Last week, our summer season began. We welcomed 7 new interns into their canvas tent cabins and prepared for an intensive week of orientation, learning all the systems of the farm. Our first day was completely engulfed by the topic of water. As the most crucial building block of life, the key to success
Summer is almost here! After all the snow and rain, I’m looking forward to warmer weather andfresh summerfruits and veggies. As we head into the new season, here are some simple tips for making the most of your weekly CSA basket: Prioritize Decide what has the shortest shelf life and use those
You are so busy, I know. We value healthy food, we value shopping local and organic, we value our families, but we have no damn time. Ever. So because of this, I am basically in a love affair with my Instant Pot. You should know this about me by now. It is an
Unless you have lived under a rock for the last decade, you are fully aware of the diet super-fad "gluten free". I think one of the only good things to come out of this way of eating is the resurrection of the spaghetti squash, now available anywhere, and more or less year round.
The biggest problem we face as conscious consumers is unknown and untrustworthy food. If you’re like us, you spend time in the grocery store reading labels and calculating the hidden cost of food on the shelf. Where was this grown? What exactly are all these difficult-to-pronounce ingredients? Is this the RIGHT choice for
Is a farm share the right fit for you? We are so excited you have made the choice to join our farm community. We believe that you need food that you can trust, fresh from the ground. We have made it our life’s work to provide the Central Oregon community with certified organic
Everyone loves salty, smokey goodness. Everyone… even vegans. This is why tempeh bacon and soy ham exist. However, these are not soy, no sir. These are pastured ham hocks. Cured, smoked, and perfect. They actually remind me of babi guling that I ended up needing to eat far too many times in Bali. I
Hello from our snow covered farm! We are celebrating our 10th season at Rainshadow Organics and we are so grateful that you’ve been part of our journey! We started with just two acres of veggies, but this year we’ll be planting nearly 15 acres of veggies, filling 18 greenhouses, harvesting 15 acres of
On Monday morning the farm was completely transformed. The juniper trees awoke to mass amounts of snow weighing down their strong limbs, causing some of the branches to break under 30 inches of snowfall, which had accumulated overnight. All of us on the farm threw on our snow pants and warmest jackets and trudged
If you’re anything like us, you are overwhelmed by all the un-trustworthy food out there. You need to eat and you need food you can trust. It doesn’t help that as of 2017, only 27% of surveyed CSA farms in the U.S. were Certified Organic. This percentage has dropped from 46% Organic CSA providers
