The Environmental Impact of our Food Choices On average, food at a traditional grocery store is estimated to travel 1,500 miles to reach your plate. That is so far! Food, grown at Rainshadow Organics, will travel about 30 miles to reach you. AND it is harvested straight from the ground only a day before your
Jamaican Curry Chicken Snow is in the forecast all week. The air is crisp, with a sparkly white blanket of the fluffy stuff outside as I type. Many feel warm this time of year with all holidays, hot toddies, and fuzzy slippers, but I prefer the warmth of the tropics.
West Coast Pozole I don’t care if it is 95 degrees out, I love pozole. I will sit in the heat and sweat it out with hot, spicy, unctuous pork broth, topped with crisp cold vegetables and herbs. I get respect when I’m in Mexico because I’ll order any rendition with
The Organic Seal for your Peace of Mind If you’re anything like us, you are overwhelmed by all the un-trustworthy food out there. You need to eat, and you need access to food you can trust. It doesn’t help that as of 2017, only 27% of surveyed CSA farms in the U.S. were Certified
What is the value of a Rainshadow Organics summer CSA share? We at Rainshadow Organics are excited to share our 2021 Summer CSA sign up with you! Can you believe we’re already dreaming up our summer season in February? In fact, we have already seeded our first round of starts for the 2021 Summer CSA: shallots, leeks,
January has flown by and we are already thinking about Summer! January has been filled with some beautiful weather. While we are so glad that it has finally started to snow, all those sunny days that made it easy to prepare for the 2021 Summer
December on the farm The end of 2020 has been a flurry of crop planning. The farmers have spent the last month going over everything we planted and grew in 2020 and have made our crop plan for how we are going to plant and raise all the vegetables needed
January CSA This Month's Share This month's veggie share includes onions, garlic, daikon radish, pumpkins, fingerling potatoes, Siberian kale, and sweet potatoes. The meat share this month includes a quart of frozen lard, 3-4 lbs of ground beef, and variety cuts of beef. Don't be afraid of the lard. You
Sourdough Savoury Scones Customer Appreciation Day: Saturday, 10/24 I am pretty sure that scones are the king of confections… or, maybe biscuits… or all you Central Oregonians might say the Ocean Roll from Sparrow Bakery, and fight me if I were to suggest anything else. Well, since we can’t fight
Cajun Congee with Crispy Bacon Customer Appreciation Day: Saturday, 10/24 Japan is insane. I never tire of the culture, architecture, cleanliness, and above all, food. I have spent a decent amount of time there exploring the countryside for the weirdest bits of newness to try. Something I love about the
