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News worth sharing: KFF Holiday Specials

We have great news worth sharing! Share them on your facebook wall and your name will be entered for a chance to win a signed copy of Tamara Murphy’s new cooking book: TENDER. (http://shinshinchez.com/tamara-murphy-tender)

This raffle will be a series of posts from now until December 15th. Every time you share a KFF post, your name will be entered on the raffle and the more chances you have to win.

NEWS WORTH SHARING: KFF HOLIDAY SPECIALS

This is a time of year when get surrounded by friends and family. We catch up on each others lives and we show them how much we love them! Because we appreciate you (and therefore your friends and family) we have a special promotion to show your friends how much YOU appreciate them.

– FOR EXISTING CUSTOMERS*: For the month of December, not only will you receive the standard thank you gift for your referrals, we will take $15 OFF your next order when your referrals become new customers.
– FOR NEW CUSTOMERS**: Order two boxes and get the third one FREE plus a welcome gift from us.
– FOR RETURNING CUSTOMERS**: If your account has been inactive for the past 6 months or more, order two boxes and get the third one FREE …frankly, we have missed you!

Thank you for participating!
Restrictions:
*Not redeemable for cash.
**Buy 2, get 3rd box of equal or lesser value FREE.
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Labor Day Holiday Delivery Schedule

Our office will be closed September 5th in observance of Labor Day. Because of this closure, our deliveries for that week are scheduled as follows:

For delivery Wednesday:

Tuesday customers and Wednesday customers in Monroe and Anacortes.

For delivery Thursday:

Thursday customers, except south Marysville (south of 100th St NE) and remaining Wednesday customers.

For delivery Friday:

Friday customers and Thursday customers in south Marysville (south of 100th St NE).

If you are planning on being away during the holiday week, please inform us if you will need to skip your delivery or, better yet, consider having us deliver your Box of Good to a local food bank through our Neighbor Helping Neighbor Program.

Have a happy Labor Day!

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Old-Fashioned Farm Celebration! August 20, 2011

You are invited to come out to Klesick Family Farm for our annual old-fashioned farm celebration this Saturday! A fun and wholesome event for the entire family! Free admission!


Meet the people behind your “Box of Good” and celebrate the season with us. We will enjoy a fun-filled day with live music, wagon rides, a pioneer play area, face painting, tug-o-war, a balloon toss, a gunny sack race, a pie-eating contest, volleyball, wiffle ball, raffle prizes, farm walks with Tristan, good food, an espresso stand, and a produce stand. Bring a kite to fly, as we’ll have the room. Please bring your own picnic blanket or chairs.

The weather is going to be great, so jump in the car and enjoy the drive to our little spot in the picturesque Stillaguamish River valley!

Saturday, August 20th

10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

24101 Miller Rd

Stanwood, WA 98292

Schedule of Events

10:00     Let the Fun Begin!

10:30     Demonstration: Potato Digging

11:00     Raffle  –  Farm Walk: Orchard, Vegetable, Cover Crop

11:30     Raffle  –  Music: Ben Booher (at the Hay Maze)

12:00     Demonstration: Juicer & Dehydrator

12:30     Raffle  –  Games: Tug-o-War, Balloon Toss, Gunny Sack Race, Pie Eating Contest

1:15        Raffle  –  Music: Ryan Foxley (at the Hay Maze)

2:15        Raffle  –  Farm Walk: Vegetable, Permaculture, Cover Crop, Beef

2:45        Demonstration:  Making Hay & Potato Digging

3:30        Raffle  –  Music: Spencer Clem (at the Hay Maze)

4:00        Ciao!

Please call us if you have any questions: 360-652-4663

We look forward to seeing you!

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Refer Your Friends and Win!

This is the time of year when people are making lifestyle changes for good. We all start to focus on maintaining healthy eating, exercising and setting goals for ourselves to keep us healthy. However, there are so many others—friends, family members, neighbors, co-workers—who could benefit from the fresh variety of fruits and vegetables that you’ve been enjoying!  This season, we want to partner with you in the goal to share the good!

Many new customers join our team of faithful customers at this time every year, and many of those new customers are referrals from you! We are always excited when a new customer signs up and gets on board with “a box of good.” In appreciation, we send out a thank you gift to both the new customer and the existing customer that referred them to us. The gifts have been a fun way for you to sample some of our product offerings, and have included fresh roasted coffee, artisan sourdough bread, and select organic grocery items.

