Meet Chris Voss, Angelic Organics’ Exemplary Growing Manager – 18th Harvest Week: Fri & Sat Delivery for Oct 12 & 13, 2012
Farmer John Writes . . .
Greetings from Angelic Organics
Meet Chris Voss
We’re blessed to have Chris Voss at Angelic Organics. Amongst many other talents, Chris is adept at keeping the crew enthusiasm high and getting the farm work done in a timely way.
Chris Voss walks like a farmer
FJ: Chris, what is your role at the farm?
CV: I’m the growing manager. In that role, I oversee all the aspects of growing the crops from seed to planting to irrigation through harvest. I help schedule the 4 teams here that do the daily work. I’m also actively involved in a lot of the planning stages that are necessary to a business such as Angelic Organics, not just long term or during the off season, but day to day, week to week, month to month. The farm, just like any other enterprise, needs a lot of planning to be successful. Outside of these responsibilities, I tinker with the web page. I am by default an interim IT person here. I also am occasionally the farm emissary, whether it’s to shareholders during our farm open houses or on farm pickup days, other organic growers, travelers who might not farm but are interested in visiting Angelic Organics, youth groups affiliated with the Learning Center and outside of the Learning Center. Talking about the work that we do here is very gratifying. I love talking to the shareholders, giving the hayrides, talking with the kids about the fields, showing newcomers the farmstead. I enjoy sharing the farm with others.
FJ: What’s one of your favorite things about working at Angelic Organics?
CV: I have a personality that I’m always curious about things. Every single day, there is always something new to learn on the farm. Everything is so variable; there are always things you can’t control. An environment like that is challenging and inspiring and fulfilling. You always are presented with things that you don’t know what happened or why it happened. I rarely see a challenge that is insurmountable. I just think I need to look at this from another direction, to figure out another way to approach the goal.
FJ: You’re not a lifelong farmer, though you have a knack for farming. How did you get here?
CV: Previously, I worked for a large corporation and ran two successful locations for that corporation, but after doing that for 13 years, I needed a change. I was making good money, but I wasn’t fulfilled with the work I was doing. So I resigned and took a year and a half off to figure out what I wanted to do with my life, at first to my wife’s chagrin. In that year and a half, there was a lot of pondering, reflection, and introspection trying to determine what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. I’m 40 years old, I’m a fairly loyal individual; when I do something, it’s for a long period of time. When I took that year and a half off, I kept wondering “what can I do for the rest of my life, which I will enjoy, find gratifying and will be that fulfilling force.” That’s how I came into farming.
FJ: Where do you live?
CV: About 35 mi SE of the farm, in Lake of the Hills. I live with my wife and two young daughters. Meghan is 14 and a freshman in high school. Samantha it 8.
FJ: How’s the commute?
CV: The commute is relaxing. I used to work in Schaumburg, which is 18 mi from where I live, and it would take me as long to get to Schaumburg as to the farm. I get to travel on rural country roads and watch the cornfields grow in the summer. I get to watch sunsets and sunrises. I wouldn’t say I have a bad commute at all. Although I did run over a raccoon the other day, which was a bummer.
FJ: What do you think about Biodynamics?
CV: I love the ideas behind Biodynamics. I like the idea of a complete farm, a farm that has its own soul or its own being. I don’t know everything about Biodynamics. It’s an area I want to explore more fully. Having a Biodynamic farm is a very admirable goal and approach; it creates a more complete farm. Getting to that point is one of those challenges that require a different perspective.
Box Contents
Please Note: this summary is written before you receive your box—please be aware that some guesswork is involved. As always, be sure to thoroughly wash all of your vegetables.
Fruiting Crops – 2 assorted winter squash, one being Sweet Dumpling
Brassicas - broccoli, kohlrabi
Salad Greens -2 heads of lettuce, spinach
Cooking Greens – kale, chard
Root crops - potatoes, carrots
Herbs – dill
Maybe a Decorative gourd
Vegetable of the Week: Cooking Greens
photo by Chris Voss
Meet Chris Voss, Angelic Organics’ Exemplary Growing Manager – 18th Harvest Week: Tue, Wed, & Thurs Delivery for Oct 9, 10, & 11, 2012
Farmer John Writes . . .
