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Winter CSA is Now Open! 🎉

Above are the images of each share from last year’s 2019/20 winter season!

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Hi Friends and Farm-ily, –—

First off we (Jess and Brian) want to thank you for being part of our farm and our community. Members like you inspire us and we are deeply grateful for the opportunity to feed you and your household! You already know this but we think ya’ll are the bees knees! – Today’s the Day! Our…

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Spring, Summer & Fall CSA Update 🎉🌽🍓🍉 - Dear CSA Members, - We are writing you to let you know that the upcoming Spring, Summer, Fall CSA is going forward as planned!

A Note From Your Farmers

Hey CSA Members,

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Jess and I are writing to address the concerns with Coronavirus (COVID-19). The state of Oregon has issued a state of emergency therefore we will be changing the protocol for the remaining Winter CSA pick ups by pre-packing everyone’s share (see more below).

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We believe that times like now that the local food system is deeply important. Trusting your food source is more…

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The Summer CSA Bounty is Right Around the Corner! 🎉🌽🍓🍉

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Hi CSA-ers! – It’s time to sign up for your 2020 Spring, Summer and Fall CSA share! And if you’ve signed up already help us share the good word about WHF. Brian and I are dreaming of the summer bounty! Boy, do you remember how good those tomatoes were last year? So good! – By signing up now you not only secure your spot in the CSA, you help us to cover the anticipated costs of the growing…

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That's a Wrap (Spring, Summer & Fall CSA 2019)!

That’s a Wrap (Spring, Summer & Fall CSA 2019)!

Mark your Calendars! Our 2020 CSA sign-ups will begin on January 1st.

Pictured above are all 28 shares from the 2019 growing season!

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Hi Friends & Farm-ily,

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Happy Thanksgiving! We hope you all had a wonderful holiday and we give thanks to all of your for your support this year! Did you guys peep your farmers on Instagram’s instagram on Thanksgiving? Kinda crazy! Check it out here! We…

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Summer Prelude

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“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” – Virginia Woolf

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Hello Friends & Farm-ily,

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We hope this newsletter finds you all well! We can hardly believe how quickly time is flying by… June is already here which means we’re a little less than 3 weeks away from the Summer Solstice (the longest day of the year!)

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Did you get a chance to read the email…

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Hurry Up and Wait

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Hey Friends & Farm-ily,

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We hope everyone is doing well! The Spring is flying by quickly this year and we can’t believe we’re already recapping this season’s 16 week Winter CSA! We are so happy and proud of this year’s CSA. As farmers, every season that we farm proves to be an incredible journey with so many things to learn and many delicious farm grown goodies to grow. As we head into…

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Spring Has Sprung!

– “Maybe most important, farm food itself is totally different from what most people now think of as food: none of those colorful boxed and bagged products, precut, parboiled, ready to eat, and engineered to appeal to our basest desires. We were selling the opposite: naked, unprocessed food, two steps from the dirt.” ― Kristin Kimball, The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love – Reminder:First…

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Following Through

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“Why do farmers farm, given their economic adversities on top of the many frustrations and difficulties normal to farming? And always the answer is: “Love. They must do it for love.” Farmers farm for the love of farming. They love to watch and nurture the growth of plants. They love to live in the presence of animals. They love to work outdoors. They love the weather, maybe even when it is…

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A Bluebird Year

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Growing up Brian’s mom called this the bluebird of happiness… Here’s wishing everyone a bluebird year!

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Hi Friends & Farm-ily,

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We hope you all had a healthy, happy holiday and New Year! 2019 is off to a great start and we want to thank you, our amazing CSA members! January 1st, 2019 was the best opening CSA day we’ve had in the last 10 years! We had more return members sign up on the…

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Persephone Period

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“Every day I see or hear something that more or less kills me with delight, that leaves me like a needle in the haystack of light.” ― Mary Oliver

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Hi Friends & Farm-ily,

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Happy Winter Solstice & Happy Holidays to you all! We hope the beginning of December has treated you all well and that you all enjoyed making many delicious homemade meals in the warmth of your kitchen.

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So far, the late…

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Giving Thanks (A Season of Bounty)

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Mark your Calendars! Our 2019 CSA sign-ups will begin on January 1st.

Pictured above are all 28 shares from the 2018 growing season!

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Hi Friends & Farm-ily,

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Happy Thanksgiving! We give thanks to all of your for your support this year! We can hardly believe it has been 28 weeks since the start of 2018 harvest season! It’s amazing how quickly the Fall has passed by .. “In the garden,…

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Peak Season

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Flameweeding the overwintering carrots before they emerge and the view from the corn patch…

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Hi Friends & Farm-ily,

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Firstly, wow! We’ve had an amazing response for our upcoming Winter CSA and we are ¾ of the way FULL! There are still shares available and we’d love for you to join us for the Winter season! To read more about the Winter CSA details visit this link: https://workinghandsfa…

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Winter CSA Sign Ups!

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Above are the images of each share from last year’s 2017/18 season!

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Our 2018 Winter CSA sign ups start TODAY August 6th!

Hi Friends & Farm-ily!

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It’s that time of the year… we’re excited to announce that our 2018 WHF Winter CSA Shares are now available! We are offering two types of shares for the Winter: Weekly & Bi-Weekly! We’re excited to grow for our fourth winter CSA season and have…

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It's the Time of the Season... #julyvalanche

It’s the Time of the Season… #julyvalanche

“In his view, we were already a success, because we were doing something hard and it was something that mattered to us. You don’t measure things like that with words like success or failure, he said. Satisfaction comes from trying hard things and then going on to the next hard thing, regardless of the outcome. What mattered was whether or not you were moving in a direction you thought was…

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Bringing Home the CSA Bounty

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“Jess taught me that cooking and eating isn’t something you do after all the other needs of the day are met it is something that you do so you can meet the needs of the day. She taught me that eating well is a matter of priorities.” – Farmer B

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Hi Friends & Farm-ily

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CSA Week 3 is here and over the next few weeks everyone will be getting into the groove of the CSA (including your farmers!)…

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Here We Grow 2018!

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Hi Friends & Farm-ily,

Welcome to start of the Working Hands Farm 2018 CSA! We, your farmers, Jess & Brian are so excited to have you aboard for the season ahead. Let the 2018 Spring harvest season begin! We are so happy and appreciative of all your support and encouragement over the last 5 months (since we first opened up sign ups in January). Our Spring, Summer and Fall CSA has been months…

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