Ellis and Andrew with six bins of sunflowers that they helped to pick —
Viewed close in on a summer’s day, it would be fair to say that Full Belly Farm grows a lot of tomatoes, potatoes, peppers and eggplants — all members of the same large botanical family of plants called Solanacea, also known as Nightshades. On many summer afte [...]
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News From the Farm | August 10, 2020
Ellis and Andrew with six bins of sunflowers that they helped to pick —
Viewed close in on a summer’s day, it would be fair to say that Full Belly Farm grows a lot of tomatoes, potatoes, peppers and eggplants — all members of the same large botanical family of plants called Solanacea, also known as Nightshades. On many summer afte [...]
News From the Farm | August 10, 2020
Ellis and Andrew with six bins of sunflowers that they helped to pick —
Viewed close in on a summer’s day, it would be fair to say that Full Belly Farm grows a lot of tomatoes, potatoes, peppers and eggplants — all members of the same large botanical family of plants called Solanacea, also known as Nightshades. On many summer afte [...]
News From the Farm | June 22, 2020
Ben driving out to the field to harvest the last planting of cabbage. –
Voices from the Fields –
No one knows this farm better than our crew members. Passionate farmers who spend their years tending Full Belly fields – every decision they make creates the high standard produce you find in your CSA box, farmers market, and local grocery stor [...]
News From the Farm | June 15, 2020
I had an opportunity to walk around the farm this morning just to take in the early summer crops and enjoy the mildness of the morning weather. What made the walk really engaging was the patchwork of constantly changing crops and fields. Here were some young eggplant — and there were some older ones. Here were beds of melons, sunflowers, [...]
News From the Farm | June 8, 2020
My name is Hannah Muller and I am a second generation Full Belly Farmer. I also run Instagram accounts for both the Farm and our floral business. In light of the killing of George Floyd, and our ever-growing concern towards police brutality and racism we believe that food and flowers aren’t the only things we should be sharing. I have been u [...]
News From the Farm | June 1, 2020
Baking With Whole Grains —
It has been rewarding to grow a variety of grains at Full Belly Farm, some to be fed to our livestock and some to sell to our customers. We grow wheat, corn and barley and sell them all in their whole kernel form as well as ground into flour. We have a small stone mill and have been processing the whole gr [...]
News From the Farm | May 25, 2020
Cooking Out of the Box
One of the common reasons that people become members of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program is because they want to have access to healthy, fresh, organic produce. I’ve always loved the beginning paragraph from the 1964 edition of the Joy of Cooking because it links good food and good health so well:
“We e [...]
News From the Farm | May 18, 2020
We are staking our first 6 acres of tomatoes, more than 1,000 stakes per acre!
— Wool Products —
Depending on your connection with Full Belly Farm, you might think of us mostly as a place where you can get amazing fruits and veggies… or inspiring flowers… or a place where there used to be some great seasonal pizzas on Pizza Night [...]
News From the Farm | May 18, 2020
We are staking our first 6 acres of tomatoes, more than 1,000 stakes per acre!
— Wool Products —
Depending on your connection with Full Belly Farm, you might think of us mostly as a place where you can get amazing fruits and veggies… or inspiring flowers… or a place where there used to be some great seasonal pizzas on Pizza Night [...]
News From the Farm | May 18, 2020
We are staking our first 6 acres of tomatoes, more than 1,000 stakes per acre!
— Wool Products —
Depending on your connection with Full Belly Farm, you might think of us mostly as a place where you can get amazing fruits and veggies… or inspiring flowers… or a place where there used to be some great seasonal pizzas on Pizza Night [...]
News From the Farm | May 11, 2020
What a challenging time, navigating fears, isolation, suspension of touch and comfort-giving and millions of unemployed. Our Full Belly community sends hope that all of you are safe, strong and resilient. Dru and I shared a notion when we were parenting our 4 children and there was a particularly challenging moment: It was, “this too shall [...]
News From the Farm | May 11, 2020
What a challenging time, navigating fears, isolation, suspension of touch and comfort-giving and millions of unemployed. Our Full Belly community sends hope that all of you are safe, strong and resilient. Dru and I shared a notion when we were parenting our 4 children and there was a particularly challenging moment: It was, “this too shall [...]
This Week’s CSA Box
Veggie Tips
Carrots: Contain beta carotene, fiber, vitamin K1, potassium and antioxidants.