Greetings from Angelic Organics
Meet Chris Voss
We’re blessed to have Chris Voss at Angelic Organics. Amongst many other talents, Chris is adept at keeping the crew enthusiasm high and getting the farm work done in a timely way.
Chris Voss walks like a farmer
FJ: Chris, what is your role at the farm?
CV: I’m the growing manager. In that role, I oversee all the aspects of growing the crops from seed to planting to irrigation through harvest. I help schedule the 4 teams here that do the daily work. I’m also actively involved in a lot of the planning stages that are necessary to a business such as Angelic Organics, not just long term or during the off season, but day to day, week to week, month to month. The farm, just like any other enterprise, needs a lot of planning to be successful. Outside of these responsibilities, I tinker with the web page. I am by default an interim IT person here. I also am occasionally the farm emissary, whether it’s to shareholders during our farm open houses or on farm pickup days, other organic growers, travelers who might not farm but are interested in visiting Angelic Organics, youth groups affiliated with the Learning Center and outside of the Learning Center. Talking about the work that we do here is very gratifying. I love talking to the shareholders, giving the hayrides, talking with the kids about the fields, showing newcomers the farmstead. I enjoy sharing the farm with others.
FJ: What’s one of your favorite things about working at Angelic Organics?
CV: I have a personality that I’m always curious about things. Every single day, there is always something new to learn on the farm. Everything is so variable; there are always things you can’t control. An environment like that is challenging and inspiring and fulfilling. You always are presented with things that you don’t know what happened or why it happened. I rarely see a challenge that is insurmountable. I just think I need to look at this from another direction, to figure out another way to approach the goal.
FJ: You’re not a lifelong farmer, though you have a knack for farming. How did you get here?
CV: Previously, I worked for a large corporation and ran two successful locations for that corporation, but after doing that for 13 years, I needed a change. I was making good money, but I wasn’t fulfilled with the work I was doing. So I resigned and took a year and a half off to figure out what I wanted to do with my life, at first to my wife’s chagrin. In that year and a half, there was a lot of pondering, reflection, and introspection trying to determine what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. I’m 40 years old, I’m a fairly loyal individual; when I do something, it’s for a long period of time. When I took that year and a half off, I kept wondering “what can I do for the rest of my life, which I will enjoy, find gratifying and will be that fulfilling force.” That’s how I came into farming.
FJ: Where do you live?
CV: About 35 mi SE of the farm, in Lake of the Hills. I live with my wife and two young daughters. Meghan is 14 and a freshman in high school. Samantha it 8.
FJ: How’s the commute?
CV: The commute is relaxing. I used to work in Schaumburg, which is 18 mi from where I live, and it would take me as long to get to Schaumburg as to the farm. I get to travel on rural country roads and watch the cornfields grow in the summer. I get to watch sunsets and sunrises. I wouldn’t say I have a bad commute at all. Although I did run over a raccoon the other day, which was a bummer.
FJ: What do you think about Biodynamics?
CV: I love the ideas behind Biodynamics. I like the idea of a complete farm, a farm that has its own soul or its own being. I don’t know everything about Biodynamics. It’s an area I want to explore more fully. Having a Biodynamic farm is a very admirable goal and approach; it creates a more complete farm. Getting to that point is one of those challenges that require a different perspective.
Box Contents
Please Note: this summary is written before you receive your box—please be aware that some guesswork is involved. As always, be sure to thoroughly wash all of your vegetables.
Fruiting Crops – Sweet Dumpling & Butternut squash
Brassicas - broccoli, kohlrabi
Salad Greens -lettuce, spinach
Cooking Greens – kale,
Root crops - potatoes, turnips or radishes
Herbs – dill
Decorative gourd
Vegetable of the Week: Cooking Greens
photo by Chris Voss
Ready or Not, Here Comes the Future 17th Harvest Week: Fri & Sat Delivery for Oct 5 & 6, 2012
Farmer John Writes . . .
