Some words from Sarahlee from this time last year:

The food coming to fruition is a miracle.  A daily, stop you in your tracks, miracle. Growing it with such an incredible team and sharing it with you is my greatest pleasure.  I want you to know how unique ya’ll are.  As a group, you represent only .1% of Central Oregon committed to a local farm.  That commitment is what allows us to farm.  It is what allows us to exist at all, year after year.  15 years at this point.  It is what allows us to also donate thousands of pounds of food each season and to be there when things get real tricky (Covid for example).

CSAs are a hard sell.  It’s inconvenient.  And while I demonize convenience in all of our marketing, because I believe it makes people soft and we need some tough folks doing the work to make any change at all to the trajectory that we’re on (climate crisis, agriculture built on human and environmental injustices), I cannot thank you enough for being part of our CSA.  You make me feel seen and valued.

Thank you for figuring out the logistics of pick up when you could get almost any other food delivered to your door.  Thank you for being excited to try new things.  Thank you for all the cleaning, chopping, and cooking it takes to get the food into your body.  Thank you for spending that time on the food when you could spend doing all sorts of other things.  Thank you for celebrating all the funky vegetables; the big ones, the little ones, the ones with all the legs and sometimes dirt and bugs.  Thank you for all the tricks it takes to get your picky family members to eat it.  Thank you for being on the roller coaster with us and eating what grows here, where we live.  I mean, if you can’t eat from where you live, should you live there?

Eating from this place is a profound act of love for our planet.  It’s an honor to feed people capable of that kind of love; to learn your names and to gather you into community.  If you are the one making the commitment and dragging everyone along with you, I hope that you can feel the difference in the food.  This harsh ass place makes some resilient food that is particularly nutrient dense.  Nutrient density equals tremendous flavor.  God, I hope you enjoy it.

Full Diet Updates:

– We need jars and LIDS! Lids aren’t coming back with the jars and it’s making it very difficult to be prepared in the store!

– There is a private brunch on the deck, Friday 10/24. Nothing about the store’s functions will change, but there will be a lot more cars in the parking lot than normal.

– Strawberry Moon had her calf! Which means so much milk is coming in. If you missed a week of milk, please be sure to check in with us to get more.

– Rainshadow is hosting Customer Appreciation Day! A gleaning event with food, music, and lots of amazing people. October 26th, 11am-2pm. No RSVP needed, join in the fun!