The hens slow down their production in the winter. We distribute what we have equally among the members who request eggs.

 

Our priorities for the winter shares are

1. what we grow

2. what other local farmers grow

3. given 1 & 2, maintaining a healthy and interesting diversity by sourcing organic produce from out of the area. 

    We deal exclusively with Organically Grown Distributors here in Eugene. The day before you get your share, we pick up from the distributor so it is as fresh as possible.

 

As to what specifically you will find in a share, it could be any of the following:

    locally in season - brassicas, mushrooms (we grow oyster and shiitake mushrooms and wildcraft chanterelles), onions, potatoes, garlic, winter squash, sunchokes, celeriac, root crops, tubers, celery, fennel, chard, Asian greens, apples, pears, kiwi, burdock and many more that don't come to mind right now, frozen blueberries that we put up    

     local and grown in the green house - spinach, arugula, some varieties of lettuce, all sorts of Asian greens, some herbs 
     occasional produce that can not be grown here we get from the local organic distributor - examples are fair trade bananas from Mexico, citrus from Texas and California, avocados from California

WE DO NOT DO STUPID THINGS LIKE OUT OF SEASON BERRIES, TOMATOES, SUCH AS THAT.

If the local supply of a vegetable becomes exhausted, we will go through the organic distributor to be assured everything in the shares is organically grown and as geographically close as possible.

 

I'm happy to answer any other question - Lynn at swth2o@earthlink.net.

Here are a few share examples from last fall and winter:

10/15/08

EVERYONE GETS apples, Bartlett pears, chard, kale or collard cooking greens, and red potatoes.

SMALLS ALSO GET eggs or broccoli, Tropea onions, carrots and Italian Sweet peppers.

MEDIUMS ALSO GET Mesclun salad mix, sauerkraut or melon, broccoli, lemon, tomatoes, beets and cilantro.

LARGES ALSO GET eggs or melon, Mesclun salad mix, sauerkraut or melon, broccoli, Italian Sweet peppers, lemon, Spaghetti squash, leeks, tomatoes and cilantro.

 

12/17/08

EVERYONE GETS garlic, frozen blueberries, local apples, and rosemary.

SMALLS ALSO GET rutabagas or celeriac, cabbage,  oyster mushrooms or chard, and Rio grapefruit.

MEDIUMS ALSO GET eggs or Brussels sprouts, buttercream fingerling potatoes, chard, beets, fresh horseradish, naturally fermented sauerkraut or cabbage, fennel bulb, bay leaf, and Grenada peppers.

LARGES ALSO GET buttercream fingerling potatoes, chard, beets, baby mustard greens, fresh horseradish, naturally fermented sauerkraut or cabbage, celeriac, Rio grapefruit, Brussels sprouts, bay leaf, and Grenada peppers.

 

1/28/09

EVERYONE GETS beets, chard, celery, Highland Sweet apples and navel oranges.

SMALLS ALSO GET eggs or red cabbage, delicata , acorn, or sweet dumpling squash or potatoes, and garlic.

MEDIUMS ALSO GET acorn or carnival or spaghetti winter squash, kumquats, horseradish, baby carrots, kraut or kim chee or red cabbage, Yukon Gold potatoes, Romaine lettuce and lemon.

LARGES ALSO GET red cabbage, kumquats, horseradish, baby carrots, yellow onion, Yukon Gold potatoes, Romaine lettuce, mesclun mix, oyster mushrooms and lemons.