Greetings from Angelic Organics
Extended Season Shares are Available
We have splendid fall crops. If you’d like to get deliveries in November, send a check for $120 for the 4 box extended season, or $60 for the 2 box extended season, along with your name, physical address and email address to: Extended Season, Angelic Organics, 1547 Rockton Rd, Caledonia, IL 61011.
Does The Future Come to Us, or Do We Go to the Future?
Tom Spaulding and I occasionally meet to discuss the future, the Big Future, the future where unexpected things might happen, or the inevitable happens, like when Tom and I are no longer earthlings. We have an educational center and a farm going, and we want to keep them going, whether we are a part of it or not. How to work out transition, structure, legal details? These are big questions, and Tom and I are both so immersed in managing daily details of our respective initiatives that it’s hard to find the time to deeply address these issues. This winter, we plan to make the time to look at the future more closely, to consider how to responsibly usher the Learning Center and the Angelic Organics CSA into the future. A farm can outlive its farmer; an educational initiative can outlive its founder. Tom and I will be looking at how to put the pieces in place to allow this to happen.
A Shareholder Writes
The carrots in our box today are delicious I steamed them and they have such a great carrot flavor. I probably had them that way as a kid, but not in my adult life. Yum! And a big thank you for all your work. Carla
Crop Update
All the squash, carrots, potatoes and beets are harvested; our sheds are bulging with these harvests. These are the crops to get out before the soil turns to mud. We’ve had great weather, and soon the October rains will probably arrive. The potato crop was much less than last year’s stellar crop; we had so many potatoes last year that a few shareholders complained. I almost reduced our potato acreage this year, but fortunately I didn’t. The squash crop has been great, not quite a record breaker, but still fabulous. The fall carrots yielded the best ever by far, 1/3 more than our previous best yield of carrots. Soon, more frosts will come, sweetening your Brussels sprouts, spinach, and kale. We’ll plant the 2013 garlic crop this week, ahead of the predicted rains.
Box Contents
Please Note: this summary is written before you receive your box—please be aware that some guesswork is involved. As always, be sure to thoroughly wash all of your vegetables.
Fruiting Crops – Delicata or Sweet Dumpling squash
Brassicas - broccoli, kohlrabi, maybe cauliflower
Salad Greens -lettuce, arugula
Cooking Greens – kale, bunched chard
Root crops - potatoes
Herbs – cilantro
Vegetable of the Week
http://www.angelicorganics.com/ao/images/recipes/kohlrabi.pdf
Kohlrabi
Ready or Not, Here Comes the Future – 17th Harvest Week: Tue, Wed, & Thurs Delivery for Oct 2, 3, & 4, 2012
Farmer John Writes . . .
Greetings from Angelic Organics
Extended Season Shares are Available
We have splendid fall crops. If you’d like to get deliveries in November, send a check for $120 for the 4 box extended season, or $60 for the 2 box extended season, along with your name, physical address and email address to: Extended Season, Angelic Organics, 1547 Rockton Rd, Caledonia, IL 61011.
Does The Future Come to Us, or Do We Go to the Future?
Tom Spaulding and I occasionally meet to discuss the future, the Big Future, the future where unexpected things might happen, or the inevitable happens, like when Tom and I are no longer earthlings. We have an educational center and a farm going, and we want to keep them going, whether we are a part of it or not. How to work out transition, structure, legal details? These are big questions, and Tom and I are both so immersed in managing daily details of our respective initiatives that it’s hard to find the time to deeply address these issues. This winter, we plan to make the time to look at the future more closely, to consider how to responsibly usher the Learning Center and the Angelic Organics CSA into the future. A farm can outlive its farmer; an educational initiative can outlive its founder. Tom and I will be looking at how to put the pieces in place to allow this to happen.
