Week 8 July 3rd (FRI) 2026

camasswalefarm
Jul 1
5 min read

Hello, meet some of your farmers. Flowers were blooming in abundance this week, so we snapped a few group photos. Staff not pictured are Peter, Jenna, Ryan, Jasmine, Colton and Isabelle. We hope to catch them next time.

We were sorry to miss those who signed up for this Sundays sauerkraut making session that we were not able to host! In 17 years we've never canceled an event so we did not cancel it lightly. We thank you for your understanding. On-farm experiences are grown is clearly of interest to our members. We always fill up registration when we host an event. It's something we get excited about and enjoy typically. Last week was a big week and some of our farm team had unexpected competing demands, and we were - for the first time - understaffed for an event. If we host, we take it seriously and want to be prepared. So, alas, we look forward to offering alternative opportunities for on-farm connection and production soon. In the mean time, be sure to mark your calendar for our annual harvest potluck this year that is on Saturday October 3rd!

This week brings the first ripe cherry and heirloom tomatoes, they will be in your shares and in your bellies in the next couple weeks -- we can't wait! Other crops coming soon are sweet corn, another round of salad mix and head lettuces, blueberries, bulb fennel, potatoes, purple cabbage, and more. Late July brings the first bell peppers and melons too...

This week's featured crop is the beet. When beets are big like this, we like to quarter them and boil them for use in hummus, or slice them up and make a quick pink pickle. What we had never tried until recently was making beet juice without a juicer but it works! (See recipe below).

Wondering where else we sell our produce/needing suggestions for dinner night out? Marche, Bar Purlieu, Rye, Charred Pizza, the Paddock, Pandita, Lovely, Domek, and Mazzis are restaurants that buy from our farm regularly. Other farm to table restaurants that buy certain seasonal crops from us are Yardi and the Wheel a Pub. Support your local farmers and restaurants in one!

Thank you so much for taking this season's food adventure with us, let us know if you have any questions or favorite recipes. Email the farm at camasswalefarmcsa@gmail.com.

Camas Swale Farmers

Amber and Jonah and team

What's In My Box?

The difference between small and fulls this week is that smalls do not have cabbage or cilantro and have less weight in zucchini, cucumber, broccoli and beets. Smalls have chard.

small share/ full share

Zucchini ~1.5lbs /2 lbs

Cucumber ~1 ct / ~ 2 ct

Tropeo onions 1 bu (the tops are also useable)

Beets, bulk 1lb / 1.75 lb

Cilantro 1 bu

Cabbage 1 ct savoy, cone or green

Chard 1 bu

Potatoes 1.25 lbs /1.5 lbs

Fulls only: 1/2 pint cherry tomatoes

Salad lovers only salad add-on NOTE: salanova salad mix and romaine

Links to Recipes we love Marinated Beet Salad – Haitian Inspired

https://mikastable.com/marinated-beet-salad/

Jamaican Beetroot Juice Recipe With And Without Milk

https://jamaicanfoodsandrecipes.com/jamaican-beetroot-juice-recipe-with-and-without-milk/

Cabbage and Zucchini Stir Fry

https://teresasrecipes.com/recipe/cabbage-and-zucchini-stir-fry

Teresa is a home chef. Her page is easy to navigate and her recipes are from all over the world. Some are elegant and some are basic. We hope you like exploring her page as much I have; and I hope you enjoy this cabbage dish with sesame seeds. We love sesame with cabbage!

Sautéed Swiss Chard with Sesame Sauce

By Sandra Wu, from Americas Test Kitchen - sent by CSA member Angela Z. (thank you!)

1⁄4 cup plus 1 tablespoon
sesame seeds, toasted
2 teaspoons sugar
2 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 1⁄2 teaspoons white miso
1⁄4 teaspoon grated fresh
ginger
1 1⁄2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1⁄2 teaspoon toasted sesame
oil
1 1⁄2 pounds Swiss chard,
stems sliced 1⁄4 inch thick on
bias (3 cups), leaves sliced
into 1⁄2-inch-wide strips (10
cups)
Kosher salt

1.Process 1/4 cup sesame seeds and sugar in food processor until it resembles coarse sand, about 15 seconds. Add water, soy sauce, miso, and ginger and pulse until combined, about 5 pulses. Transfer to bowl.

2. Heat vegetable oil and sesame oil in 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add chard stems and 1/8 teaspoon salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until spotty brown and crisp-tender, 5 to 6 minutes. Add two-thirds of chard leaves and cook, tossing with tongs, until just starting to wilt, 30 to 60 seconds. Add remaining chard

leaves and 1/8 teaspoon salt and continue to cook, stirring frequently, until leaves are tender, about 3 minutes longer. Remove pan from heat and stir in sesame sauce. Transfer to serving platter and sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon sesame seeds. Serve immediately.

CSA Member Calendar

First Summer CSA Delivery

Wednesday May 13/Friday May 15

First Egg Delivery

Week of July 22 - October

Harvest Potluck and Party

Saturday October 3rd at 4pm

First Fall CSA Delivery

Wednesday November 4th

ABOUT PICKING UP YOUR CSA

Bring your own bag. Pick up at your pick up location and day (Wednesday or Friday) from 12-6pm. If you ordered an add-on, it will be packed in a separate labeled tote.

HOW TO PICK UP YOUR CSA

#1: Sign-in! the golden rule

Find & Sign-off your name on the sign-in sheet each week and please ONLY take the items listed next to your name.

This vital step helps ensure everyone goes home happy, including our site hosts and farmers, week after week.

#2: Locate your shares

Boxes are labeled as Small or Full. Summer Salad Lover Add-on shares are in a large tote labeled "Salad Add-ons"

#3: Unpack your tote & stack the empties

Please bring your own reusable shopping bag to transport your items - we’ll pick the totes up next week for reuse! We can use them for multiple seasons, reducing waste one box at a time.

USING THE WEEKLY SWAP BOX?

Swap boxes are green with flowers painted on them. Swap boxes are labeled and will stand out! If your pick up site has a swap box, please feel free to swap an item you may not want in your box with an item in the provided and specifically-labeled SWAP BOX. Please limit the swaps to one item for one item per week.

UNABLE TO FIND AN ITEM?

(Please do not supplement it with something else!) Contact the farm directly before taking something else. The sooner you reach out the sooner your item may be located.

SOMEONE ELSE PICKING UP FOR YOU?

(Please share all the details of how to pick up with them BEFORE they attempt to pick up -- BYO bag, take from the right size box, check off the right name). Friends and family picking up for others is the number one cause of pickup mistakes, and we thank you in advance for your consideration.

CSA FAQS PAGE

Since our hands are often tied up with roots, soil or kids we keep this information on our CSA FAQS web page.

VACATIONS

Every CSA member can put their share on hold in trade for a $20 credit per week, up to two. Login to your account and select your vacation dates or email us. Please request your vacation at least three days in advance to receive the credit.

REDEEMING YOUR VACATION CREDIT

Go to our Online Store to see availability for add-ons this week and to double check the value of your credit. You'll need to login to see your credit amount. In the 2025 season you can use your vacation credits to purchase add-ons electronically or apply the credit to a Fall Share. But as always you can also just email the farm. Thanks!

NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE

Your current season of newsletters and many of our newsletters back to 2012 are on our website here. Find recipes from previous seasons. Friday CSA members can go to this link on Wednesday and see what this week's CSA has to offer.