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Farm Happenings at NWPA Growers Co-op
Week 8 CSA update
Produce is growing by leaps and bounds now that we have had a couple of nice rainfalls. I neglected to pick my zucchini for a couple of days, and here's what I found:
There are at least 25 largish zucchini in there. Most of them were grated and sent to freezer camp to be us1 read more »
Week 7 CSA
Check out this huge garlic from Glacial Till Farm! The garlic is harvested and is on drying racks being prepped for CSA boxes in coming weeks. Do you love garlic as much as we do?
We are marching into the dog days of summer, and our produce reflects this change. Tomatoes and green1 read more »
CSA Week 6
This has been an eventful delivery week. On Wednesday as Gwen was leaving Grove City, the main belt in our delivery van broke. She was able to safely steer into a parking lot and called me. We quickly drove two cars to rescue her and the rest of the deliveries. We put Meadvi1 read more »
CSA Week 5
We are going into our second month of Summer CSA, and I feel like we're getting a handle on the customized boxes. We still have occasional missed items since we don't have big bucks to pay someone to double-check the contents of each box at the end of the packing line. If you are missin1 read more »
CSA Week 4
Last week when I was harvesting fennel, I came across two anise swallowtail butterfly caterpillars. They love to feed on fennel, as well as carrots and parsley. I find them every year in my garden, and I am glad to share some leaves with the hungry fellows. This reminded me of a c1 read more »
CSA Week 3
Derek from Glacial Till Farm says this is what a summer of farming does to boots. But thanks to all of you, he earned enough to buy a new pair :)
Week 2 of the customized shares went more smoothly on our end. We did have a couple of shortages that our farmers miscounted and a couple of1 read more »
CSA Week 2
We had a great but exhausting Week 1 of our new customized CSA Shares. There were a handful of missed items in the boxes that will be sent next week (or the following if you have biweekly deliveries). Thank you all for your patience as we experience growing pains. This week not on1 read more »
CSA 2020 Week 1
It's finally here! We know you have been anxiously awaiting our new CSA season with customized shares. We are really excited about it, too, but we're also a bit nervous about packing more than 200 customized orders every week.
In the boxes: Because it's still early in the gro1 read more »
About the farm
NWPA Growers is a cooperative of farms operating in the rich agricultural landscape of Northwest Pennsylvania that produce vegetables, fruits, eggs, beef, chicken, pork, lamb, maple, honey, and more!
Our farmers are dedicated to sustainability and all grow organically or naturally.
- No chemical pesticides/herbicides
- No chemical fertilizers
- No GMO's
Working together, we can provide our communities with a greater choice of quality farm products, growing a vibrant local food economy in western Pennsylvania.
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Our farmers are dedicated to sustainability and all grow organically or naturally.
- No chemical pesticides/herbicides
- No chemical fertilizers
- No GMO's
Working together, we can provide our communities with a greater choice of quality farm products, growing a vibrant local food economy in western Pennsylvania.