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Farm Happenings at Sol Sister Farm
Farm Happenings for October 31, 2020
End of Season for Sol Sister Farm. Thank you all for supporting this small farm community supported agriculture startup this season. This Saturday on Farm and at Contentment will be our last delivery. For anyone with an Elevate Yoga Studio pickup on Sunday I regret to inform that1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 24, 2020
The end of Sol Sister Farm season has arrived and as many of you are bi weekly members this will be your last delivery. Thank you all for participating in our community supported agriculture program throughout this very strange year. Our final delivery will be next weekend if you would1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 17, 2020
Lettuce heads and salad mix are back this week. Also the first round of Pac Choi and Rainbow Chard will be making an appearance in some of the boxes if you customize early enough. Only three weeks left in the CSA so if you're a member and it's your off week consider purchasing from the1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 3, 2020
October is here and the Sol Sister 2020 CSA is in its home stretch. There was some uncertainty in this endeavor when we started back in March after shelter in place orders went out. Although I’ve done at least 10 CSAs before, I had never done one in the desert and certainly not on1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 26, 2020
This week’s boxes are featuring pints of our soyu long cucumber pickles made by our chef friends over at Food Fix in Modesto. By now I’ve tried about 6 different types of their awesome pickles (most recently a smoked cucumber pickle) and Chef Hank has also won best pickle at the s1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 12, 2020
This past week we have been trying to stay out of the smoke as much as possible. I’ve farmed in some pretty harsh environments before but the combination of the wildfire smoke and dust from the almond harvest are pretty gross. I find myself washing black tar out of my nose after a1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 5, 2020
I’m feeling really appreciative of the farm crew right now. As I was up in Shasta county earlier this week consulting on some projects with a friend, they were harvesting and delivering to our first restaurant account! This week we are happy to announce our first restaurant account1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 29, 2020
As the weather has begun to transition from heat, smoke, and dust to blue sky again I’ve been out turning over beds and direct seeding fall crops. Our nursery seedlings were beginning to get a little leggy but with the sun the over the past couple days they are looking much more hearty.1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 22, 2020
Well it’s been quite the week on the farm. Yesterday, our deeply beloved farm dog Ava went to her final resting place under her favorite tree. I will always cherish my repour with Ava through the last year of what was a decade of love and happiness in the Schmidt household. 1 read more »
About the farm
Sol Sister Farm is a half-acre, fresh fruit and veggie urban farm, surrounded by almond orchards in the heart of California's Central Valley in Stanislaus County. We offer weekly and biweekly CSA shares for our Sol Sisters (members).
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