Farmstand Hours:
Wed - Sun 9 - 5pm
until Christmas
January through April hours:
Fri - Sun 9 - 5pm
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Upcoming Events
Holiday Craft Workshop
Visit the Farmstand Greenhouse to make an ornament. We'll do outdoor birdseed ornaments and some fun indoor crafts too. $5 per child.
Saturday, Dec 15th between 10am and 2pm
Mrs. Claus is stopping by the farm to pick up her Christmas Produce Share, and would like to read some stories about the holidays. Farmer Andrew will give tractor rides, weather permitting. Mrs. Claus will read books in the farmstand greenhouse.
Saturday, Dec 22nd, rides start at 10am, book reading at 11am $5 per child (free for CSA members)
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A beautiful wreath made at one of our wreath decorating workshops. We still have many for sale if you haven't gotten yours yet. |
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Farmer Andrew's Report
It's been very cold compared to the last few Decembers. The animals seem to be handling the weather well, though. The Pigs will be ready to go to market the second week of January so distribution will be held a couple weeks after that. We recently added another 100 laying hens and they are putting out a good amount of eggs. Other than taking care of the animals, Nate, Alia and I are doing forestry work, pruning blueberries and fixing machinery.
Please come by and visit the farm for lunch or attend one of our weekend events. We have hot soup and are open Wed - Sun from 9am - 5pm through Christmas. After Christmas we'll be open Friday, Saturday and Sunday until May. We have converted the greenhouse into a temporary, rustic "cafe" with picnic tables, so feel free to bring the kids for a snack while you shop.
As a special incentive to all 2007 and 2008 CSA Members, please visit the stand between now and January 1st for 10% off your bill. As an alternative, you may choose to have this discount donated to Cuvilly Arts and Earth Center in Ipswich. We have lots of great gifts from local artisans and from fair trade sources, so please think of us for those hard to find, unique holiday gifts. This special discount will end when the new year begins, so hurry in! |
| Christmas Hams from Upstate New York
New for this year, we are offering Christmas Ham pre-order. They are raised by Stephen and Lisa Winkler at Lucki 7 Livestock in Rodman, New York at the base of Lake Ontario. They are from heritage breeds like Berkshire, Gloucester Old Spot and Duroc. Their feed is 100% free from animal proteins, and the pigs are antibiotics and added hormones. They are free to come and go outside on lush green pasture or inside in deeply bedded pens. The ham is nitrate free.
The hams will be ready for pick up between Friday, December 21st through Sunday, December 23rd. They are skinless, shankless hams and weigh 14 - 18 pounds. The cost is $7.49/lb. The deadline for ordering is the 17th, please sign up at the farmstand. |
Christmas Share and Pie Pre-order
This article ran in the last newsletter but we still have time left before we close the pre-orders and share sign ups, so we are running it again.
We had a great response to our Thanksgiving share and are offering a special $40 Christmas Share to those not part of our winter produce co-op. Please sign up and at the farmstand, we can accept cash or check. Pick up will be December 21st, 22nd or 23rd. Please let us know if you'd like to participate in the Christmas share by Sunday, December 16th.
We are also offering pie pre-orders through Ever So Humble Pies, a small all natural pie company located in Walpole, Massachusetts. We have been very happy with their attention to quality ingredients and exceptional taste. Feel free to tell your family you baked it yourself!
Pie choices are:
New England Apple
Squmpkin and Vegan Squmpkin
Butter Pecan 
Luscious Lemon
Cherry
Mince
Wild Blueberry
Jumble Berry (Cape Cod cranberries, strawberries, blueberries and oranges)
Orchard Peach
Strawberry Rhubarb
Very Berry (Blackberries, raspberries and strawberries)
Apple Crisp
Pie orders are due by December 10th, sign up at the farmstand.
$5.95 for 5" cutie pies
$14.95 for 8"
$19.95 for 10"
$12.95 for Apple Crisp
Pies will come frozen, ready to bake. |
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More Holiday Gifts from the Farm
 We have even more fun gift ideas at the farmstand, including custom gift baskets. You can either shop for what you'd like included and have us put it together for you, or let us know your budget and we will take care of the rest. Include a farmstand gift certificate to top it off - a great way to show a caregiver, special teacher, or office how much you appreciate them.
Just In:
Aprons for moms and kids from Mimi the Sardine . These brightly colored aprons protect your child's clothing and make clean-up a snap. Made without any toxic finishes, they're as healthy as they are practical. Machine washable. We've got great patterns for kids and moms too!
Finger puppets from Peru, made from Alpaca wool. Fair Trade.
Eco Lips Organic Medicated Lip Balm 
A powerfully effective herbal blend of organic tea tree oil, lysine, organic calendula and organic lemon balm which are known to aid in the healing of cold sores.
Over 95% Organic, this special blend offers you the option of healing cold sores the natural way, with the powerful effects of tea tree oil, camphor, lemon balm and L-Lysine.
Jewelry, bowls and serving spoons from World of Good, a fair trade company. These beautiful bowls are from coconuts and some of the jewelry are actually seeds and nuts.
CSA members will receive 10% off all purchase through January 1st. For those who would like to donate their 10% discount, we will be giving the extra 10% to Cuvilly Arts and Earth Center in Ipswich, so please let the cashier know if you'd like to donate this portion of the sale. |
 Cooking Group with Cecilia
CSA member Cecilia Mullings has come up with a great way to use our farmstand kitchen. Here is some more information about what she's doing and how you can join in...
I am beginning to learn about the idea of community kitchens. They are used in a variety of ways, for a variety of purposes. My first approach in this exploration is to invite you to join me in the farm stand kitchen to prepare dinners that we will take home to serve to our families. The farm will sell us produce at wholesale prices, I will preorder the other ingredients, and the cost of the ingredients will be divided by those participating. There will also be a small per person fee paid to the farm.
I have a lot of experience in the food world and feel comfortable facilitating and guiding this process. But I am hoping to have a mix of experienced and inexperienced cooks around the prep table. I am expecting that weekday mornings might be best for many, but timing is flexible and weekend and evening times are options. The menu is flexible too and I am open to suggestions. I am hoping to have recipes that can be flexible enough to accommodate dietary restrictions (by making substitutions, by being able to add "culprit" ingredients at the end stage of the process, or having a few different prep stations) and include in-season produce available in the farm stand.
I have had a few practice runs. Twice we made soups and breads that actually provided 2 meals for each of our families. This past weekend we had two rounds of holiday cookie baking and decorating. One component we have instituted is a donation portion, meaning we make one more batch than we have participants and that extra batch is donated to a person or family in need either because of illness or other hardship.
If this sounds like something you are interested in please contact Cecilia at ceciliamullings@cs.com with your preferred gathering times and any dietary restrictions. If patterns emerge maybe we can coordinate classes with dietary needs. If you would like to explore uses of the community kitchen idea, I am happy to discuss that as well. | |
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