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This goes out to all our members, family and friends and colleagues who helped us along the way.

Today we awoke excited and refreshed, wholly thanks to a fantastic pot-luck dinner celebration with our CSA members last night. We could not have done this without the incredible support and encouragement and engagement from everyone who came and brought food, interest, and enthusiasm to our farm. It is so easy to feel apathetic as citizens these days. And in some way a party like we had last night, in which multiple generations and wide-ranging professional backgrounds mingle affably over a meal, kindles our aspiration and affirms our belief that we can and are changing and creating a better world through our work.

We also want to acknowledge everyone who has followed our blog, because it too has been an important side of the farm. We have had doubts about our blog that have kindly been erased by all the positive feedback and interest in our story and web content. One of our members told us that he had recently read our entire blog beginning to end, and that he not only found good content but also personal connections and shared interests. We know there are many others who have been following all along, and we ourselves often forget how far we’ve come in so short a time. So, thank you for reminding us and keeping us going.

Ok, a bit of plugging: Next year we have high aspirations for building upon all we’ve achieved so far. We are planning to expand our CSA membership, which means expanding our fields and our offerings. We will also hopefully be updating our blog into a full-fledged website. Please stay tuned for updates, and spread the word!

Also, here’s a quick recap of some of the excellent dishes that we enjoyed at our first annual CSA pot-luck:

Kale salad with shaved parm and lemon vinaigrette; Navajo stew with red Hubbard squash, beans, and corn; Tuscan beans with bread crumbs; Bulgar with “everything”; red cabbage Asian slaw; cranberry bean pasta fagiole; rice with lentils, kale and peas; pickled mexican sour gherkins; herbed fromage blanc with olive sourdough, baguette, and herbed no-knead bread; stuffed acorn squash with pork; bacon and cheese Quiche; pork rillette; apple crisp, chocolate chip cookies, pie, and wine.

In short, thank you, thank you, thank you! We will be back again in style next season, and in the meantime our story goes on–WE’RE GETTING MARRIED!!!