November 2025
Building a Resilient Food System
The importance of a community-based resilient food system I've rewritten this email a few times trying to gather my thoughts. These emails can be a great way to engage with all of you, to [...]
October 2025
We’re all chefs!
How to make it seasonal: A brief guide for hacking recipes to make them seasonal and farmy! Recipes are a great source of inspiration but should rarely ever be a blueprint for your meal. [...]
If you can’t eat from where you live, should you live there?
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 [...]
Please join our CSA program!
2026 Crops are already going in the ground! The team planted almost 2 miles of garlic this week. Five delicious varieties (which you can find in our Farm Store all winter long). Next year's [...]
Warm + Inviting
farm-to-table events Welcome and thank you for being part of our Event Release List. Because you are on our email list, you have first access to the events below. Enjoy ✨ Fond Farewell to the [...]
2026 Summer CSA Discount Release
SUMMER MEMBERS ONLY: This is your moment to sign up for Next Summer We are offering a 15% discount if you sign up before October 20th COUPON CODE to use at check out: Pay-in-Full: [...]
Where fast lives slow down
Where fast lives slow down. We're all busy. So busy. All the time. Everyday. With kids, jobs, cooking, cleaning, friends, change, self care, or lack thereof, getting outside, hobbies, family. Life. All of it [...]
Eating is an agricultural act
Autumn Abundance is strong We've still got tomatoes and peppers and basil right to the end. I can't believe it. The big squash is coming this week so you can pick your favorite from [...]
September 2025
Welcome to October
Thoughts from Isabel~ The harmony of flavor, nutrients, and soil. I'm reading a book right now called "In Search of the Perfect Peach" by Franco Fubini. Fubini is the founder of Natoora, a high end [...]
Happy Fall Y’all
That completes our email farmer features! I really appreciated hearing from all of the farmers. Their feelings about this place, these people, and this food was profound, thoughtful, intelligent, and inspiring. I'm sure you [...]
Feels like Summer, Autumn, and Winter all at once
Happy Equinox! I just revel in this shift. Happens twice a year when the days and nights are the same. In March I am so excited about more light. I'm ready to rumble, coming [...]
Summer Slips, Fall Rises
My favorite confluence We’re standing at the confluence of the seasons—confluence, a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point. Right now, summer and fall are tangled up in each other: [...]
Ella, a first year farmer, not only grew veggies but friendships too!
Hey everyone, I’m Ella, a first year apprentice at Rainshadow! I’m a bit sad to be writing this email at the moment, as it pulled me away from the mesmerizing celeriac tumbling toward me [...]
Our apprentice, Marina, speaks on the undervaluing of farm knowledge
Marina, a graduate student from the University of Washington came to this farm with background in farming and landscape design. She blew us away with her knowledge, humor, and empathy for the land and people. [...]
Nat and What It Means To Be teadfast
As we welcome September we highlight Nat, our Farm Manager. Howdy y’all! Natalie here. It has been such a joy to read the words of my fellow land tenders. What beauty and inspiration [...]
