{ Community Supported Agriculture Newsletter {

Dear CSA members,

This is, sadly for us, the last CSA week of this season. All the leaves on the trees around the farm have fallen to the ground, leaving the bare branches to silhouette against the grey winter sky.

In this transition time from full out growing season to frosts already here and the snow coming still, we can tangibly feel the pairing of the seasons here in the Northeast. The coming winter is paired with the coming summer; we couldn’t have one without the other. The falling of the leaves is paired with the coming spring and the new leaf buds.

Our CSA is also a pairing, a pairing of CSA members and farmers, urban communities and rural communities, all of us givers and receivers in a team effort to create a strong network and a healthy Community Supported Agriculture.

All of us on the farm team extend a hearty “Thank You” to all of our CSA members. We are helping each other to provide fresh (yummy!), local, biodynamic food to our communities. Thank You, CSA members! We are looking forward to next spring already. Please let us know if you would like to reserve your spot as a current CSA member.

Another Thank You goes to an exciting part of our farm team each year, our farm apprentices. These are usually young people generally just out of college, interested in the revitalizing of our industrial culture’s food systems by learning and working on a real, biodynamic farm. Our four apprentices have experienced a full and rewarding growing season here, working hard and well, learning biodynamic farming practices and experiencing farm life in the midst of daily chores and a busy world. Will, our apprentice from Western Pennsylvania, said yesterday that "helping people is better than money in the bank." This sentiment was said in reference to Will’s penchant for going and helping other local farmers in the neighborhood here and learning-by-doing what is special about each farm. It is a reflection of Will’s generosity and, in a wider picture, all of our willingness to work together for the good of the whole. The rhythms of the seasons work together to make a whole cycle, and we can only try to learn the wisdom of the seasons.

-Farmer Katy

TODAY!

NOVEMBER 4^th

Last Pick-Up Day

Includes pick

Extra apples for Cider shares

Potatoes for Winter shares

While the taste of the 2004 CSA season still lingers, take a moment to complete and return your contract for next season!

If you have not received a Season 2005 contract in the mail or would like additional copies, please contact Rachel at 518-672-4465 x105.

I hope you have enjoyed a season of good reading andgood eating! Jodie

Recipe Redux 2004

Apples

October 7, 28

Arugula

June 24

Basil

July 8, 22

August 5, 19

Beets

July 1, 15, 29

August 26

September 9

October 7, 21

Blueberries

July 29

Bok Choy

July 15

September 9

October 21

Broccoli Rabe

June 17

Cabbage, Napa

July 8, 15

Cabbage, Savoy

July 22

Carrots

July 8

August 26

September 9, 23, 30

October 7, 21, 28

Celeriac

October 7, 21, 28

Chard

June 24

July 1, 29

August 26

October 14

Cooking greens

June 10

August 5, 12

September 16

October 21

Corn

August 19

September 9

Cucumbers

August 26

September 9

Daikon Radish

July 8

Dandelion Greens

August 12

Fennel

August 5, 19

Green Beans

July 15

August 19

September 2

Kale

July 22

September 16

Kohlrabi

July 1

Leeks

October 7, 14, 28

Parsley

August 19, 26

September 2, 16, 23

Pumpkin

October 14, 28

Potatoes

August 19

September 2, 16, 30

October 7, 21, 28

Rutabagas

October 28

Salad greens

June 10

July 1, 15

August 5, 12, 19

Scallions

July 15, 29

August 5, 26

October 7, 21

Tomatoes

August 19

September 2, 9

Turnips

June 10, 17

July 1

September 30

October 21, 28

Winter Squash

September 23

Zucchini/Summer Squash

July 8, 15, 22

August 19, 26

September 9, 23

Thanks to Laura, back issues of the HVF CSA newsletters can be found on the CSA page at www.hawthornevalleyfarm.org.