Eating as change agents
A fridge full of fine food
As we approach the first harvest week for our 2024 CSA, I am pleased to begin thinking about the meals people will prepare over the next several months from the bounty of our farm. But this past weekend I had the pleasure of harvesting not for our CSA membership, but alongside my daughter who had…
Read MoreSummer’s eve in the pasture
One of the great joys of working with animals is witnessing their contentment. We treasure the peacefulness and beauty of an early summer’s evening near dusk with the night song of the birds and the swishing of lush grasses underfoot as we move cattle to fresh pasture. By regularly moving the fences we can encourage…
Read MoreIntroducing Port Angeles Fresh
Formerly called “Collaborative CSA,” PA Fresh is a collaborative between Wild Edge Farm, the Sawtooth Ranch, Hidden Penny Farm, Maker & Baker, and our local eating community. We are in our third season and are excited to invite you to experience community and great food with your local farms. How a PA Fresh membership works:…
Read MorePigs in pasture are good for your health!
Have you every had the pleasure of pasturing a pig? Their enthusiasm is contagious. And it’s great to watch them eating thistle and other highly nutritious but often-avoided greens. The secret is to limit the time they are in the fields. This keeps them grazing only and avoids overly disturbing the pasture. Some disturbance is…
Read MoreKnow farmers, know food
How much of the food we eat comes from regenerative practices? Here in Clallam County we have a growing group of small farms producing fruit, vegetables, eggs and meat regeneratively. Ask your farmers about the practices they employ to grow food. Here are 5 general principles of Regenerative Agriculture: Regenerative agriculture is an approach to…
Read More2023 Collaborative Market-Style CSA
With this springtime rain and sunshine, our gardens and pastures are green and growing, and a new season of local food is upon us. Wild Edge Farm, The Sawtooth Ranch, and Hidden Penny Farm invite you to join us for another year worth of our Collaborative Market-Style CSA and enjoy a diversity of local farm products from May-December. The…
Read MoreCSA Membership – Community SupportING Agriculture
I want to highlight the participation of our CSA membership this week as the news around the annual National CSA Week draws attention to the transforming experience of CSA involvement for individual households and the broader community. At Wild Edge we seek to engage our members in the community act of growing food and tending…
Read MoreGrowing our local food system
In the Wild Edge household, we regularly eat the freshest of fresh food, one of the perks of managing a farm. We spent a couple days recently butchering cockerels as part of forming our next flock of laying hens. Our younger son Jake started dreaming of chicken burritos as he plucked, and by dinnertime he…
Read MoreOur winter treasures
It’s been a good year for squash! I spent some time this morning salvaging a bin full of butternut, buttercup, delicata, mini hubbard and Sweet Meat squashes that had developed soft spots due to excess moisture. When our youngest son Jake came home from school this afternoon, he noted the wafting fragrance of the squash…
Read MoreSweet!
As we move into fall our vegetables are putting everything they’ve got into making sure they can produce good seed to keep their DNA viable. The result? Extra sweetness and lots of volume. A case in point would be this Swiss chard we sold at the Wednesday Night Street Market last week. Or the Daikon…
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