The things we are grateful for in 2023 Our crew from last year Wow, what a winning year last year. In 2023 we started our own Apprentice Program and our first year’s Apprentices knocked our socks off. We feel very strongly about being a place that is integral in inspiring and training future farmers.
photo credit: Melissa Harmon Winter is here and so is the start of our CSA! Dang, and just like that it gets so cold that we can finally accept that winter is here. After almost an entire month living on borrowed time, just waiting for the temperatures to drop and the
The beauty of you all! photo credit: Melissa Harmon What a weekend we had! It was the perfect culmination to an incredible summer! Over the last 2 months we have been harvesting EVERYTHING we grew during the summer. From the last of the lettuce heads and chard
This week, our newsletter is written by Sarahlee Our head honcho, farmer with the plan, owner and vision master Where are you from? I've lived on the farm my entire life. Why Rainshadow? Because of the way this land gathers energy. It's magnetic. What do you hope to learn at the farm this season?
News from the Farm: Oh, wow, only two more CSAs left in our 2023 20-week Summer CSA. This will be the last week that we see our Meat Only CSA members and this will be the last meat pick up for our Meat & Veggie members. That means that next week is our last
News from the Farm: Wow! Can you believe it? We are heading into our last four weeks of our Summer CSA. My goodness, but what a joy it has been so far. Mostly not too hot and mostly not too smokey. There of course were moments of each. Generally it has been a joy
What is the value of a CSA? There is the economic value wrapped up in choosing to spend your money on a CSA share from Central Oregon. A 2017 study in Central Oregon found that for every dollar spent on a local food product, $0.76 stayed in the community. Comparatively, each dollar spent on
Every other week or so the farmers will write the Sunday CSA letter. This will bring a different tone and story to your inbox and come even closer to telling the full story of the diversity that is Rainshadow Organics. This week, our newsletter is written by Noah our Livestock Manager and Lead Miller
A note of gratitude Wow, this smoke is tenacious, that is for damn sure. And, what with the season, the wind, and all the things out of our control, there is no knowing how it will be at any given moment now until the late fall/early winter brings some rain. While we are personally
News from the Farm: Winter CSA harvest begins Well, it is happening! We have begun harvesting for the winter. We talked a bit a couple weeks ago about the garlic harvest, the first of the winter storage crops to come in, but now we are looking down the pipe and the start of the big