A Shareholder Writes
The carrots in our box today are delicious I steamed them and they have such a great carrot flavor. I probably had them that way as a kid, but not in my adult life. Yum! And a big thank you for all your work. Carla
Crop Update
All the squash, carrots, potatoes and beets are harvested; our sheds are bulging with these harvests. These are the crops to get out before the soil turns to mud. We’ve had great weather, and soon the October rains will probably arrive. The potato crop was much less than last year’s stellar crop; we had so many potatoes last year that a few shareholders complained. I almost reduced our potato acreage this year, but fortunately I didn’t. The squash crop has been great, not quite a record breaker, but still fabulous. The fall carrots yielded the best ever by far, 1/3 more than our previous best yield of carrots. Soon, more frosts will come, sweetening your Brussels sprouts, spinach, and kale. We’ll plant the 2013 garlic crop this week, ahead of the predicted rains.
Box Contents
Please Note: this summary is written before you receive your box—please be aware that some guesswork is involved. As always, be sure to thoroughly wash all of your vegetables.
Fruiting Crops – bagged green heirloom tomatoes, Delicata squash
Brassicas - broccoli, kohlrabi
Salad Greens -lettuce, arugula
Cooking Greens – kale, bunched chard
Root crops - potatoes
Herbs – anise
Vegetable of the Week
http://www.angelicorganics.com/ao/images/recipes/kohlrabi.pdf
Kohlrabi
A Shareholder Writes About Solar Cooking; Farmer John Takes on the Microwave – 16th Harvest Week: Fri & Sat Delivery for Sept 28 & 29, 2012
Farmer John Writes . . .
Greetings from Angelic Organics
Extended Season Shares are Available
We have splendid fall crops. If you’d like to get deliveries in November, send a check for $120 for the 4 box extended season, or $60 for the 2 box extended season, along with your name, physical address and email address to: Extended Season, Angelic Organics, 1547 Rockton Rd, Caledonia, IL 61011.
A Shareholder Writes
(Note from Farmer John: I enjoyed this email from a shareholder so much, I decided to make it the main entry in Farm News this week.)
[Dear Angelic Organics,]
Just wanted to share some pictures of beets I roasted in my solar oven. The solar oven is from SunOven International (in Elburn, Illinois). I’ve been solar cooking as a hobby for about 5 years now. The day I did these beets was a bit overcast – the oven stayed in the 250 degree range for most of the day (good for slow roasting beets!). On a day with full sun the oven will hit 300-350 degrees. I cook meats, veggies and baked goods in my SunOven. Zuchinni (from the Farm Box) Brownies are a favorite solar baked treat. I’ve also learned to read the Newsletter provided each week. Several years ago I cooked an odd looking summer squash (put it whole into the SunOven) that was actually a melon. Opps!
solar cooking
I’m looking forward to roasting the pie pumpkins, other winter squash, and potatoes yet to come in my Farm Box. Red Kuri squash seems to get especially nutty and sweet when slow roasted. It’s my favorite winter squash and I’m always happy to see them in my Farm box.
I also wanted to say a big Thank You to everyone at the Farm for all their hard work and for providing such wonderful produce every week!
Margaret
PS: For more info on Solar Cooking and how to make your own solar cooker see the SolarCookers.org site.
About Microwave Cooking
One can easily surmise that “heat is heat,” but maybe all heat is not the same. Several years ago, we published an article about microwave cooking. Many shareholders told me that after reading it, they threw out their microwave ovens. You can find a version of that scary article here: http://www.xpressnet.com/bhealthy/microwaveP.pdf .
Box Contents
Please Note: this summary is written before you receive your box—please be aware that some guesswork is involved. As always, be sure to thoroughly wash all of your vegetables.
Fruiting Crops – green tomatoes, green heirloom tomatoes, acorn and maybe other winter squash, maybe sweet peppers
Brassicas - broccoli, maybe cauliflower
Salad Greens -lettuce, arugula
Cooking Greens – kale
Root crops - celeriac, bunched radishes
Herbs – cilantro
Vegetable of the Week: Celeriac
http://www.angelicorganics.com/ao/images/recipes/celeriac.pdf
Celeriac
A Shareholder Writes About Solar Cooking; Farmer John Takes on the Microwave – 16th Harvest Week: Tue, Wed, & Thurs Delivery for Sept 25, 26, & 27, 2012
Farmer John Writes . . .