Strawberries:
Chard: I made delicious lasagna recently and substituted a huge bunch of Chard for the Spinach in the recipe.
Lettuce: Red Butter, Green Butter, Red Leaf, Green Leaf, Red Little Gem, Green Little Gem, Green Romaine, R [...]
This Week’s CSA Box
Veggie Tips
Carrots: Contain beta carotene, fiber, vitamin K1, potassium and antioxidants.
Strawberries:
Chard: I made delicious lasagna recently and substituted a huge bunch of Chard for the Spinach in the recipe.
Lettuce: Red Butter, Green Butter, Red Leaf, Green Leaf, Red Little Gem, Green Little Gem, Green Romaine, R [...]
This Week’s CSA Box
Veggie Tips
Carrots: Contain beta carotene, fiber, vitamin K1, potassium and antioxidants.
Strawberries:
Chard: I made delicious lasagna recently and substituted a huge bunch of Chard for the Spinach in the recipe.
Lettuce: Red Butter, Green Butter, Red Leaf, Green Leaf, Red Little Gem, Green Little Gem, Green Romaine, R [...]
News From the Farm | May 4, 2020
Our friend Nate Norris, the Chef de Cuisine at Zuni Café was one of the first restauranteurs to contact Full Belly after the shelter in place started and Zuni closed its doors to the public. Nate was thinking about how farmers and restaurants might cooperate to respond to the crisis. Zuni Café, located in a unique and historic triangular 1 [...]
News From the Farm | April 27, 2020
Artist in Residence, Anna Martinek Brait with an armload of citrus blossoms collected by her husband Andrew while mowing —
I’m sitting at our patio picnic table looking out across a cover crop field that was recently mowed and has already dried down in the last couple of hot days. As I was sitting down to write in the Full Belly of [...]
News From the Farm | April 27, 2020
Artist in Residence, Anna Martinek Brait with an armload of citrus blossoms collected by her husband Andrew while mowing —
I’m sitting at our patio picnic table looking out across a cover crop field that was recently mowed and has already dried down in the last couple of hot days. As I was sitting down to write in the Full Belly of [...]
News From the Farm | April 27, 2020
Artist in Residence, Anna Martinek Brait with an armload of citrus blossoms collected by her husband Andrew while mowing —
I’m sitting at our patio picnic table looking out across a cover crop field that was recently mowed and has already dried down in the last couple of hot days. As I was sitting down to write in the Full Belly of [...]
News From the Farm | April 20, 2020
Rye with his sons Waylon (right) and Oakley —
There is a contagious kinetic energy more alive than ever before on the farm this spring. A mix of feelings; most of which are new, some of which are renewed. The sense of duty and pride we all feel, now more than ever, that our collective toil is essential. Our oath as farmers to you, t [...]
News From the Farm | April 20, 2020
Rye with his sons Waylon (right) and Oakley —
There is a contagious kinetic energy more alive than ever before on the farm this spring. A mix of feelings; most of which are new, some of which are renewed. The sense of duty and pride we all feel, now more than ever, that our collective toil is essential. Our oath as farmers to you, t [...]
News From the Farm | April 20, 2020
Rye with his sons Waylon (right) and Oakley —
There is a contagious kinetic energy more alive than ever before on the farm this spring. A mix of feelings; most of which are new, some of which are renewed. The sense of duty and pride we all feel, now more than ever, that our collective toil is essential. Our oath as farmers to you, t [...]
News From the Farm | April 13, 2020
Planting onions, social distance style —
The many sad events of the last month include the sudden absence of restaurant and art venues in our communities, the massive unemployment, and the loss of the alternative weekly press in communities across the country. That last is close to my heart as my sister and brother in law had to clos [...]
This Week’s CSA Box
Veggie Tips
Asparagus: Has come back strong after the freeze that we wrote about a few weeks ago. Asparagus has a short season and will only be available from us for a few more weeks.
Broccoli: We maintain an archive of recipes on our web site that can help inspire your cooking. Here are the recipes for broccoli.
Mandarines: [...]
News From the Farm | April 6, 2020
At the Capital: Dave Runsten (Community Alliance with Family Farmers), Judith Redmond (Full Belly Farm), Jimmy Panetta (Representing California’s 20th District) and Ken Kimes (New Natives).
This is a message from one of your dedicated farmers who has been a full time CSA Coordinator for the last 3 weeks. I spent the week of March 9th [...]
