April 4, 2022
Eighteen years ago Tucson CSA founder, Philippe Waterinckx started working with Frank Martin at Crooked Sky farms, hosting a small CSA pick up on his porch in the spring of 2004. We say the CSA grew ‘organically’ with producers, members, volunteers and even musicians joining the fold along the way. Today, many of the original… Read more »
Have you always called Tucson home? I’ve lived here longer than I’ve lived anywhere else, but no. I’ve been here since the mid 90’s, however I’ve lived the rest of my life on the East Coast: CT, Boston, and Miami. When did you start volunteering with the CSA? Forever ago and then some? I started… Read more »
March 21, 2022
Have you always called Tucson home? I moved to Tucson in the summer of 2018 when I started my doctoral program at the UofA. I am originally from Kansas City, but I moved here from Albuquerque. I’ve moved a lot in my life; I have also lived in Monterrey, CA, Fayetteville, NC, Bogota CO, and Nocona… Read more »
March 14, 2022
This week, we’ll be getting Paul Robeson tomato plant starts in our shares! It’s always fun to get a chance to plant some of what the farm is growing and certainly makes us appreciate the effort that goes into raising our food for us. If you want a little extra boost getting your tomato established… Read more »
March 11, 2022
While the color purple may be a rare sight in nature, it was wonderfully overwhelming when Sara and I visited Farmer Frank at Crooked Sky Farms recently. For those who have never been, or maybe it has been a few years, the farm is like an oasis in an encircling industrial land. Over the years,… Read more »
March 7, 2022
It is not always the case, but this past week was a “good-use-of-food week” for us. Our typical schedule has me running my 3 boys straight from school on the far east side of Tucson to the UA for swim practice and to El Grupo for bike practice. On nights that we carpool, I am… Read more »
February 21, 2022
A snapshot of what it’s like in one of our busy volunteer’s kitchens during a typical week With work back and seemingly trying to make up for lost time, the languid COVID-furlough days of making elaborate layered lasagnas of homemade pasta and CSA greens have evaporated like a dream (or COVID nightmare, depending on the… Read more »
February 14, 2022
Why do we cook? It’s one of those things we just DO. To eat. To feed. It’s an instinctual process that we are exposed to and part of from day one. Maybe it is something we truly love to do, but why? I’ve never really thought much further into it because one way or another,… Read more »
January 24, 2022
Greens can dominate our winter CSA shares. We also get beets, turnips and radishes with their edible greens attached. If this sea of green is leaving you feeling overwhelmed already, don’t despair!! Cooking greens are used in all types of cuisine and you should have no trouble incorporating them into almost any dish, once you… Read more »
January 10, 2022
Iskashitaa Refugee Network (IRN) is a local organization that integrates United Nation refugees into the Southern Arizona community to assist with the harvest of local produce that would otherwise go to waste. IRN is currently in their busiest time of the year…CITRUS season! Throughout the year we see this abundance all around us; oranges, grapefruits,… Read more »