Greetings from Angelic Organics
Extended Season Shares are Available
We have splendid fall crops. If you’d like to get deliveries in November, send a check for $120 for the 4 box extended season, or $60 for the 2 box extended season, along with your name, physical address and email address to: Extended Season, Angelic Organics, 1547 Rockton Rd, Caledonia, IL 61011.
A Shareholder Writes
(Note from Farmer John: I enjoyed this email from a shareholder so much, I decided to make it the main entry in Farm News this week.)
[Dear Angelic Organics,]
Just wanted to share some pictures of beets I roasted in my solar oven. The solar oven is from SunOven International (in Elburn, Illinois). I’ve been solar cooking as a hobby for about 5 years now. The day I did these beets was a bit overcast – the oven stayed in the 250 degree range for most of the day (good for slow roasting beets!). On a day with full sun the oven will hit 300-350 degrees. I cook meats, veggies and baked goods in my SunOven. Zuchinni (from the Farm Box) Brownies are a favorite solar baked treat. I’ve also learned to read the Newsletter provided each week. Several years ago I cooked an odd looking summer squash (put it whole into the SunOven) that was actually a melon. Opps!
solar cooking
I’m looking forward to roasting the pie pumpkins, other winter squash, and potatoes yet to come in my Farm Box. Red Kuri squash seems to get especially nutty and sweet when slow roasted. It’s my favorite winter squash and I’m always happy to see them in my Farm box.
I also wanted to say a big Thank You to everyone at the Farm for all their hard work and for providing such wonderful produce every week!
Margaret
PS: For more info on Solar Cooking and how to make your own solar cooker see the SolarCookers.org site.
About Microwave Cooking
One can easily surmise that “heat is heat,” but maybe all heat is not the same. Several years ago, we published an article about microwave cooking. Many shareholders told me that after reading it, they threw out their microwave ovens. You can find a version of that scary article here: http://www.xpressnet.com/bhealthy/microwaveP.pdf .
Box Contents
Please Note: this summary is written before you receive your box—please be aware that some guesswork is involved. As always, be sure to thoroughly wash all of your vegetables.
Fruiting Crops – red & green tomatoes, green heirloom tomatoes, acorn and other winter squash
Brassicas - broccoli, maybe cauliflower
Salad Greens -lettuce, arugula, spinach
Root crops - celeriac, beets, bunched radishes
Herbs – cilantro
Vegetable of the Week: Celeriac
http://www.angelicorganics.com/ao/images/recipes/celeriac.pdf
Celeriac
Barn, Stand Straight so We can Pack & Dance – 15th Harvest Week: Fri & Sat Delivery for Sept 21 & 22, 2012
Farmer John Writes . . .
Greetings from Angelic Organics
Extended Season Shares are Available
We have splendid fall crops, so we are again offering Extended Season Shares for 2012. Send a check for $120 for the 4 box extended season, or $60 for the 2 box extended season, along with your name, physical address and email address to: Extended Season, Angelic Organics, 1547 Rockton Rd, Caledonia, IL 61011.
A Shareholder Writes
We’ve really enjoyed your veggies and the weekly newsletter – it was our first time doing a farm share and we liked the fun of expanding our comfort zone with new vegetables. Thanks for doing such a great job in this drought season! Fingers crossed for more rain next summer. Best, Katie
Time to Straighten Up
This past week, we used our big tractor to push the packing barn straight; it was leaning to the south, four inches out of true. A few years back the wind shifted it. Here’s a video of the project. Primo, Pollo and I endured the barn’s creaks and groans as we were inching it straight. Then we stabilized it with lots of nails and wind bracing. The whole project took about 4 hrs. I thought it would take a day; it’s hard to predict how much a big barn is going to resist a big tractor.
