Thank you so much for joining us this season as CSA members and sharing with us the risks and bounty of a small family farm in Wisconsin!  We have had an early Spring this year so you will be enjoying in the variety of Spring Greens that are available.  As this is a new program I would appreciate your comments on your experience with this Share.

I am experimenting with ways to keep the delicate salad greens cool as they wait at the pick-up sites.  Today we tried placing a bag of ice in the box.  I am looking into Techni-ICE and Styrofoam coolers as well.  If something in your box is wilted soak in very cold water before placing in the fridge.  Remove the greens from the radishes before storing.  Cilantro and dill can be placed in a glass with water in the bottom and kept on the counter or refrigerator for several days.

Please remember to wash all of your veggies and salad mixes again.  We have a dunk tank and a large salad spinner no fancy machinery or wash lines here.  We wash them once and pick through as best we can but don’t be offended if we missed something.  An occasional hole in a leaf is your guarantee that we are organic.  We do not even spray so called “organic chemicals” that are now allowed in organic farming.   We are a small farm with few employees.  There are only several faces behind your box full of salad fixing’s.   I feel that it is important that when a family sits down over dinner they know who brought the food to their plates and they know where it came from.

Please contact me with any questions or concerns Star 608-606-0373 or csa@keewaydinfarms.com

Star Maule Keewaydin CSA mangager