Our summer student helpers and 2020 apprentices are trickling in. By the start of June, we will be fully staffed-perfect timing for when the season will truly start to ramp up. Our newest farm recruits spent much of this week transplanting crops - everything from lettuce and scallions to sweet potatoes. We look forward to sharing the harvests with you in the coming weeks and months!
Despite the autumnal weather this week the strawberries are starting, slowly but surely to ripen. Like many of you, I can't wait for strawberry season! Other springtime favorites include our salad turnips. These little white orbs are so incredibly delicious! If you have not already, I encourage you to give them a try.
Recognizing the many kinks that we are ironing out this season, we are grateful for your patience and understanding as we learn to streamline the CSA curbside pick up and home deliveries. If you have feedback or suggestions, even praise we welcome your input. Likewise, if you are having difficulty navigating Harvie and your weekly option to customize your CSA share, please let us know! A quick email inquiry to farm@dickinson.edu is time worth spent!
We look forward to providing you with freshly harvested crops from our fields, as well as sharing updates from the farm each week. 2020 has proven an epic year so far and here's to an even more epic CSA season!
Wishing you and yours all the very best,
jenn
FOR HELPFUL GUIDANCE ON HOW TO NAVIGATE OUR CURBSIDE PICKUP, PLEASE REFER TO THE INFORMATION BELOW:
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Farm Happenings for May 29, 2020
If you are signed up for the curbside pickup in Carlisle for Friday, please follow the directions listed below to navigate your way to our CSA location at Project SHARE.
From North Orange Street, turn into the Dickinson College Facilities Management, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet (CPYB), and Project SHARE parking lot. Proceed straight toward the far end of the parking lot where Project SHARE is located. Continue past the entrance to Project SHARE and slowly drive around the back of the building (this is a one way alley).
The CSA Curbside Pickup will be located out of the back of Project SHARE. Please stop at the large garage door and a farm staff member will greet you and deliver your CSA share.
If you have any problems or get turned around, please call Jenn Halpin at 717-713-0275 and she will guide you in.
About the farm
The Dickinson College Farm is an eighty-acre, USDA-certified organic farm and a living laboratory where students can gain distinctive, hands-on learning experiences. Student employees, graduate apprentices and volunteers are involved in all aspects of food production and research. The farm serves as a venue for the Dickinson community and its neighbors to experience a holistic approach to land stewardship rooted in management practices that work to sustain the natural environment.
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