My dear Community, Here we are, the last CSA box of 2021. It’s hard to describe the magnitude of gratitude I have for the soil that grows nourishing food, the workers that show up every day and you, the community that supports the movement. These boxes are packed with months of considerable forethought, time and dedication through rain or shine with an abundance …
Yearly Archives: 2021
Week of December 8th
My dear community, It’s been an unusually mild year so far. We typically experience a freeze on our farm in Buellton early November. That freeze takes out any summer crops that are still hanging on.So things like tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant and bell peppers would be taken out in a matter of a few frozen nights. We …
Week of December 1st
My dear Community, With the holiday season here, I wanted to remind you about the gift of health as an option. We aren’t the kind of company that inflates prices to give seemingly major discounts. But as a special offer to you – if you purchase a gift certificate of $100 we will give you a $25 credit and if you purchase …
Happy Thanksgiving
My dear community, Happy Gratitude week! My practice of gratitude begins from the moment I wake up in the morning. Little footsteps running into my room reminding me to let chickens out of the coop, walking outside onto the farm with biodiversity flourishing all around, plants looking just a little bit bigger each day despite the cold nights. Another year passing with …
Week of November 17th
My dear community, I wanted to give a huge thanks to the outpouring of support for Ventura, as mentioned in the blog last week- a worker that has been with us for 30+ years. After sustaining a head injury at home he was rushed to Cottage Hospital. Luckily they were able to staple his head shut …
Week of November 10th
My dear Community, I wanted to take this week’s blog to focus on one of our dedicated workers named Ventura. He’s been with John Givens Farm for over 30 years and is our main irrigator in Buellton. He works Monday through Saturday with few days off. You may have seen him at the Goleta Sunday Farmers market where he’s …
Week of November 3rd
My dear Community, We’re happy to have a very special type of heirloom tomato in the box this week. It’s called Ananas Noir and it’s a green variety of tomato. Don’t let the color fool you – this tomato is very sweet and so delicious. Looking forward to sinking my teeth into the sweetness of …
Week of October 25th
My dear Community, Happy rainy day! We spent the weekend prepping for the rain and I still feel really unprepared today. Such is the life of a Southern California girl I suppose. I spent the weekend cleaning gutters, picking apples, tarping off chicken coops and bringing food and other items into our barns and out of the rain’s way. …
Week of October 20th
My dear Community, You may have noticed a few substitutions in your CSA box last week. We had trucking issues due to the Alisal fire 101 closure. Our hearts and thoughts go out to those affected by the fire, and to those fighting it. If you didn’t receive pears we have a big load coming in this week. …
Week of October 13th
My Dear Community, In case you missed it last week, we’ve added mushrooms as an add-on option and you can see the varieties that will be included below next to the fruit expansion and lettuce of the week. For now, they’re from a company called Far West Fungi in Moss Landing as we wait for our local shrooms to come into full …