Pollo proves that the barn leaned
- pushing the barn to true
About 10 years ago, the barn’s loft floor was sagging in ominous curves, especially when people were dancing in the loft. Primo reinforced the floor to endure the most raucous of raves.
In the late 90′s, the barn had leaked so much that the rain coming through the roof had rotted out the thick wooden plates that sat on the concrete foundation. The barn had once rested on these plates, but eventually the studs of the sidewalls were sitting directly on the foundation. Primo jacked the whole barn up off the foundation and replaced the plates.
In 1976, due to a bad windstorm, the side walls of the barn leaned 14 inches to the east. I thought for sure it would collapse, but I winched it back to true, and stabilized it that fall, a tremendous project requiring numerous earth anchors, guy wires and turnbuckles.
In the early 60′s, the barn was on a nearby farm, where the farmer Fred Samp and his daughter Evelyn had built it. My parents bought the Samp farmland, which included the barn. They had the barn moved to its current location. The milkman came down our long driveway to pick up our milk. He saw the barn moving across the field, but some trees obscured the large trucks that were winching the barn forward with long cables, so he only saw the moving barn. The milkman thought he had died when he saw this barn rolling across the field. When he realized he hadn’t died, he decided it was time to quit drinking, which he allegedly did for the next 6 months.
We’ll keep the barn straight and true. It’s important to be able to pack vegetables and dance.
Overheard
I get the same feeling from seeing a barn fallen over that I get from seeing a cute little animal lying dead in the road.
Vegetable of the week: Garlic
Box Contents
Please Note: this summary is written before you receive your box—please be aware that some guesswork is involved. As always, be sure to thoroughly wash all of your vegetables.
Fruiting Crops – tomatoes, hot peppers, Delicata squash, pie pumpkin, and sweet peppers
Brassicas - kohlrabi, broccoli
Salad Greens – lettuce and bagged spinach
Cooking Greens - chard
Root crops - carrots
Allium – garlic
Herbs – parsley
Barn, Stand Straight so We can Pack & Dance – 15th Harvest Week: Tue, Wed, & Thurs Delivery for Sept 18, 19, & 20, 2012
Farmer John Writes . . .
Greetings from Angelic Organics
Extended Season Shares are Available
We have splendid fall crops, so we are again offering Extended Season Shares for 2012. Send a check for $120 for the 4 box extended season, or $60 for the 2 box extended season, along with your name, physical address and email address to: Extended Season, Angelic Organics, 1547 Rockton Rd, Caledonia, IL 61011.
A Shareholder Writes
We’ve really enjoyed your veggies and the weekly newsletter – it was our first time doing a farm share and we liked the fun of expanding our comfort zone with new vegetables. Thanks for doing such a great job in this drought season! Fingers crossed for more rain next summer. Best, Katie
Time to Straighten Up
This past week, we used our big tractor to push the packing barn straight; it was leaning to the south, four inches out of true. A few years back the wind shifted it. Here’s a video of the project. Primo, Pollo and I endured the barn’s creaks and groans as we were inching it straight. Then we stabilized it with lots of nails and wind bracing. The whole project took about 4 hrs. I thought it would take a day; it’s hard to predict how much a big barn is going to resist a big tractor.
Pollo proves that the barn leaned
- pushing the barn to true
About 10 years ago, the barn’s loft floor was sagging in ominous curves, especially when people were dancing in the loft. Primo reinforced the floor to endure the most raucous of raves.
In the late 90′s, the barn had leaked so much that the rain coming through the roof had rotted out the thick wooden plates that sat on the concrete foundation. The barn had once rested on these plates, but eventually the studs of the sidewalls were sitting directly on the foundation. Primo jacked the whole barn up off the foundation and replaced the plates.
In 1976, due to a bad windstorm, the side walls of the barn leaned 14 inches to the east. I thought for sure it would collapse, but I winched it back to true, and stabilized it that fall, a tremendous project requiring numerous earth anchors, guy wires and turnbuckles.
