Recipe: Easy Pear Salsa

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Delicious new flavor combinations don’t have to be difficult or elaborate.  This take on a conventional salsa highlights the natural sweetness of roasted salsa veggies with a touch of natural sugar from pears and parsley instead of cilantro.  The toasted cumin and black pepper add a satisfying complexity and make this homemade salsa salsa worthy of any you’ll find in a grocery store or restaurant.  Since it’s made in a slow cooker, prep time is a fraction of a raw veggie salsa.

Easy Pear Salsa

Spots open in subsidized CSA!

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Our subsidized CSA program has spots open! Participants in this program receive a bag of farm-fresh produce each week!

To qualify for the program:

  1. You need help affording more fresh fruits and vegetables in your diet. Examples:
    • You have had to choose between buying produce and other necessities within the last month.
    • You already participate in food assistance programs such as SNAP or WIC
  2. You have 1+ children in the household or you are pregnant
  3. You can commit to picking up your CSA share at The Farm each week from June 20-Sept 19.
  4. You can commit to filling out a pre and post participation survey.

Learn more on our CSA (subsidized) page

Apply here

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Jaz passes out awesome samples!

Last chance to sign up for Summer CSA!

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Earning our muscles!

There are only 3 days left to register for the Summer CSA!!! We’re working hard to grow your food! Join us for a summer of the freshest veggies around 🙂

 

Register through the links below:

 Summer Whole Share $308
Summer Half Share $154

Medical Residents, please use this form.

 

This program is:

  1. Convenient (you have a 6 day window to pick up)
  2. Good for  you (people report eating 1-3 more servings of veggies a week)
  3. Good for the planet (food is grown locally)
  4. Good for your local farmers! (We work with 10 local farms to get a wide variety of produce)

More details can be found on the CSA page

New Subsidized CSA program!

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Do you or someone you know need help affording fresh, healthy food? The Farm has received a grant to give out FREE CSA shares to families in need!

To qualify for the program:

  1. You need help affording more fresh fruits and vegetables in your diet. Examples:
    • You have had to choose between buying produce and other necessities within the last month.
    • You already participate in food assistance programs such as SNAP or WIC
  2. You have 1+ children in the household or you are pregnant
  3. You can commit to picking up your CSA share at The Farm each week from June 20-Sept 19.
  4. You can commit to attending an orientation at The Farm [June 13 4:30-6:30pm or June 16 12-2pm] and filling out a pre and post participation survey.

Learn more on our CSA (subsidized) page

Apply here

New Summer Intern at The Farm!

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Hi everyone my name is Jaz! I’m The Farm’s new intern! Just so you know a little about me, I’m an undergrad student at the University of Michigan studying environmental science with a focus in food sustainability. I love to be outside, cook, and make art. I’m from South Jersey and this is my first summer in Ann Arbor, so I’m very excited to explore Michigan’s beautiful outdoors in the warmth and sunshine. I’m from the beach, so I’m in constant search of coastlines and seafood. If you have any nature destinations, particularly beaches, or tasty, local seafood restaurants that you can recommend please let me know!

I will be here all summer, so feel free to stop by any day to say hi! I would love to get to know everyone!

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Summer Camps at The Farm !

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camp kids adults hoopCheck out these great offerings:

Farm to Table / Seed to Stomach Camp      Ages 4-7 with adult caregiver

This unique camp takes you and your child on a culinary adventure at The Farm at St. Joes! Together we harvest fresh produce and explore the science behind growing, eating and cooking food as we learn how to make good food choices. We also transform our locally-grown and freshly picked produce into nutritious snacks that are easy and fun to make. Each day includes hands-on activities and take-home recipes.

June 18-22, 10am-Noon   Register

June 25-29, 10am-Noon  Register

July 30-August 3, 10am-Noon   Register

 August 13-17, 10am-Noon   Register

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Take part in a place-based camp like no other as we explore our unique hospital-based vegetable farm, our native prairie and our woods by the Huron River. Share experiences and ideas, and spend plenty of time hiking as we investigate nature through hands-on activities and perform stewardship tasks. Discover the joy in caring for ourselves and caring for the environment around us!

July 23-27, 9am-3pm   Register

What to do with all of these greens?

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Many moons ago, I was a new CSA member. I remember picking up my share; looking at all of the beautiful greens; and, wondering “how am I going to eat all of that?”

Now, many years later, as the farmer I have no problem going through several lbs of greens in a week. But, it took a while to learn some recipes and to change how I approach cooking.

Here are some helpful hints:

  1. Eat your greens with every meal. In those early CSA days, my roommate and I competed to see who could get greens into more meals. This led to:
    1. Breakfast salad (delicate salad greens with a lemony vinaigrette are the prefect accompaniment to your scrambled eggs)
    2. Lunch Salad: add things like roasted sweetimg_3821.jpg potatoes and quinoa to help fill you up. Join the mason jar salad craze (suggestions here)
    3. Dinner Salad: Put your dinner on top of a bed of greens. Works great with things from the grill or, as in the picture to the right, on top of my favorite go-to meal: peanut noodles with chick peas. This salad also has quick pickled watermelon radish slaw on top. Could be a good use for any left over purple daikon!
  2. “I bet I can put some spinach in that” Cooked spinach is a great addition to almost anything. I put spinach in my sweet potato and black bean enchiladas the other night. Nutritious and barely there.
    1. Other greens cook down well too (spicy mix, tatsoi, turnip greens, mustard greens, etc). These are great additions to curries, soups, quiches.
  3. Make your own salad dressing.
    1. Store bought salad dressings often contain a lot of unnecessary sugar and homemade is easier than you think.
      1. Here’s a list of 8 easy recipes to get you started. Click (here)