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A Visit from the Good Folks at Learning Skills Academy
We were happy to receive a visit this week from a group of students from Learning Skills Academy. Some of the students are interested in becoming dairy farmers. We had a great time showing everyone...
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Hayride and Farm Tour
Bring your friends and family out to the farm on Saturday, August 7th at 4 PM for a hayride and farm tour. Kiss the cows, pet the chickens, and walk the rows of cucumbers and corn. RSVP at...
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August Hayride
Thanks to all who came out to our hayride and farm tour this month. We had so much fun meeting everyone. Eric Thalken, a farmer here at Brookford, showed everyone around the barns, pastures, and...
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Local Press on Brookford Farm Grain
Grain RevolutionWritten by Lindsey CookTuesday, 10 August 2010 “Scooping a handful of wheat from his 7,000-pound truckload, Luke Mahoney pops a piece into his mouth as he describes the grain that he...
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September News
Lately, we’ve been turning our thoughts to fall, the harvest, and preparations for the months ahead. We had a terrific hayride this weekend, complete with more sightings of brand-new calves, our barns...
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First Annual Quarktoberfest
Our thanks to all who came out and made the Brookford Farm harvest festival a great success. We loved watching you bob for kohlrabi, clutch your bets for cow pie bingo, and discover quark for the first...
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Winter Food
Outdoor summer markets may be coming to an end, but you can still find an incredible variety of foods from Brookford Farm at local winter markets. We took the above photo last year in deep midwinter,...
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Brookford Almanac
Cozette Carroll Russell and Julian Russell are in their second year of making a feature-length documentary on Brookford Farm. It’s a thoughtful look at the daily lives of first-generation farmers,...
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Virtual Hayride
Our hayrides are much more than just a free wagon ride through pretty countryside – though they are certainly that. You also get to hear about the inter-connected lives of the many plants, animals,...
View ArticleLois’ Tzatziki Sauce
This recipe is submitted by farm friend Lois Scribner. Lois is an exceptional home cook who keeps us well-fed at our weekly staff meals. Made with Brookford Farm cucumbers and yogurt. This is a perfect...
View ArticleIntroducing Everyday With Your CSA – The Series!
We (Melina and April here…howdy!) are SO excited to tell you about the blog series we’ve been cooking up! We are passionate about our food and making the most of our goods from the CSA, and we want to...
View ArticleGot Milk?
We love milk. RAW milk. There are hundreds of reasons why, and you could spend the better part of a day on Google learning fascinating facts about the in’s and out’s of raw milk, pasteurization, and...
View ArticleEveryday with your CSA – Debunking Food Myths and Trends
We are living in an age of much food confusion. Nutritional and dietary “breakthroughs” of the 70′s, 80′s, and 90′s (think MARGARINE! MICROWAVE POPCORN! TOFU, THE SUPERFOOD!) that many of us were...
View ArticleEveryday with your CSA – Three Easy CSA Meals
When I talk with people about the CSA, the thing that trips people up the most is meal planning. We’ve covered that in the past, but because grocery shopping and meal planning are such habitual things...
View ArticleEveryday with your CSA – Save Those Seeds!
Every year at Halloween, my favorite tradition is roasting pumpkin seeds. There is a world of difference between pumpkin seeds roasted at home and anything you can buy in a store. I love them for...
View ArticleA January Resolution
Ahhhh, January. The time of year when we distract ourselves from the bitter cold and the fact that spring is months away by throwing ourselves into the promise of new beginnings. The time of year where...
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Fermented Winter Slaw
We’re half way through February, and I don’t know about you, but I’ve been missing color. White stretches as far as the eye can see. The fields around my house look like photographs from the surface of...
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Sweet Potatoes Stuffed with Creamy Leeks and Bacon
I wait for CSA meat week like children wait for birthdays…with almost uncontrollable excitement. I love opening the brown paper bags of pork and beef and looking through to see the contents – steaks,...
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Rye!
It’s a good time to have a Brookford flour share. Why? Rye! Rye is low on the glycemic index, high in phytonutrients, antioxidants, and fiber, and has less phytic acid than traditional wheat. Less...
View ArticleAn Interview with Dane
I couldn’t write a series of posts about baking without paying homage to the amazing artisan breads created by Dane Percy of the Canterbury Bread Shop. Dane bakes the delicious bread that CSA members...
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