2 days ago3 minThe Farm Team (2020 version)This year our farm team is larger then previous years. This is a critical year for us since we are not only responding to significantly increased demand, but...
6 days ago3 minWhy we love CSAI might be called a "farmer", but what I am really concerned with is growing high quality food for people I know. This work is important to me because people...
May 143 minMeat Shortages Predicted!Last year we raised more cows and chickens then we anticipated selling during the 2019 season. The reason we did was because we wanted to go into the winter w...
May 141 minKids Video #2Hey Guys, Its been a while, but Daniel and I finally found some time to make a second video about our chicks. We're still working on making one to answer all...
Apr 243 minHuman SeedsIf you’ve been following our blog, you know we’ve had some greenhouse mishaps due to toxic off gasses emitting from an inappropriate propane heater. The seed...
Apr 244 minThe Gravity WagonThis week we got a gravity wagon. I wish a gravity wagon was something cool from Calvin and Hobbes that allowed us to jump to the moon--but it’s not. Its jus...
Apr 172 minGreenhouse Gas DisasterLast week it slowly dawned on us that the propane heater we had been using to heat our greenhouse was emitting an odorless colorless gas that negatively affe...
Apr 172 minThe Ritual of EatingThese days, we’re having a hard time moving through time. The constructs that helped us navigate the passing of time have mostly disappeared from our lives. ...
Apr 91 minWe Do It For The KIDS!Sooo..... We made a video. For kids. Because kids are cool. And they wanna know stuff. And we like that. And sometimes the adult answers are just a bit stuff...
Apr 21 minA Simple SoupMaking sure every meal we eat is perfectly nutritious could be exhausting. Instead of worrying about that again and again I just give myself a few simple gui...
Apr 24 minLife Out of DarknessThe mystery of a sprouting seed is one of those things you can ponder forever. And ponder is really about all you can do. Sure, you can create the conditions...
Mar 273 minSong in a year of CatastropheThere is a poem by Wendell Berry that means a lot to us. We usually circle back to it every spring at some point. In our early years of farming we would just...
Mar 263 minBeing Agile in world that's FragileIn the last post I mentioned how the closure of restaurants was going to have an impact on our business. We sell a lot of eggs to restaurants and when they w...
Mar 205 minMixed FeelingsAs a farmer, its hard to know how to respond to these times. Personally, I would like to think everyone is over-reacting. I would like to down-play everythin...
Mar 204 minMeal Planning #4 (something different)Let’s talk eggs. It IS the first day of spring, after all. What is a more apt symbol of new life and hope than an egg? The egg is the powerhouse of health, d...
Mar 62 minJust TRY not to be Surprised...Seeds. Tiny, tightly packed, wax coated, sparks of life. Waiting for the warmth. The day that we start the first seeds always creeps up on me. I used to resi...
Mar 63 minPlanning the Meals (#5)So far I’ve written a lot about theory to give you a paradigm so that you could understand my process. But theory without application is useless and I think ...
Feb 222 minThe Early Bird Gets the... Egg?I'm just going to call it now. We're going to sell out of eggs again this year. It happens every year. At some point we don't have enough. Its awkward for us...
Feb 214 minMy Hesitant Weather PredictionSpring. As long as I have been farming people have asked me about the weather. The question always felt weird because it almost assumed that I, by virture of...
Feb 213 minMeal Planning #4 (Building Blocks)I want to make this whole topic of meal planning and its application accessible to my readers, but I am also aware that taking the time to sit down, plan, an...
