Newsletter: The Elves Are Hard at Work

The holiday elves have all the goodies boxed up and ready to go.

An early Season's Greetings to you all! This holiday season will be different than all others, but we hope that this box will provide you all with a bit of holiday cheer. We left the mistletoe out, I figured poisoning our members wouldn't be the best way of celebrating the end of the year...

Foxtail life continues to slow down. We pushed to harvest the last of our crops out of the hoophouses this past Sunday and Monday before the bitter cold set in. Thanks to some long hours from Ashley and Chris, we were able to harvest enough lettuce and spinach to include a half-pound bag of each in this box! As if this year wasn't weird enough, growing lettuce into mid-December really puts the cherry on top. We also found a row of brussels sprouts that we'd given up on still going strong (and out in the field, no less!), those are going in the box as well.

This box is the first that will have some of our value added products included in it. It's a whole different exercise working in the kitchen as compared to farming; it's a transition that Emmalyn and I look forward to (and not just because the floor is heated). We always love seeing what you're all making with our produce, but it's exciting to get to share a little bit of our culinary experience with you as well. Emmalyn and Ashley have lots of experience working in kitchens, and I have lots of experience washing dishes.

As I mentioned in last box's newsletter, our offerings in 2021 will be largely the same as what we had this past year. However, things will look a lot different on the farm next year. Namely, Chris has decided to move on from Foxtail after 31 years. Emmalyn and I are so grateful that Chris was willing to work with us this past year and ease our transition into becoming new farm owners. Chris is staying in the area, she'll be working with Blackbrook Farm and Hungry Turtle Farm Co-Op in Amery, as well as focusing more on her new yoga instructing practice. While she won't be living or working here anymore, Chris will always be a part of Foxtail Farm.

I'll be writing more in the final box's newsletter about our new staff and a few new things for next year, but for now, take care of yourselves.

As my dad says this time of year, "Merry Happy!"

-Cody

What’s in the Box?!

Pressing apples down into tasty applesauce! — **-Apple Sauce**: That pink! Just organic Sweet 16 apples and water. Yum!
**- Pie Pumpkin** (Steady Hand): Roast and puree it into a pie, curry, or soup.
**-Pie Crust**: Use for pumpkin pie, or try a quiche! Store frozen for 3 months, refrigerated for 5 days (AP Flour, vegetable shortening, butter, salt, water)
**-Acorn Squash** (Steady Hand): Still enjoying these stuffed, but I'm sure you're all experienced squash cooks at this point.
**-Green Cabbage** (Community Homestead): Could make a nice slaw paired with the celeriac and radish.
**-Pickled Radishes**: We love them on tacos, salads, stir-fries or just as a snack. Lasts up to 30 days refrigerated. (Organic radishes, vinegar, water, organic cane sugar, sea salt, peppercorns, garlic)