I was reading in one of my farm papers and I was drawn to an article about biotech sugar beets and how this massive farm company (19,000 acres) was so thankful that the USDA had deregulated GMO sugar beets. I have actually met the president of this farm company a few years ago, which is […]
Alright, truth be told, I didn’t know what to expect when I announced to my team that we were going to have a Squash Fest. Having never hosted an event like this and with such short notice, I was thoroughly blessed to see so many of our customers on Friday and Saturday. An even bigger […]
We have planted all of our open ground to cover crops this fall. Cover cropping is the practice of covering your fields or gardens with a living crop. It can be wheat, vetch, rye, peas, clover, and even weeds. The purpose is to maintain organic matter in the soil, which helps hold nutrients in the […]
Slowly backing my car out of the unfamiliar driveway, I watched my friend shuffle for her keys and lead her two young girls into the house they were staying in while visiting from out of town. As I drove away, tears began to well up inside me as I thought of my friend carrying on […]
We are so excited that Klesick Family Farm has been invited to participate as the resident organic farm during the Imagine Children’s Museum’s Harvest Festival scheduled for Saturday October 8, 2011. What is the Harvest Festival? From April to June, Imagine Children’s Museum hands out free seeds (pumpkin, zucchini, sunflower) for their program “Kids in […]
I have been thinking about the state of our national health and the health of our national food supply. Frankly, it is really pretty poor. We (the government) have been incentivizing corn, soybeans, cotton, and canola for far too long. Ironically, these are also the crops that the biotech industry has been promoting for years. […]
Embrace the colors of fall with Klesick Family Farm!
You know the routine. Opening up the vegetable drawer in the refrigerator to fill it up with produce from your box of good and, lo and behold, there are the beets from the last delivery—limp, wilted, and once again destined for the compost. You know that you would eat them, but no one else will […]
I am thankful for this Indian Summer. It seems like we haven’t had one for a few years. And this is the craziest of all seasons. Our fields are literally bursting during this harvest season. I usually think of spring as the busiest season, but with spring the weather is heading towards summer, but with […]
If you listen closely, you can just start to hear it. It’s the voice of fall whispering. She calls out through the cool mornings and evenings, through the few leaves starting to drop, and through the subconscious longing for apples, pumpkins and warm foods. For now, I’m not listening. I’m tuning out her voice and […]
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 […]
Have you ever eaten a kohlrabi? These little sputnik-shaped vegetables come in green or purple, can be eaten raw or cooked, and taste a lot like broccoli stems. The word kohlrabi is German for cabbage turnip (kohl as in cole-slaw, and rübe for turnip), though kohlrabi is more related to cabbage and cauliflower than to […]
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 […]
Come on out to Klesick Family Farm and join us for an old fashioned farm celebration! Saturday, August 20th 10:00am-4:00pm Celebrate the season with us by enjoying a fun-filled day with live music, wagon rides, a pioneer play area, tug-o-war, balloon toss, gunny sack race, raffle prizes, farm walks, good food, and a produce stand – all […]
BLACK FRIAR PLUMS STORE: Refrigerating plums before they’re ripe results in a mealy texture, so allow firm fruit to ripen at room temperature up to 2 days, until the flesh is soft and the skins develop a silvery, powdery coating. After that, store them in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. PREP: Remove the […]
Imagine yourself sitting inside this winter, watching the rain drops race one another down the windowpane. The constant drizzle and gray days have come and you now wonder if you’ll remember what the sun looks like or if you’ll ever see it again. The thought of roasting another root vegetable is too much to bare. […]
Ingredients 1 ripe mango, peeled, pitted and cut into 3/4″ spears 1 ripe avocado, peeled, pitted, and also cut into 3/4″ spears 3 or 4 big handfuls of leaf lettuce 1 shallot, minced 1 tablespoon lime zest 2 tablespoons lime juice 4 tablespoon olive oil 2 tablespoons yogurt 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground cayenne […]