For the next couple months, we have decided to make it even more fun for you to share the good with your friends by having our second annual “Share the Good” contest! From now through the end of March, not only will you receive the standard thank you gift for each new customer you refer, but for every two referrals, your name will be entered into a drawing for the chance to win a special prize! (Prizes and drawing dates are listed in the insert on the right.) So, refer four friends and your name will be entered into the drawing two times, six friends and it’ll be entered three times.

Our first drawing will recognize referrals from January through February. The second drawing will be for March referrals. The final grand prize drawing will include referrals from January through March. Winners will be notified immediately after the drawing.

We are excited about making your referrals more rewarding! So spread the word and share the good!

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“Share the Good” Contest!

This is the time of year when people are making lifestyle changes for good. We all start to focus on maintaining healthy eating, exercising and setting goals for ourselves to keep us healthy. However, there are so many others—friends, family members, neighbors, co-workers—who could benefit from the fresh variety of fruits and vegetables that you’ve been enjoying!  This season, we want to partner with you in the goal to share the good!

Many new customers join our team of faithful customers at this time every year, and many of those new customers are referrals from you! We are always excited when a new customer signs up and gets on board with “a box of good.” In appreciation, we send out a thank you gift to both the new customer and the existing customer that referred them to us. The gifts have been a fun way for you to sample some of our product offerings, and have included fresh roasted coffee, artisan sourdough bread, and select organic grocery items.

For the next couple months, we have decided to make it even more fun for you to share the good with your friends by having our second annual “Share the Good” contest! From now through the month of March, not only will you receive the standard thank you gift for your referrals, but for every two people you refer, your name will be entered into a drawing for the chance to win a special prize! (Prizes and drawing dates are listed in the insert on the right.) So, refer four friends and your name will be entered into the drawing twice, six friends and it’ll be entered three times.

Our first drawing will recognize referrals that customers have already been sending our way throughout this month. The second drawing will include all referrals from January and February. The final grand prize drawing will include all referrals from January through March. Winners will be notified immediately after the drawing.

We are excited about making your referrals more rewarding! So spread the word and share the good!

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Share the Good Prizes!

— For referrals the month of January

First prize drawing on January 28

Delicious Organic Pie:

Baked fresh by Scandia Bakery

— For referrals January-February

Second prize drawing on February 25

Organic Breakfast Box:

Real Maple Syrup

Fresh Eggs

Bilberry Nectar

Artisan Chuckanut Bread

Blueberry Lemon Fruit Spread

Coffee or Teeccino Herbal Coffee

— For referrals January-March

Grand prize drawing on April 1

Organic Snack Box:

Roasted Valencia Peanuts

Pistachios

Whole Wheat Crackers

Spiced Pepitas

Fruit & Nut Trail Mix

Cashew Almond Prana Bar

Apricot & Goji Prana Bar

Nutiva Hemp & Chocolate Bar

Theo Cherry Almond Chocolate Bar

Theo Bread & Chocolate Bar

Theo Fig & Fennel Chocolate Bar

(gluten and nut allergy options available)

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Connecting the Past and the Future

Gray hair isn’t a sign of old age, it is a sign of credibility. This past month the Stanwood community lost one of its farmers. Franklin Hanson passed away at the ripe old age of 88. Our family has only known the Hanson family for eight years. Bernice, who passed on a few years ago, and Franklin adopted us when we first moved to the valley and with the help of their three boys have been a huge blessing to our family. We have learned so much by their direct impact on our family.

Sadly, in our society, the gray head is not held in as high of esteem as it should be. Because of this, many of us, especially the youth, are missing out on some incredible insight. The generation that is passing from this life to the next has weathered some amazing times and gained a lot of wisdom as a result. And if this insight were sought out, it would reveal some very relevant information to make life richer. As an organic farmer—or if you will, an old fashioned farmer—I am always gleaning information about how things were done before tractors, oil, and synthetic fertilizers. By just sitting and listening to the years of experience, my children and I have been able to learn some of the wisdom of the ages.

