Important Announcements
- Two New Pickup Sites!
For the convenience of our members, we're thrilled to announce two new CSA pickup locations: Advocate Condell Centre Club in Libertyville and Cancer Wellness Center in Northbrook/Highland Park. Please help us spread the word! Our CSA pickup site map shows location details and more information is available on our website as well.
- Its time to register for Spring Farm CSA Shares!
Asparagus, salad greens, scallions, radishes, chives, fresh farm eggs...are you ready for spring? Spring Vegetable Share and Spring Egg Share deliveries begin the week of April 24th. Please sign up soon so we save you a spot and you don't miss out!
- Save the date! A FREE Pop-Up Cooking School: Condell Cooks for Life
On Monday, May 8th from 6-8pm, the Advocate Condell Medical Center hosts a FREE evening of cooking demonstrations and tips shared by a dynamic group of local chefs. Join Chef Lee Kuebler, Milwalky Trace + Taco; Chef Robert Collins, Youthage Culinary School; Chef John Durning, Pizzeria DeVille and Chef Aleks Semova, Prairie Farm Corps 2017 Summer Kitchen Lead, and Lindsey Shifley, Local Food Revolution Super Ambassador (and friend of the farm!) for this delicious and informative event featuring Prairie Wind Family Farm produce. Admission is FREE but please RSVP here. We hope to see you there!
March Farm Photo Journal
Last Thursday, our flock of ISA Browns arrived to the farm and we are thrilled to have them! They are adjusting well to Grayslake and they made it through several extremely windy nights (with 60mph wind gusts!) with no damage to their newly constructed mobile chicken home. Whew, we are all sleeping easier now!
Farm work is always a team effort, and we're grateful to be surrounded by great people who continue to farm and laugh with us. Thanks to Jeff C., Nicole, Charlotte and Tyler, we've accomplished a great deal of seeding in our greenhouse in preparation for spring and summer planting.
Finally, I serve on the executive board of the Band of Farmers, a coalition of CSA farmers that provide food to the Chicago area. If you're interested in local farm products or CSA shares that we don't currently offer ourselves, we'd encourage you to visit the Band of Farmers CSA Guide for options. We're happy to call many of these farmers our friends, so please let us know if you'd like any specific recommendations. Enjoy!
~ Jen
