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New grant funded chicken feeders installed!
Thanks to an organization called FACT that gives out small grants to farms to help them improve the welfare of their animals, Fifth Crow Farm now has brand new, treadle chicken feeders! … and they’re...
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Fifth Crow Farm shows up in White Mic & Zman Music Video
You might not associate organic farms and hip hop music videos… But check this out. Fifth Crow recently appeared in White Mic & Zman’s music video titled “Preachin & Plantin”. Mike had a...
View ArticleCSA final registration deadline approaching!
Our CSA is filling up fast. There are about 20 spots left folks! Though we will continue to accept registrations till we’re full, after May 15th we will add a late registration fee of $25. EGG SHARES...
View ArticleReal Farm Dogs Eat their Broccoli
Yes, it’s true… So you should eat yours too ; ) The post Real Farm Dogs Eat their Broccoli appeared first on Fifth Crow Farm.
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First crop of beet seed!
Last week we harvested our first crop of ‘Forono’ beet seed with the help and tutelage of our self-described “Seed Head in residence”, Steve Peters. You may remember me mentioning Steve last year....
View ArticleCSA Registration is now open for 2015
We just opened up CSA registration for 2015 beyond members from last season. Sign up quick if you want eggs! We have about 10 full- season egg shares left, and the CSA is already 50% full. Early...
View ArticleDuck Eggs just added as an option at our delivery sites!
We are pleased to announce one more delicious, nutritious, and sustainable option for pick up at our CSA Sites. Our neighbor Mary Dusell is offering 1/2 dozen and full dozen shares of her certified...
View ArticleNational CSA Sign up day 2/28- get a $25 discount if you sign up this week!
On February 28th, we are joining with CSA farmers from across the country to celebrate National CSA Sign-up Day. This is an important time of year for us to get new members signed up because we are in...
View ArticleFifth Crow Farm Welcomes two new additions
The two Fifth Crow babies have arrived … and on the same day to boot! On March 1st John and Maggi welcomed Naima Hope Vars (left) and also also on March 1st Mike & Teresa welcomed Charles Oakley...
View ArticlePS We’re back at the Castro Farmers’ Market
Tomorrow, March 25th, will be our first day back at the San Francisco Castro Farmers’ Market. Stop by and say hello. Strawberries are back, we’ll have plenty of baby greens, and we have tons of...
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In The Field, Week 14
It’s been awhile since I’ve updated you on our “Back 40” acreage where we planted our potatoes, winter squash, and dry beans so here’s the skinny… We have cut the water off on the 5 acres of dry beans....
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In The Field, Week 15
It may seem like you’re getting a less “full” box and a lot of the same items in your shares lately but I want to give you as much of the summer produce as I can while it’s here; it will be gone...
View ArticleIn The Field, Week 16
Eating seasonally is a lost practice by most of us who are so lucky to live in an area where a huge variety of foods/nutrition are at our finger tips year round but it makes us forget that food has...
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Exciting News!
We are now at the Grand Lake Farmers Market in Oakland!!! We’ve made it across the Bay folks! We had our first debut there Saturday September 3rd and you can find us there any Saturday you wish now....
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In The Field, Week 17
Our storage onions spent approximately two weeks curing in the fields and then they made their way into a countless number of crates to be brought in from the fields for storage. They were initially...
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In The Field, Week 19
Many of the dry bean varieties have been pulled up in the field. In the past we have planted 2 acres of dry beans and this year we planted 5! Once the plants are pulled they finish drying out on large...
View ArticleIn The Field, Week 20
Our first rains were expected to arrive this last weekend so it’s been a mad dash to get the dry beans threshed and into covered bins. Rain is not good for dry beans! We also needed to get the shallots...
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CSA Hot Topic – Follow Up
I can’t believe it has already been nine weeks since I brought up the issue of CSA memberships around the country struggling. (You can refer back to newsletter #11 if you need to remind yourself of the...
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In The Field, Week 21
Our baby chicks arrived! We raise two separate flocks of about 350 hens at a time. All our hens are heritage breeds: Rhode Island Reds, Americaunas, Black Australorps, Welsummers, and California White...
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In The Field, Week 22
We’ve reached 200 CSA members for the first time in Fifth Crow history!! Rains. Here we are again racing against time to get all the necessary crops in or covered before the rains came last week. We...
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