In the early 60′s, the barn was on a nearby farm, where the farmer Fred Samp and his daughter Evelyn had built it. My parents bought the Samp farmland, which included the barn. They had the barn moved to its current location. The milkman came down our long driveway to pick up our milk. He saw the barn moving across the field, but some trees obscured the large trucks that were winching the barn forward with long cables, so he only saw the moving barn. The milkman thought he had died when he saw this barn rolling across the field. When he realized he hadn’t died, he decided it was time to quit drinking, which he allegedly did for the next 6 months.
We’ll keep the barn straight and true. It’s important to be able to pack vegetables and dance.
Overheard
I get the same feeling from seeing a barn fallen over that I get from seeing a cute little animal lying dead in the road.
Vegetable of the week: Garlic
Box Contents
Please Note: this summary is written before you receive your box—please be aware that some guesswork is involved. As always, be sure to thoroughly wash all of your vegetables.
Fruiting Crops – tomatoes, hot peppers, Delicata squash, pie pumpkin, & maybe sweet peppers or eggplant
Brassicas - kohlrabi, broccoli
Cooking Greens -spinach, bagged chard
Root crops - carrots
Allium- garlic
Herbs – basil & parsley
Do farms really represent an opportunity for social and cultural renewal? – 14th Harvest Week: Fri & Sat Delivery for Sept 14 & 15, 2012
Farmer John Writes . . .
Greetings from Angelic Organics
2012 North American Biodynamic Conference, Nov 14 – 18
Included with your box this week is a flier about the upcoming 2012 North American Biodynamic Conference in Madison. Notice the Sept 15 Early Bird Discount.
Pre-Conference Workshops at Angelic Organics on Nov 14
You can register for a workshop at Angelic Organics without registering for the whole conference.
Awakening to the Social Organism of the Farm: A Field Day and Workshop
Featuring John Peterson, Angelic Organics Farm 9:00 a.m – 5:00 p.m. / $100 before September 15, $110 after. (FYI, I didn’t write the glowing description of me in the accompanying flier.) Is our farm more than a source of food? Are our shareholders more than customers? Do farms really represent an opportunity for social and cultural renewal? We at Angelic Organics picture our farm on your table and in your hearts. Join us on Nov 14 for an inquiry into the farm as a Social Organism.
Learning Center Parade at Angelic Organics Open House, July, 2002
Re-connecting to the Earth: A Farm-Based Education Intensive
Featuring Gunther Hauk, Spikenard Farm and Honeybee Sanctuary; Tom Spaulding and Deb Crockett, Angelic Organics Learning Center; and Dana Burns, Farm-Based Educators Inspired by Anthroposophy 9:00 a.m – 5:00 p.m. / $100 before September 15, $110 after (cost includes lunch and supper)
Performance of Kaspar Hauser: The Open Secret of the Foundling Prince Featuring actor and storyteller Glen Williamson 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. / $18 before September 15, $20 after
Let us Know if You are Attending the Conference
Please email us at <csa@angelicorganics.com> if you enroll for any of the conference events. Write “I’m Attending the BD Conference,” in the subject of the email and then let us know how many of you will attend and what you plan to attend in the body of the email.
Open House 9 a.m. to 4 pm, Sat, Sept 15 Bioblitz
IMPORTANT: There will be no potluck at this open house. Please plan ahead to bring your full meal. All farm shareholders will receive a free pumpkin and some gourds.
A Shareholder Writes
We are delighted with the quality and quantity of basil this year and celebrate the summer evenings with a fresh caprese salad and chilled white wine, served at dinner. We have enjoyed many plates of it this season and with the addition of flavorful tomatoes in the box, the caprese salad is heavenly! Happiness is. Tina
Russia and no Beets
From the Web:
Now occupied by a sprawling conference centre and soon-to-be university, the island [near Vladivostok, Russia] [is] currently hosting the annual Apec economic summit.
A top-of-the-range serve-yourself buffet is available, featuring everything from Russian salmon to goulash. Strangely, borscht – Russia’s national dish – is off the menu. Authorities were worried visitors would take exception to one of the ingredients, beets, because they are only fed to animals in some countries.
