Baked Acorn Squash This dish can certainly serve as a side dish on your table - or star as the dessert! Ingredients: 1 Acorn Squash 1 Tbsp Butter or Coconut Oil 2 Tbsp Brown Sugar (optional) 2 tsp Maple Syrup Sea Salt Directions: Preheat the oven to 400F Use a large, sharp, knife to slice the acorn squash in half from step to tip. Use a spoon to scrape out the seeds and stringy center of the squash, then use a knife to score the insides in a cross hatch pattern. Place the squash cut-side up in a baking dish, with 1/2 inch of water in the bottom. Spread the butter or coconut oil over both cut sides. Sprinkle with a tiny dash of salt, dribble with maple syrup, and drop the brown sugar into the

Black Eyed Peas with Stewed Tomatoes This recipes was adapted from the one by Tyler Florence. If you're using dried black-eyed peas instead of fresh, simply soak them in cold water overnight OR bring dried peas covered in 2 inches of water to a boil in a pot, then reduce heat and simmer for 2 minutes before removing from heat and let them soak, covered, for 1 hour. Ingredients: 1 lb of Black-Eyed Peas 1 1/2 lbs of whole Tomatoes, peeled 2 TBSP Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 medium Onion, chopped 2 Garlic cloves, minced 1 ham hock 2 quarts Chicken Stock Salt & Freshly Ground Pepper Directions: Crush the tomatoes by hand into a medium sauce pan with 1/2cup of water. Cook over medium-low heat for 30

French Tomato Tart This is a rustic tart, you can make it using a tart pan or just free form it like a pizza on a baking pan. Have fun with different herb combinations, or even replace the mustard with pesto or another sauce of the same consistency! Ingredients: Dough: 1 ½ cups of Flour 4 ½ TBSP of COLD butter, cut into small chunks ½ tsp of Salt 1 large Egg 2-3 Tbsp of COLD water Fililng: Dijon or Whole—Grain Mustard 2-3 Large, ripe tomatoes 2 Tbsp of Olive Oil Salt &Freshly Ground Pepper 2 Tbsp of freshly chopped herbs (thyme, basil, chives, etc.) 8 oz of Goat Cheese ½ Tbsp of Honey (optional) Directions: In a mixing bowl, mix together the flour and salt. Add the butter and use a pastry bl

For Week #14 of the 2018 FACSAP Harvest, we anticipate the following this Thursday, August 30: BLENHEIM ORGANIC GARDENS – Lawrence & Becky Latané Black-Eyed Peas Cherry Tomatoes GREEN THUMB GROWERS – Tom Miller Green Beans (OR Purple Hulled Beans from Hartland Natural Farm) DOWNTOWN GREENS YOUTH FARM PROGRAM – Jennifer Gron Assorted Basils Hot Peppers GUERRA FARM – José Antonio Guerra Martinez Big Mama Tomatoes Acorn Squash HARTLAND NATURAL FARM – Jamie Whitaker Large variety slicing Tomatoes Assorted sweet peppers Garlic Purple Hull Peas (shelling beans) (OR Green Bean from Green Thumb Growers) ROCK RUN CREEK FARM – Francis Ngoh This week I will have available for direct purchase Shiitake

For Week #13 of the 2018 FACSAP Harvest, we anticipate the following this Thursday, August 16: BLENHEIM ORGANIC GARDENS – Lawrence & Becky Latané Tomatoes Pears --an old-fashioned variety (they are still green and hard, but need to be picked this way so they can ripen). Thanks. Another day and another downpour here! DOWNTOWN GREENS YOUTH FARM PROGRAM – Jennifer Gron The Youth Farm Program hopes to deliver assorted basils, hot peppers, and ground cherries this week. We are hosting our first week-long day camp program based in the garden this week and are excited to welcome 5 new children into the garden. They are spending their mornings doing nature crafts and garden-themed activities, and

For twenty years FACSAP has worked to grow a community to connect people, farmers and organic produce. We are writing today to ask you to donate to help us to continue to grow that community. This year FACSAP has partnered with “The Table,” a market-style pantry of St. George’s Episcopal Church, to bring fresh, organic produce to the residents of Hazel Hill. This diverse neighborhood is based in the affordable housing apartment complex next to our weekly harvest distribution point. Funded entirely by donations, each Hazel Hill share costs on average $8.50 a week. As you may have seen from the number of people lining up at 7 pm after the FACSAP member distribution has finished, the need at Ha

For Week # 12 of the 2018 FACSAP Harvest, we anticipate the following this Thursday, August 9: BLENHEIM ORGANIC GARDENS – Lawrence & Becky Latané Tomatoes – a variety of slicers and cherries Thai Basil bunches Glad the corn was appreciated. Unfortunately that was the second planting--the first would have been ready to harvest two or three weeks earlier but got flooded and did not germinate---such has been the story of this difficult year. I do have popcorn and heirloom corn for corn meal, but they will be late, yet, hopefully in time for FACSAP. GREEN THUMB GROWERS – Tom Miller Green Thumb Growers has no harvest delivery this week. Our next harvest will be green beans in late August. DOWN