We are Gratefully Eating!

Aaah, The 2025 Marathon has been completed.
We’re stretching and walking it off.
Nourishing ourselves heartily.
Dreaming of next season.

We hope this farm note finds you well.  I like to imagine my community gathered up with family, both born to and chosen.  I hope you are finding good ingredients to play with in the kitchen, taking all the time in the world to explore new recipes and prepare the classics. I hope you lounge hard for deep rest.  I hope you get some brisk air in you, outside doing something fun or just checking in with the wilds.  Try to be aware of even the tiniest critters as they hunker down for winter. Most importantly, good golly, put the phone down and be with your people.

Rae has prepared so many of our garden beds for next season.  That means they have all their compost and calcium.  They have been broad forked and shaped then seeded with Austrian winter peas.  All the nutrients will settle in and be maximumly bioavailable in the spring WITH a gorgeous mass of peas that we can eat as tender shoots and will be fixing nitrogen at the same time.  Then we will melt this “green manure crop” into the ground with a silage tarp and it will add so much organic matter to our soil.

Rainshadow is hiring for the 2026 season!

We’re already getting excited for the 2026 farming season! We’ve got a handful of roles opening up, farm crew, event staff, farmers’ market help, and more. If you’re curious about working with us, take a look at the opportunities linked below. And if someone in your world would be a great fit, feel free to send them our way.

Reminder: our farm store is closed Friday, 11/21 and Saturday, 11/22

For our Full Diet members, Winter CSA pick-ups, and shoppers, our store will be closed the weekend after Thanksgiving! This is to give our team time to rest, eat, and be together. We will resume normal winter hours starting in December. We can’t wait to see you then!

Are you interested in our Full Diet CSA? It is the best way to get more of the farm in your diet, and spend more time with the people and place that grow your food. We have room in our Full Diet CSA and would love to have you out for a trial week!

Send our Markets Manager, Isabel, an email at the link below. She can get you started!

Wild Caught Salmon Filets are Still Available!

The delicious, sustainably caught fish fillets are still available while supplies last. We have coho, steelhead, and chinook filets available at the link below. Pick-ups are at the Farm Store or at your CSA pick-up! All filets are frozen.

Save the Date: New Farm-to-Table Event!

December 20th Solstice Dinner— Our favorite night of the year — the Solstice Dinner. Gather with us as we honor the year’s bounty, celebrate the community we nourish, and welcome the turning of the season on winter’s longest night.

Winter CSA Shares still available

Our Winter CSA is the perfect way to continue nourishing yourself with nutrient dense and locally grown produce and meats all winter long. We firmly believe in the power of local food year round and we cannot wait to continue feeding you and yours!

We make this CSA as easy as possible! Pick up on the first Thursday of the month, November through May:

  • In Sisters, 3:30-3:45, at the Fir Street Park
  • In Bend, 4:30-5:30, at the Deschutes County Parking Lot (1300 NW Wall Street)
  • A pre-boxed option delivered to Locavore

Or at the Farm Store the Friday (11-5) and Saturday (9-3) following, 71290 Holmes Rd!

The Winter CSA Details

  • Shares starting at $76/month!
  • Meat only or Meat and Vegetable
  • Select your own vegetables, meat is prepackaged for you
  • Pay in Full or Monthly subscription payment –> with the monthly subscription, you pay for November when you sign up (maybe today…) and then don’t pay again until Dec. 1.
  • Use your SNAP benefits and your vegetable share is covered by Double Up Food Bucks!