December 4 Newsletter
Laguna Farm CSA
1764 Cooper Rd., Sebastopol, CA 95472 info@lagunafarm.com
Office phone 823-0823 * Barn phone 823-0824
December 4 and 6, 2007
From Farmer Scott
With this rain, it is really feeling like winter around here. The cold temperatures have created a little shortage in the lettuce component of the salad, forcing us to purchase some lettuce from off-farm. This will allow the lettuce plantings to recover for next week.
We are putting efforts into the e-newsletter and e-invoice. This week we are doing a trial run for the folks that have given us email addresses. If you would like to be a part of this program, send a message to info@lagunafarm.com.
I will be putting my new soap out for sale in the store next week. My first batch is made from pure olive oil and is unscented. Look for my salt-cured olives soon! Hope you’re well.
In your box today:
From the grateful, wet fields of the farm, our “beyond organic” salad mix, leeks, collards, acorn squash, and carrots on Tuesday or turnips on Thursday; also shallots from Hollister and kiwi from Auburn.
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE AT THE FARM
Laguna Farm staff and field crew will take a well-deserved rest the last week of December, and no boxes will be made for Tuesday, Dec. 25 or Thursday, Dec. 27. However, the store and purchase area will be open. More details to come!
NEWS OF THE NEWSLETTER
You now have three ways to access the newsletter: take a paper copy at the blue CSA table at the farm, go to the website and click on “This Week’s Newsletter,” or have it emailed to you (give us your email address by sending us a message at info@lagunafarm.com).
“BEYOND LOCAL” — BUY IN SEASON
You know you’re doing the planet and our climate a favor when purchasing items grown by farmers in your area. Industrial agriculture and long distance food transportation and processing now generate up to 25% of all climate destabilizing greenhouse gases. But did you know that buying foods in season can be as important as buying locally? A bag of tomatoes grown locally may have less of an energy impact than those shipped up from Chile. But grow those tomatoes out of season in a heated greenhouse and their energy impact can exceed the imported option. Look for foods that are growing locally in season or were grown and canned/dried/preserved locally. To learn more, visit www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article 6358.cfm.