm CSA Newletter 2020
This is it! The last pickup of the season. Please remember to bring your own reusable bag to load your veggies into so we you don't have to worry about returning the green box.
The end of the CSA is always bittersweet for us. It means the end of Summer, the end of fresh veggies, which are always sa1 read more »
COMMON ROOTS URBAN FARM Newsletter 16
*Since this is the last CSA pickup of the season, please remember to bring your own bag or box to load your veggies into! *
What is your fall indulgence? How do you celebrate and enjoy the new season? Are you an apple picker? I’ve been picking apples in the fall for the past few years and enj1 read more »
COMMON ROOTS URBAN FARM Newsletter 16
What is your fall indulgence? How do you celebrate and enjoy the new season? Are you an apple picker? I’ve been picking apples in the fall for the past few years and enjoy the event and sampling the produce. Do you enjoy watching football on the weekends? The Bills are looking good so far thi1 read more »
Common Roots Urban Farm CSA Newsletter #15
A few fun things...
Praying Mantis on our insect netting covering some young mustard greens. They are incredible pest predators.
This radish is looking a bit cheeky...
Bones demonstrating how to properly us the bed of the truck.
Bambi, in our neck of the woods has a special way of telling us they&r1 read more »
Common Roots Urban Farm CSA Newsletter #15
A few fun things...
Praying Mantis on our insect netting covering some young mustard greens. They are incredible pest predators.
This radish is looking a bit cheeky...
Bones demonstrating how to properly us the bed of the truck.
Bambi, in our neck of the woods has a special way of telling us they&r1 read more »
Common Roots Urban Farm CSA Newsletter #14
Even with the impending season change, luscious greens are still busting from their seeds and sprawling towards the waning sun. It always amazes me to watch Mother Nature strive to live. To perpetuate species. To exist to reproduce. Plants have big ambitions.
I find myself often thinking about inva1 read more »
Common Roots Urban Farm CSA Newsletter #13
* Special Request: If you have extra paper of plastic bags we would gladly take them off your hands! You can drop them off to us at CSA pickup!*
Did you feel it? I felt it. It was the other day, early evening. The first feeling of cool fall air. It’s coming.
Trees that were flush with1 read more »
About the farm
Common Roots Urban Farm is located in the Broadway Fillmore Neighborhood on Buffalo’s East Side. We began in 2012 with the support of the Farmer Pirates Cooperative and are situated on 1 acre of now thriving land. On just over 1/2 acre we grow a variety of vegetables and fruits using organic and ecologically sustainable methods.
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