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Oatman Farms

August 23, 2021

Whether you’re a longtime baker or just starting out, Oatman Farms’ baking mixes are a wonderful local addition to your pantry. Oatman Flats Ranch is is a family-owned Arizona farm that uses regenerative and organic farming practices to grow heritage climate-adapted crops. Those crops, like White Sonora Wheat and Blue Beard Durum, are then used… Read more »

The Magical Fruit

Late summer brings with it a variety of delicious beans that can be prepared and enjoyed in many different ways. From long beans to bumpy beans, purple beans to classic green beans, these seasonal delights are the perfect way to add some crunch and fiber to your next meal. This year, Farmer Frank and his… Read more »

5 Things We’re Loving Right Now

August 16, 2021

Food Sovereignty in the USA “Food sovereignty is the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems. It puts the aspirations and needs of those who produce, distribute and consume food at the heart of food… Read more »

Tucson CSA Now Accepts SNAP/EBT

August 15, 2021

There’s a new way to buy local food at Tucson CSA! We now accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)/EBT cards for food items in the CSA Shop. SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, is proven to be the most effective food assistance benefit program for reducing hunger. Accepting SNAP allows us to make the local,… Read more »

Managing Wet Produce

Plants need water, it’s true – but monsoon rains can cause damage, make “dry” produce wet, and coat our veggies with mud. Not to worry! If you notice that your CSA produce has been affected by the wet conditions, there’s plenty you can do to clean, dry, and store it properly. If your melon, corn, cucumber,… Read more »

Monsoon Season on the Farm

For Arizona farmers, summer monsoons are more than just reprieve from the intense heat – the health of their crops depends on the annual rainfall. After two years of drought, our farmers at Sleeping Frog Farms and Crooked Sky Farms are relieved by the wet summer we’ve had this year.  A good monsoon season means… Read more »

Eggplant

August 8, 2021

The eggplant is a member of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family like the potato, the tomato as well as the tomatillo and chayote. Although we use the eggplant as a vegetable it is really a fruit. Eggplant comes in various colors, shapes and sizes. The English actually gave the fruit the name of “eggplant” referring to… Read more »

Juan Canary Melons

Canary melons are recognizable by their slightly oblong shape and their bright yellow rinds, which are waxy when the melon is ripe. Farmer Frank plants a drought tolerant Tohono O’odham variety, which is very sweet. Slightly tangier than a honeydew, the flesh of a canary melon is often pale green to white. It is often… Read more »

Honeydew Melon

The poetically-named honeydew was revered by the ancient Egyptians and later loved by Napoleon. It is high in vitamins B6 and C, folate, and potassium, and low in sodium, saturated fat and cholesterol. It’s sweet on the inside, too! The waxy-rinded light green to pale yellow honeydew is a variety of muskmelon along with with… Read more »