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Farm Happenings at NWPA Growers Co-op
CSA Week 15 August 15-16
Our featured photo this week of a volunteer sunflower plant comes from Spur Hollow Farm. It sprouted up where chickens came through on pasture earlier in the summer. What a beautiful flower, which also is full of protein, fat, and the seeds are the first part picked out of the1 read more »
CSA Week 14 Sept 8-9
Sweet corn is back this week! We have just 25 dozen available, but listed as single ears so you can customize how many you want in your share. Only a few are being put into preliminary shares so you will have plenty to add to your shares as swaps or extras. Be sure to customize yo1 read more »
CSA Week 13 Sept 1-2
Our featured photo comes from Glacial Till Farm. Buckwheat in bloom, a pollinator's paradise! While you won't see buckwheat in your CSA shares, the cover crop is an integral part of growing nutritious veggies. After growing for a period of time, cover crops are tilled into th1 read more »
CSA Week 12 August 25-26
This is Week 12 of Summer CSA 2021...halfway through the season! Yes, we're nearing the end of August (already!), but our farmers still have half of our growing season ahead of us. And some of our farmers will continue to grow through the winter in greenhouses, some heated with wood and1 read more »
CSA Week 11 August 18-19
We had some issues with some of our onions recently. Some of the Candy Onions and Red Onions from Detweiler Farm were not cured properly and had started to go bad. They sent them for shares anyway, and we put them into shares hoping you could find something salvageable there. By t1 read more »
CSA Week 10 August 11-12
Summer is moving right along. It's hard to believe we're already approaching the second week of August! The summer is speeding by so quickly. Do you remember when we were young, how a year took soooo long to go by while we awaited our next birthday? Well, not anymore! 1 read more »
CSA Week 9 August 4-5
We are into full summer with our veggies. Tomatoes are soaking up the sun to grow ripe and juicy. Greens are a minor part of shares now because many are bolting from the heat so we are seeding new batches to get ready for fall crops. We enjoyed strawberries in June, blueberries in1 read more »
CSA Week 8 July 28-29
This week marks the 1/3 mark of this season's CSA. Here are some new items this week (limited quantities, so they may not be in your box):
tomatoes from Detweiler Farm
green peppers from Detweiler Farm
purple kale from Grateful Life Farm
red cabbage from Spur Hollow Farm
We just received a1 read more »
CSA Week 7 July 21-22
New items this week:
green beans
sweet corn (sold in quantity of 1 ear so you can order the perfect number for your family)
white potatoes
candy onions
rhubarb
We have limited quantity of some items, so check back throughout the weekend to see if anyone swapped an item out of their share.
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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.