STEPHEN PEDERSEN and JEANNE BYRNE – In 2011, Two Small Farms will once again be two individual small farms, dividing our CSA program into separate businesses. Don’t worry! We will still offer all the great advantages you are used to getting from the CSA. High Ground Organics will be offering pick-up sites from Palo Alto through the South Bay and Peninsula, as well as Monterey and Santa Cruz counties.
High Ground Organics has been a CSA farm since we first started working the land in 1996, and our commitment to CSA farming informs every aspect of how we use our land and what we plant. We grow a diverse array of crops to fill the boxes with vegetables and fruits that provide excellent flavor, variety, nutrition, interest, and usability. It’s our goal to make you love vegetables!
In the past few years, we have planted several acres of fruit trees (apples, pears, and blueberries) that are beginning to bear and will be fully in production over the next 2 years. We also added some beautiful land in North Monterey County to our farm and will be able to plant there many of the warmth-loving crops like tomatoes, eggplant, peppers and basil that don’t do as well here at our home farm close to the coast. Our coastal acres are still the best place to grow delicious strawberries, lettuces, greens, and cole crops (like cauliflower, broccoli, romanesco, and cabbage). We’ll continue to get gorgeous certified organic flowers from Steve’s cousin Josh Thomas of Thomas Farm.
Look for our next newsletter in January to give you more information about the coming season. If you haven’t already, please sign up for our High Ground Organics newsletter list. We will no longer be sending joint Two Small Farms newsletters in the new year.
We’re looking forward to a great growing year in 2011!
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