Farmstand Hours
Open Daily
8am - 6pm
Closed Mondays
Also visit us at the
Thursdays from 4 - 7
Through October
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CSA Share This Week Includes:
Arugula
Lettuce
Collards
Kale
Beets
Tomatoes
Peppers
Carrots
Parsley
Basil
Potatoes
Summer Squash
Garlic
Tatsoi
Pick Your Own
Herbs
(a few stems of each)
located in the front field
Flower Share
Check board
Distribution subject to change based on availability
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Operation Troop Support
Saturday, August 29th from Noon - 3pm
Mercury Brewing Company's Ipswich Ale Festival
Saturday, October 3rd
Music, Great Food and Local Beer, plus activities for the kids!
Annual Harvest Festival Saturday, Oct. 17th, 11am- 3pm
We'll have great music from Back Eddy Bluegrass plus excellent food, fresh baked goods and of course, organic produce. Hayrides, pony rides and the Farm's animals will entertain the kids, along with children's activities. Admission is free!
click here for more information about our events |
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Green Meadows Farm Community
Cookbook 
We are putting together a cookbook and want to include your recipes! You can email your favorites or drop them off at the farmstand. | |
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Farmer Andrew's Update
Space is tight in the tomato greenhouses. Today we had a great field tomato and greenhouse tomato harvest. Summer squash and peppers have started to produce like crazy, too. Keep in mind that we are just now reaching the half way point in the CSA season.
Diana and I have been talking with Cape Ann Fresh Catch and it sounds like they will be holding an additional distribution here at Green Meadows Farm on Saturday afternoons. We are waiting to get a final contract from them and will put more information on our website and in next week's newsletter. Fishing and the community supported model are a natural fit. I'll write a lot more about this once we have all the details.
This week starts session 2 of the fruit share. There is still time to sign up. It is a 10 week session and costs $100. You will get about $12 worth of fruit and this session focuses mostly on local apples, peaches, and may also include fresh cider. |
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Crew Spotlight: Tiger the Cat
Tiger and his brother Sox are almost one year old and came to us from an animal shelter in western Massachusetts. Farmer Andrew and Diana got the cats last fall hoping they would catch the mice who live in the greenhouse. While Sox is a superb hunter, Tiger prefers to lounge in the farmstand and flirt with the customers, especially children. You can find him sleeping on the floor, under the cash register, and even in the shopping baskets! He loves to eat A&J King bread and Katie's cookies.
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 We're pretty proud of the garlic that we grow at Green Meadows Farm. For the last six years, we have saved the seed and through natural selection, have found a variety the grows very well for our specific microclimate. This variety is a German Straightneck. It is planted in the fall and mulched over the winter. In the early summer, we harvest the flower buds and distribute the "scapes", which you all became very familiar with. The garlic bulbs are allowed to grow larger and are harvested in late summer. It then must cure in the greenhouse for about two weeks. The curing process ensures forces dormancy. We then cut the tops and trim the roots and the bulbs are shelf stable for several months.
Spiritual and religious perceptions:
Garlic has been regarded as a force for both good and evil. A Christian myth considers that after Satan left the Garden of Eden, garlic arose in his left footprint and onion in the right. In Europe, many cultures have used garlic for protection or white magic, perhaps owing to its reputation as a potent preventative medicine. Central European folk beliefs considered garlic a powerful ward against demons, werewolves, and vampires. To ward off vampires, garlic could be worn, hung in windows, or rubbed on chimneys and keyholes. In Daoism mythology, six-clove black garlic is used as part of the process of modifying a Daoist's physiology. It supposedly endows the users immortality by intensifying their vital energy or "chi".
The association of garlic to evil spirits may be based on the antibacterial, antiparasitic value of garlic, which could prevent infections that lead to delusions and other related mental illness symptoms.
In both Hinduism and Jainism, garlic is considered to stimulate and warm the body and to increase one's desires. Some Hindus generally avoid using garlic and the related onion in the preparation of foods for religious festivities and events. Followers of the Jain religion avoid eating garlic and onion on a daily basis.
In connection with the odor associated with garlic, Islam views eating garlic and subsequently going to the mosque as inappropriate. "Whoever has eaten (garlic) should not approach our mosque", indicated Muhammad.
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Rustic Crust Pizza Dough
 Farmstand customers have been enjoying these frozen pizza doughs for years, so we thought we'd share this great product with everyone who reads the newsletter. Rustic Crust started when the founders Brad and Debbie became parents. They needed food that was easy, convenient and something the whole family could enjoy. With Rustic Crust, they make their own pizzas at home - sometimes with arugula, fresh figs and prosciutto on one side and simple sauce and cheese on the other.
Instructions:
Thaw the doughball in the refrigerator for 24 - 48 hours.
Place on the counter to proof until it is about 50% larger.
Dust your working surface with either flour or semolina
Using either your hands or a rolling pin, work the crust in to the desired shape
12" for a thicker crust
16" maximum for a thin crust
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Place the crust on a baking screen*.
Top with desired toppings
Put in the oven and bake for approximately 8 - 12 minutes until the toppings are done and the crust is a golden brown. Oven temps vary so keep an eye on the pizza.
*A pizza stone will result in a crispier crust. A cookie sheet will result in a softer crust.
Pizza on the Grill
Grilled Veggie Pizza |
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On Saturday, August 29th, from noon to 3 PM, Green Meadows Farm and Joanne Patton will be hosting the third annual Operation Troop Support Day at the Farmstand. On this occasion, families of military troops serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, returned veterans from those areas, and the volunteers from the North Shore who have been working to support them are invited to come to be appreciated as guests of the Farm. There will be light lunch refreshments, the opportunity to explore the farm via hayrides and strolls, and entertainment by local musicians, Lynne Jackson and Mike Palter. The American flag flying at the Green Meadows Farmstand was raised at last year's event by a helicopter pilot who had carried it in her chopper when flying over Iraq. CSA members are encouraged to pass the word to veterans and their families and ask them to contact Joanne's office at (978) 468-3769 for information.
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