Farm Happenings at Ridge to Reef Farm
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Farm Happenings at Ridge to Reef Farm

Final Summer Harvest

Posted on September 23rd, 2020
We all knew this week would come eventually. It is bittersweet. Today marks the final delivery of our 20-week Summer CSA/Farm Share organic crop season. Thank you for making it happen. A bright point of 2020 is that we've delivered 35 weeks of the year in our first full-fledged CSA year since rebui1 read more »

Strong Sweet Finish

Posted on September 16th, 2020
Here we are in the last two weeks of our Summer Farm Share CSA and we are so excited to have a strong finish in store for this weekend and the next. Avocados are peaking out this week, as are the most delicious genips in all the land. Okra is loving the heat of summer and dancing along while zucchi1 read more »

Late Blooming Summer

Posted on September 9th, 2020
We have been so blessed with consistent rains again this week. Many fruits like carambola, avocadoes, genips, and late season mangoes are showing signs of an extended fruit season for now and later. Tamarinds and passion fruit vines are offering their showy flowers. Guavaberry trees are starting to1 read more »

Deep Planning

Posted on September 2nd, 2020
I had the honor this past week to meet with the farmer-comprised board of directors of the Virgin Islands Farmers Alliance (VIFA) to plan for some exciting crop variety trials. Across four of some of the most productive farms in the territory, we will be trying out multiple strains of carrots, wate1 read more »