Porter Farms

Promised Land

Eat Local Challenge Tip 2: Veggies

Porter Farms still has space available in its CSA!

Not sure about joining? They have a guest bag program where you can try it out for a week, free. If you like it, you can join and they will pro-rate the cost of your share.

"If you know someone who might be interested in our program, have them try a bag for a week, free! Just call the farm at (585) 757-6823, and provide your name and the guest's name as well as the group to which they would like to have it delivered.

If they would like to join after they receive the gift bag, they can call for a pro-rated price. Keep in mind that we have pick-up sites in both the Buffalo and Rochester areas! "

http://www.porterfarms.org/

Eat Local Challenge Tip 1: Protein

So I am jazzed for the local challenge coming up this month. Veggies and grains should be no problem. However, as a vegetarian, what is a good source of local protein? I don't know if I can bring myself to spend $6 a week on eggs.

What I have found is that SoyBoy, headquartered in Rochester, uses local ingredients whenever possible.

"We source our ingredients locally whenever possible. In the last year we’ve used organic soybeans from the Finger Lakes region of New York (50 miles), Ontario, Canada (150 miles) and Eastern Michigan (260 miles). We try to buy as close to home as we can, but market conditions sometimes mean going a little farther to get the high protein organic beans that we need. But our beans have always come from trusted North American farms." http://www.soyboy.com/faq.htm Also, bonus - no GMO soy in their products.

If anyone has information on legumes, nuts, whole grains...please share. I know Promised Land does dry beans (and provides grains for Five Points Bakery), but I think that is later in the fall. I know the Eat Local Challenge lets you go 20% non-local, but I'd like to do the best I can.

Porter Farms, Week 4, July 18

I think this red lettuce was "fire lettuce." We also go a ton of green beans - split into two bags since I share this share. Also shown are zucchini, summer squash, onions, and that pale sputnik in the middle is a kohlrabi.

Porter Farms, Week 3, July 11

LOTS of lettuce, spinach, zucchini, summer squash, and onions. I miss getting all this lettuce.

Porter Farms, Week 2, July 4

This was lovely - I had never seen red onions with the greens still on them. Also pictured are a small bunch of spinach, lettuce, and beets.

Porter Farms, Week 1, June 27

Porter started a week later this year because of the crazy weather. In return, they will go a week late. That means I will be getting my last share in December!

This came in a brown paper bag that was filled to the brim with several kinds of lettuce.



I can't believe how bright the stems of this swiss chard was.



The lettuce this week was so beautiful - this is the lettuce I said reminded my of Rapunzel in my June 28 post.



These onions were enormous and I ate every bit of the green part - which was over two feet long. I was delicious chopped up and tossed in a taco salad (or 10 taco salads).

Catching up on Promised Land

Hey folks - I hope I didn't blow up your Google Reader.

I had lost the cord that connects my computer and camera and so while I have been diligently taking photos, I had not been posting. So now I am all caught up with Promised Land CSA. I hope you enjoy looking at it as much as I have enjoyed eating it. I hope to stay up to date from here on out.

Stay tuned for my Porter Farms catch-up. Don't worry, it's only about four weeks.


I'd like to apologize for my camera being kind of junky.

Promised Land, Week 10, July 23

THIS WEEK’S SHARE INCLUDES: 1 PT. BLUEBERRIES 2# ADIRONDACK BLUE POTATOES GREEN ONIONS CUCUMBER GREEN CELERY 1# EACH GREEN AND YELLOW BEANS ZUCCHINI YELLOW SQUASH

These blueberries were so delicious that I started eating them before I took the picture. I could barely stop myself from eating them all before getting the camera. They were incredible. They make every other blueberry I have ever eaten taste like dirt - and I enjoyed those blueberries at the time I ate them. I am spoiled for life and will eat no blueberries but these forever. I even e-mail the Oles to ask them what species they were. I am going to plant them in my backyard.

Promised Land, Week 9, July 16

THIS WEEK’S SHARE INCLUDES: 2# RED POTATOES GREEN ONIONS PARSLEY RED CELERY BEETS WITH GREENS ZUCCHINI YELLOW SQUASH CUCUMBER SPICY GREENS





And a close-up because who has ever seen red celery before? Made some tasty stuffing with this and with onions from Porter Farms.

Promised Land, Week 8, July 9

IN THIS WEEK’S SHARE: ZUCCHINI YELLOW SQUASH BUNCHING ONIONS KOHLRABI SWISS CHARD/CABBAGE SUGAR SNAP PEAS SHELLING PEAS

Promised Land, Week 7, July 2

THIS WEEK’S SHARE INCLUDES: SHELLING PEAS SUGAR SNAP PEAS SNOW PEAS GREEN ONIONS KOHLRABI STRAWBERRIES ZUCCHINI YELLOW SQUASH

Promised Land, Week 6, June 25

THIS WEEK’S SHARE INCLUDES: STRAWBERRIES SPINACH (APRX. 7OZ.) SUGAR SNAP PEAS SNOW PEAS SHELLING PEAS GREEN ONIONS GARLIC SCAPES

Promised Land, Week 5, June 18

I have never really eaten radishes. I mean I have but I always think of them as garnish, little roses, and never thought they tasted like anything. So, I tried to just cut them up and hide them in some falafel. These radishes were SOOO delicious! They were peppery and actually kind of tasted like bacon which - as a vegetarian - was a real treat. My husband loved them as well, and he is not Mr. Vegetable. We were both sad not to get them again.

THIS WEEK’S SHARE INCLUDES: ASPARAGUS (APRX 8OZ) ROMAINE RADISHES GARLIC SCAPES BUNCHING ONIONS STRAWBERRIES SWISS CHARD