If you only ever shopped at big supermarkets, you might be excused for thinking that there are only a few types of lettuce: iceberg, romaine, green leaf and red leaf. Produce departments with a little more diversity might have Oak or Butter leaf types. Over the years, the market for whole head lettuce has dropped [MORE ...]

April is always a busy month across the farm fields of California, and Terra Firma is no exception.  It marks the real start of planting season for the summer crops that will fill up our CSA boxes in July, August and September:  Green Beans, Corn, Zucchini, Melons and Watermelons, Peppers and of course Tomatoes. But [MORE ...]

Thanks to everyone who answered the survey I posted in last week's newsletter asking about summer vacation.  We got over 250 responses, which is a really great sample size at almost a quarter of our active subscribers.  What we learned is that just about everyone is planning on taking a month's vacation this summer.  So, [MORE ...]

Now that last week's blustery storm is just a distant memory, 2021 seems to have turned the seasonal page on winter just as the calendar announces the start of Spring.  People are doing their best Puxatawney Phil impressions: poking their heads outside, blinking their eyes, and venturing out into the warmer weather to enjoy a [MORE ...]