Farmer John
Vegetable of the week: Winter Squash
Box Contents
Please Note: this summary is written before you receive your box—please be aware that some guesswork is involved. As always, be sure to thoroughly wash all of your vegetables.
Fruiting Crops – tomatoes, Red Kuri and Confection squash, and maybe eggplant
Brassicas - kohlrabi, broccoli
Cooking Greens -spinach,bunched kale
Salad Greens – lettuce
Root crops - carrots
Herbs – thyme & basil
Do farms really represent an opportunity for social and cultural renewal? – 14th Harvest Week: Tue, Wed, & Thurs Delivery for Sept 11, 12, & 13, 2012
Farmer John Writes . . .
Greetings from Angelic Organics
2012 North American Biodynamic Conference, Nov 14 – 18
Included with your box this week is a flier about the upcoming 2012 North American Biodynamic Conference in Madison. Notice the Sept 15 Early Bird Discount.
Pre-Conference Workshops at Angelic Organics on Nov 14
You can register for a workshop at Angelic Organics without registering for the whole conference.
Awakening to the Social Organism of the Farm: A Field Day and Workshop
Featuring John Peterson, Angelic Organics Farm 9:00 a.m – 5:00 p.m. / $100 before September 15, $110 after. (FYI, I didn’t write the glowing description of me in the accompanying flier.) Is our farm more than a source of food? Are our shareholders more than customers? Do farms really represent an opportunity for social and cultural renewal? We at Angelic Organics picture our farm on your table and in your hearts. Join us on Nov 14 for an inquiry into the farm as a Social Organism.
Learning Center Parade at Angelic Organics Open House, July, 2002
Re-connecting to the Earth: A Farm-Based Education Intensive
Featuring Gunther Hauk, Spikenard Farm and Honeybee Sanctuary; Tom Spaulding and Deb Crockett, Angelic Organics Learning Center; and Dana Burns, Farm-Based Educators Inspired by Anthroposophy 9:00 a.m – 5:00 p.m. / $100 before September 15, $110 after (cost includes lunch and supper)
Performance of Kaspar Hauser: The Open Secret of the Foundling Prince Featuring actor and storyteller Glen Williamson 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. / $18 before September 15, $20 after
Let us Know if You are Attending the Conference
Please email us at <csa@angelicorganics.com> if you enroll for any of the conference events. Write “I’m Attending the BD Conference,” in the subject of the email and then let us know how many of you will attend and what you plan to attend in the body of the email.
Open House 9 a.m. to 4 pm, Sat, Sept 15 Bioblitz
IMPORTANT: There will be no potluck at this open house. Please plan ahead to bring your full meal. All farm shareholders will receive a free pumpkin and some gourds.
A Shareholder Writes
We are delighted with the quality and quantity of basil this year and celebrate the summer evenings with a fresh caprese salad and chilled white wine, served at dinner. We have enjoyed many plates of it this season and with the addition of flavorful tomatoes in the box, the caprese salad is heavenly! Happiness is. Tina
Russia and no Beets
From the Web:
Now occupied by a sprawling conference centre and soon-to-be university, the island [near Vladivostok, Russia] [is] currently hosting the annual Apec economic summit.
A top-of-the-range serve-yourself buffet is available, featuring everything from Russian salmon to goulash. Strangely, borscht – Russia’s national dish – is off the menu. Authorities were worried visitors would take exception to one of the ingredients, beets, because they are only fed to animals in some countries.
Farmer John
Box Contents
Please Note: this summary is written before you receive your box—please be aware that some guesswork is involved. As always, be sure to thoroughly wash all of your vegetables.
Fruiting Crops – tomatoes, Red Kuri and Confection squash and maybe broccoli or maybe peppers and eggplant
Cooking Greens -spinach
Salad Greens – lettuce
Root crops - bunched carrots, bunched beets
Allium - maybe a leek
Herbs – thyme
