Meet the Team! It takes a team to make something as nuanced as Rainshadow Organics function like the smooth operating machine it is! This month, let's meet the team! Sarahlee, Farmer/Owner Where are you from? I've lived on the farm my entire life. Why Rainshadow? Because of the
News from the Farm It's a beautiful day today on the farm and we are celebrating by getting our fruit block into the 25-acre. While it might sound like we are planting berries and an orchard, when we talk about fruit on this vegetable farm, we mean those plants whose "fruit" we eat, like
News from the Farm You know when you are watching the pot on the stove waiting for it to boil? (We all do it, even when we know we shouldn't!) And it starts to form bubbles on the bottom and then begins to vibrate right before it blows up into a full on boil?
What is community? At its simplest, Community is a group, large or small, of folks that you share a feeling of fellowship with. It is a group with common interests, attitudes, goals, ideas, etc. For us, community is the sense of gathering around and sharing an experience formed from regeneratively grown meats, grains, and
The three Cs of a Rainshadow Organics CSA At Rainshadow we honor our commitment to farming and to community through our CSA programs that give you a choice in what and how you feed your family. As farmers in Central Oregon we feel a commitment towards the land and all its community members: the microbes
photo credit: Melissa Harmon Our Farmer Apprentice ProgramThis time of year is full of excitement paired with a bit of unknown as we plan out our next season. You all know that feeling: what do we want to do and how are we going to get there? Right
photo credit: Sarahlee Lawrence News from the Farm This past couple weeks has been big. We finished our storage crop harvest, hosted Customer Appreciation Day, tidied everything up, and ... STARTED PLANTING 2023 CROPS! Can you believe it! The cycle continues. A couple weeks ago we seeded
This means that we have been BUSY! While many other farmers start to slow down and their operations begin to ease up, we have been doing exactly the opposite: kicking it into high gear, doubling up on our efficiencies and what the harvest list are for the day, and, generally, trying to get twice
As these clear October nights dip into the teens, the team at Rainshadow Organics hustles to put food up for winter. They have pickled, sauced, jammed, and fermented since mid-July. Their farm store shelves are full from floor to ceiling. The pastured pork, beef, and chicken fills the freezers. The wheat, corn, and
Join us on Saturday, October 20th from 11am-3pm for our annual fall celebration and Customer Appreciation Day. Activities include: -Gleaning from our big field (bring your own shovel and bins/bags for pumpkins and other veggies) -Farm tours at 12pm and 2pm -Stocking your pantry for winter at the Farm Store - including discounted boxes of
