Farm Happenings at River Queen Greens
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Farm Happenings at River Queen Greens

Greens, Eggs and Jam (and flowers, and strawberries, and tomatoes!)

Posted on March 30th, 2020
Dear All, There's a lot of uncertainty and scariness right now, but there's also a lot of beauty. Like Flowers4Food! At our Saturday pick-up, you can get a pre-ordered bouquet from the NOLA Flower Collective. 100% of the revenue will be donated to support food access and local food distributio1 read more »

Greens and Gratitude

Posted on March 28th, 2020
Dear Subscribers, First, we hope you are all doing okay. And second, we want to reiterate how much we appreciate all of your support and enthusiasm for local food over the last few weeks. This has been a truly overwhelming time for us, both from the scariness and uncertainty of this historical mome1 read more »

We've got you covered (from a safe distance)

Posted on March 23rd, 2020
Hi everyone, What a crazy time we're living in. We've been quadrupling our cleaning and sanitary practices and are implementing a system of contactless veggie distribution. All you have to touch is your produce. (Don't forget to bring your own bags!) In other news, we have a ton of great produce fo1 read more »

Fresh Veggies are Essential

Posted on March 21st, 2020
Hi everyone, Thank you for joining our Farm Share in these crazy times.  This week we're excited to include lots of delicious, fresh veggies from our farm. We're also adding greens from another local farm, Compostela, who has been selling their organic salad mixes to restaurants and are in nee1 read more »

Veggies are still here

Posted on March 16th, 2020
Hi everyone, Things are changing more rapidly than anyone can keep up with right now. Even as our favorite businesses shutter their doors all around us, we are still growing veggies and will do what it takes to get them to you. We know for sure that Capulet will be closed on Thursday evenings while1 read more »

Pop-Up Farm Stand

Posted on March 14th, 2020
Hi and thanks for checking out our veggie Farm Share.  This week we're offering an extra day of Farm Shares in an effort to continue to supply customers with fresh produce, while taking steps to reduce the risks associated with large public gatherings and market-style set-ups. To this end, we'1 read more »

Mushrooms in the mix!

Posted on March 9th, 2020
Hi everyone! You may have noticed we've been adding extras into the Farm Share mix, and this week we continue the trend with the addition of locally grown mushrooms. We'll be offering shiitake and oyster mushrooms from Mycelium Express, specialty mushroom growers based in Jefferson Parish. We're ve1 read more »

Eggstras!

Posted on March 2nd, 2020
Hi everyone! Welcome back to post-Mardi Gras life. We hope you all had a fun and healthy carnival. In addition to the super juicy grapefruits and lemons we added to our extras offerings last week, this week we're expanding them to include eggs from our friends at Local Cooling Farm on the Northshor1 read more »