From where is your food coming? The ‘store’? Visit us to see what we propose!

April 20, 2020
Volume 1,674
Farmer’s don’t break – supply chains do.
Holly Spangler
Dear Friends and Neighbors,
Well, we’ve all made it another week and we’re bustling at the farm. The weather is in our favor for harvesting and getting new crops in the ground this week. It’s been a good winter and spring for growing (except of course for the gophers, snails and weeds).
A huge thank you to our volunteers for harvesting flowers and vegetables on Saturday. You all were so sweet and terrific — much gratitude. It’s amazing how much the earth gives back to us through our plantings.
On a personal note: I’ve railed for years that food needs to be local and it’s outrageous that so many big farms are foreign owned and family farms are still disappearing across our nation!
We’re adding new items on the Green Store every week and if you have suggestions as to what you’d like offered, please feel free to let me know.
Here’s an idea to keep children engaged during these times: Pick up a container of earthworms from our Green Store! All you need is a simple bucket with holes in the bottom. Then your kids, and the adults, can watch the miracle of carbon processing to soil and nutrients the natural way. It’s a book full of learning about carbon sequestration for free! Anything with a carbon base makes for happy worms: from tissue and paper to vegetable/fruit scraps. We also have books on the Green Store by the late beloved Loren Nancarrow for gardening tips. They’ll be available next week.
Farm Pick-up orders will be on the table next to the cooler. This minimizes touching other bags looking for yours. Please pick up between 1 and 7 pm on Wednesday and if you can’t make it until Thursday, that’s ok, just please drop me a note so we’ll know you’re coming. If you don’t pick up your order, it means we have to go back at night to be sure they are put back into the cooler. Translation: more work and detail after a long day.
To maintain social distancing, only those with prior clearance may visit the farm. Thanks for understanding.
PLEASE DO NOT COME TO PICKUP BEFORE 1 P.M. You may come to pick up until 6 pm. Your flowers will be in buckets near your items for you to choose. Any product not picked up on Wednesday without prior notification will be charged a $7.50 handling fee.
Also, please keep in mind substitutions may be necessary from the lists below. However at this point we should meet our targets.
Recent change to Green Store availability: Please note that online ordering will be available only from Friday 3 PM – Sunday 3 PM the week before any scheduled delivery or farm pick-up.
We have a new source of ethically produced organic eggs and honey available on the Green Store and many other kitchen items to skip going to the store.
If anyone one wants orders by the case, drop me a note. My email is info@seabreezed.com.
May your fresh flowers, fruits and veggies for the week bring you sustenance and satisfaction.
Wishing you health and safety,
Stephenie
A couple more things:
If you would like to help support the Farm and our work, please consider signing up for our Hungry Heroes program that donates to appreciative San Diego military families or through Produce for Patriots, the non-profit founded by one of our shareholders, Rob M. You’ll receive a personal Thank You note from the family that receives. It’s a good thing all ’round.
Here’s to good food, friends, families and helping others. Call or email me if you have any questions or need cooking tips. May our food this week nourish, comfort and sustain you.
USDA: Community Supported Agriculture consists of a community of individuals who pledge support to a farm operation so that the farmland becomes, either legally or spiritually, the community’s farm, with the growers and consumers providing mutual support and sharing the risks and benefits of food production.
The ingredients below will be included in our
April 22nd and 23rd deliveries and farm pick-ups.
Please keep in mind that last-minute substitutions are sometimes necessary.
Large
Bananas
Minneola tangerines
Yellow bell peppers
Sprouts
Lettuce
Fuji apples
Flowers
Cucumber
Avocados, medium
Scallions
Kale or Swiss chard
Beets, sweet turnips or radishes
Heirloom cherry tomatoes
Strawberries
Salad Mix
Fresh local dates
Large, No Fruit
Yellow bell peppers
Avocados, medium
Flowers
Cucumber
Scallions
Kale or Swiss chard
Beets, sweet turnips or radishes
Salad Mix
Medium
Juicing oranges
Bananas
Yellow bell peppers
Sprouts
Fuji apples
Flowers
Cooking onion
Avocados, medium
Scallions
Kale or Swiss chard
Beets, sweet turnips or radishes
Minneola tangerines
Strawberries
Salad Mix
Medium, No Fruit
Sprouts
Lettuce
Flowers
Avocados, medium
Scallions
Beets, sweet turnips or radishes
Salad Mix
Juicing
Juicing oranges
Cucumber
Ataulfo mangos
Minneola tangerines
Bananas
Small watermelon
Ginger
Kale or Swiss chard
Kale
Berry
Strawberries
Salad Mix
Fresh local dates
Petite
Yellow bell peppers
Sprouts
Mini bouquet
Kale or Swiss chard
Beets, sweet turnips or radishes
Strawberries
Salad Mix
Minneola tangerines
Fresh local dates
Fruit Only
Juicing oranges
Ruby grapefruit
Bananas
Minneola tangerines
Small watermelon
Cucumber
Avocados, medium
Ataulfo mangos
Mexican guavas
Strawberries