THE STATE OF THE FARM
AUGUST UPDATE
In the deep of summer now, with things ripening quickly in the fields... Our farmstands and markets are loaded up this time of year with all the bounty of the fields, busting out like a sweet summer song. You'll find watermelons, heirloom tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, peppers, sweet onions, lettuce, summer squash, broccoli, sweet corn, beets, garlic, cherry tomatoes, herbs, beans, peaches and more!
Check out our Farmstands and Markets page for our farmers' market locations and farmstand details.
Tomato Festival Coming Right Up
This year is our 10th year of the Tomato Festival! We are doing it up with some great bands, chefs and new workshops. Check out the schedule of events, bios of the chefs and other details at the Tomato Festival page.
The Festival will be a great family event. Our crew is preparing a whole afternoon of special events just for kids, so bring the little ones - they get in free also if under 12 years old. There's some good hearty food, and some special treats, including Bart's Icecream and fresh grilled corn.
Festival Radio Ad
Our Harvest Manager David Grace is featured as the cowboy in our radio ad! Check it out: 2010 Tomato Festival Radio Ad. He does actually talk like that, but only sometimes :). He also played the background banjo. The lady's voice is my voice (Sarah Voiland) which you're likely to hear if you ever call the farm. And the young chap, I never met, but he's related to one of the crew at the radio station for WRSI, The River.
We are going to have some great T-shirts for sale this year with part of the Tomato Rising design from the poster. They're at the press presently. Scope them out when you come and take a couple home!
New "Eating Local" Cookbook
Farmers Ryan and Sarah Voiland got featured in a big beautiful cookbook!
The cookbooks are also for sale at our Granby stand. The author, Janet Fletcher, came to last year's Tomato Festival to cook and see the farm.
The photographer with her had a lot of fun with our T-fest vegetable freak show:) But the cookbook mainly features really gorgeous photos that make you want to eat vegetables like crazy. And descriptions of some other really cool farms around the United States.
See what the cookbook looks like and some sample recipes at the Sur La Table website.
Farm Shares Available At Some Locations
It is CSA Farm Share season! Our shares haves started for the season, but you can still join at some locations, with pricing prorated for the shares that you have missed so far. You can find out which sites still have shares available on our Join the CSA page.
We made a new video to help tell about our CSA farm shares. It has lots of pictures from the farm and details about how we do things. Please click on the photo below to see the video:
Also please give a call or send an email with any questions you have!
Thank you!