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Farmer's Corner
Welcome!
It's
starting to look and feel a lot like summer. Kids are out of school,
the days are longer, and the farmers markets are here. Who wouldn't love
the opportunity to use all their senses? Farmers markets usually have
live music, lots of food, and they are a great opportunity to socialize.
Farmers
markets have exploded over the years partly due to the local movement.
Just about every town has one now days, some bigger than others. This
has been a great help to small farms everywhere as it has given them a
place to showcase and sell the fruits of their labor. This has also been
a great opportunity for the public to get farm-fresh produce at a great
price. Some farmers go to as many as nine different farmers markets a
week.
We
will be at the Rohnert Park farmers market today (June 15th) for the
opening day. This will also be the only market we will be attending all
summer long. You might ask why we don't do more markets. The answer is
very simple; we prefer to spend our time focusing on our CSA and our
members. Many people are surprised that we offer new sign-ups at the
market. However, year after year we have received such an astonishing
reception because we have found that after many individuals have had the
opportunity to sample farm-fresh produce they just want to keep it
going all year-long. We are so grateful that our community wants to
support and connect with their local farm. So much so, that we try and
attend ourselves so we may have an opportunity to get to know our
community and members. This also allows our community to get to know our
farm family. People see our CSA as easy, convenient, affordable, and
dependable. We enjoy giving our CSA members and our community options,
so if they are too tired to go the farmers market let us bring the farm
to you.
Let's
not forget that when the farmers markets are done we are still here for
you! I look forward to seeing you all this week either at the farmers
market or when picking up your CSA boxes. Don't forget to try one of our
many selections of CSA add-ons. This week we will be promoting our
local Apple-A-Day Organic Juice (Unpasteurized). Stop by for a tasting
when you're picking up your CSA box.
Your local farmer,
Sharon Grossi
Valley End Farm
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Green Bell Peppers
Bell
peppers have been grown for more than 9,000 years starting in South and
Central America. The original name for this vegetable in Spanish was
pimiento. European colonizers gave it the name pepper when they came
across it in the 1500's and 1600's and took it back to Europe.
Bell
peppers have a remarkable amount of vitamin C (almost double the
necessary daily value), vitamin A, and folate. There has been a lot of
research on the amazing phytonutrient antioxidants in bell peppers like
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