Author: Jinnie Son

  • CSA Summer – Week 7

    This week we are planning to include the following items for our CSA Members.

    We are harvesting from our farm:

    • Tulsi Holy Basil
    • Persimmons

    Plus these items from our partner producers:

    • Lettuce from Organic Aqua Fresh or New Sprout Organic Farm
    • Carrots from Clem’s Organic Garden
    • Tomatoes from New Sprout Organic Farm
    • Red and Yellow Bell Peppers from New Sprout Organic Farm
    • Vidalia Onions from Oso Sweet
    • Kale from New Sprout Organic Farm or Clem’s

  • CSA Summer 2 – Week 6

    This week our CSA Members are receiving ELEVEN awesome items listed below!

    We are harvesting from our farm:

    • Lemon Basil
    • Jalapeño Peppers
    • Saijo Persimmons – let fully ripen, until very soft before eating
    • Purple Potatoes
    • Sweet Potato Greens or Malabar Spinach

    Plus these items from our partner producers:

    • Beets and Carrots from Clem’s Organic Garden
    • Tomatoes, Grape or Campari, from New Sprout Organic Farm
    • Green and Yellow Bell Peppers from New Sprout Organic Farm
    • Vidalia Onions from Oso Sweet

  • Florida Farm Tour by the Urban Harvest

    Check out this Florida organic farm tour with The Urban Harvest at Frog Song Organics. It is a small scale farming model that has been providing fresh nutrient dense food to people across Florida for the past 10 years. We will cover crop rotation in organic farming, pest management in organic farming, rotational grazing pigs and chickens, as well as the critically important topic of regional food security. This Florida farm tour will give you a fascinating look into sustainable agriculture and food security so that you have an understanding of the work that goes into regenerative farming small scale.

  • Egg Battered Zucchini

    You can use any type of zucchini but here, we highlight the green zucchini. This is super easy and a delicious way to eat up all the squash that’s in season. Our organic zucchini from our regenerative farm is beautifully flavored for this recipe. This recipe is a sure way to get anyone to enjoy zucchini.

    Ingredients

    1 egg beaten
    1 zucchini sliced
    1 cup all purpose flour

    Instructions

    1. Take your sliced zucchini and cover in flour before drenching in beaten eggs.
    2. Heat a non-stick pan with olive oil to medium heat. Cook on one side until lightly browned and then flip to other side and repeat.
    3. Lay on paper towel to soak up any excess oil.
    4. Inhale 🙂

  • Strawberry Bread/Muffin

    Recipe adapted from Martha Stewart’s Banana Bread, I’ve been using this recipe for close to 20 years with a few variations depending on the type of fruit I use. Strawberries are at it’s peak right now so grab some before they’re all gone! Puree strawberries and then reduce in a pan by half on low heat for about 3-4 hours. It takes a while but well worth the effort. I made my puree the night before because you have to let it cool completely before using it in this recipe.

    • 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, at room temperature, plus more for pan
    • 1 cup sugar
    • 2 large eggs
    • 1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
    • 1 cup pureed and reduced strawberries
    • 1/2 cup sour cream
    • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
    • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
    1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugar in an electric mixer. Add eggs and beat to incorporate.
    2. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt and then pour into butter mixture slowly or you’ll get cloud of powder in the air.
    3. Add sour cream, strawberry puree and vanilla and beat to incorporate
    4. Grease and bake in a 9 x 5 x 3 inch pan or line muffin cups into a muffin pan. Bake in bread pan for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until the toothpick taste comes out clean. If baking muffins, bake for 15-18 minutes until the toothpick comes out clean.

    Tip: try making a large batch of the strawberry puree and freeze for other uses, smoothies, cakes, maple syrup.