As I think about the stories of old that I have heard, I am in awe of how resilient Franklin’s generation really was. Living through the Great Depression, forsaking comfort and safety to liberate Europe and then having to adapt from outhouses to indoor plumbing, from letters to party lines to no lines, from admiring birds to flying like them, and from using your mind to using a computer. Truly Franklin’s generation has seen much, given much, and has a lot to give still.

Now Franklin is no longer with us (we still have his three boys) and I can no longer grip his hand and seek his wisdom. Have you ever noticed the strength of an old man’s hand shake? The strength is an extension their lives, a strength that reminds us that we can make it through incredibly hard situations as well. I will miss the opportunities I have had to ask a question and then sit back and just listen, absorbing, and taking mental notes as he shared.

I love the Stanwood community. It is the place that our family gets to carry on the farming way of life with a community of farmers that have been here for three, four, and five generations. I humbly submit that my life has been richer because of some of these farmers–the Franklin Hanson family.

Franklin, you and your family have been an untold blessing to the Klesick family and many others. Thank you for sharing your time and your rich heritage with all those you came in contact with. Good bye Franklin. You might have passed from this world to the next, but your life will live on in the hearts of many.

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Fun holiday decorating ideas w/KFF produce

Deck The Door

For a simple door decoration, hang a juicy red pomegranate from ribbon Create a hanging loop by pushing the ends of a short length of florist’s wire into the pomegranate. Thread red ribbon through the loop and tie in a bow at the top of the fruit. Photo & Idea from: http://www.bhg.com/holidays/christmas/indoor-decorating/christmas-decor-with-fruit/

Fragrant Fruit Bowl

This festive display adds color as well as spicy citrus fragrance to your holiday home. To make your own, press cloves into Clementine’s or Satsumas and arrange them in a bowl of cranberries garnished with a few sprigs of rosemary. Photo & Idea from: http://www.bhg.com/holidays/christmas/indoor-decorating/christmas-decor-with-fruit/?page=11

Cranberry Bouquet

Cut a bouquet of ivory poinsettias for a table centerpiece. Cranberries in the clear glass vase hold the stems in place. Mingle the blossoms with Christmas greens if you wish. For a longer-lasting arrangement, insert each stem into a water-filled floral pick before adding them to the vase. Idea & Photo from: http://www.bhg.com/holidays/christmas/indoor-decorating/ways-to-decorate-with-poinsettias/?page=16

Pear Place Cards

For each place setting, choose an apple or a pear with a sturdy stem—if necessary, cut a slice off the bottom so it sits straight, or make a knife slit and insert the card into a pear placed on its side (shown). To make name tags, cut green (or color of choice) paper into a holiday shape, square or that of a leaf will be perfect, punch a hole at one end with a toothpick, and write each guest’s name or initials with a gold metallic marker. Tie the name tag to the stem with a gold string or ribbon. Idea from: http://www.pillsbury.com/cooking-occasions/holidays/holidays-and-christmas/holiday-table-decorations Photo from: http://www.bhg.com/holidays/christmas/indoor-decorating/christmas-decor-with-fruit/?page=9

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What a Storm!

Like most of you, we really felt the house being buffeted by the wind.  Joelle and I have a date night with one child every Monday night. Last night on the way home it began to rain in earnest.  Once home Andrew went to feed the Labs and I went to feed the horses.  It was quite a thunder and lightning show and the horses were fairly unsettled with all the activity.  I am sure glad that I was feeding them on the other side of their stalls, because every time lightning flashed they would back up, turn around and head out the other side. Then they would calm down and come back in and start munching again.  After I had finished feeding them, it was about the time that the wind and rain came down in torrents. Naturally, I am nowhere near the house, where it is warm and dry!?!?!? Every gutter was overtopping and I said to myself, “I am going to get wet!” Just as I was beginning my dash to the house a huge gust of wind blew the main horse gate wide open.  EEEEK! Change of plans, secure the gate.

So now I am getting drenched, securing the gate and thanking the Lord that the gate blew open while I was still out there! I have chased lots of livestock in my farming career and I, thankfully, only have to imagine trying to find 3 scared, 1 ton, critters in the morning. They could have been hit by cars or cut themselves on a tractor implement or run through neighbors fence. But all that is purely conjecture because the horses were contentedly waiting for breakfast this morning.  Now we can head out to the fields and do some work.

Tristan