Farm Happenings

Wildcat market was a huge success! UK’s student government purchased a truckload of veggies, herbs, and flowers, and provided the opportunity for 700 students to visit our pop-up market and take home free organic produce!

Fall CSA signups will be sent out next week.

If you are waiting on a tomato box, it is unlikely that it will be filled today.

We are hiring for fall crew members. Full time positions are available. Please spread the word! More information is available on our website and Instagram page. Please contact uk.csa@uky.edu to express interest or ask questions.

If you need to pick up your share late on Friday, please message Kristi via text or email.

You-Pick this week:

Everything is open in U-Pick! Please be advised: You-pick will close Friday September 26th so we can get cover crop in our field for winter.

Here is our handy-dandy guide for you-pick, including where to find the field, harvest methods, and other useful information.

Farm Stand this week:

Because of the high volume of produce needed for Wildcat Market, our farmstand offerings are still slim this week. Thank you for understanding!

• Beans, Roma – $2.50/bag (1/2 lb)
• Beets – $3/bag
• Garlic heads – $3/head
• Honey – $14/jar
• Napa Cabbage – $3 (discounted for size)
• Onions, fresh – $1-2/each, depending on size
• Peppers, specialty/hot – 3 for $1
• Potatoes, – $6/bag (3 lb)
• Powder, Onion/Garlic/Hot pepper – $6
• Tomatoes – $3.50/pound hybrid, $4/pound heirloom.
• Tomatoes, bulk (mixed variety) – $30/25 pounds

CSA Share this week:

• Tomatoes
• Potatoes
• Pie Pumpkin
• Popcorn
• Choice: Kale OR Collards
• Choice: Lettuce head OR Lettuce Mix
• Choice: Leek OR Fennel OR Green Onion
• Choice: Radish OR Sunflower microgreens OR Basil

Recipes & Tips for This Week’s Share

If you get collards this week but are unsure how to cook them, try this classic braised collards recipe. Collards do best with added fat and salt. To make this vegetarian, vegetable shortening or butter could be used to replace the bacon fat, and veggie stock or bouillon would help with the salty and savory flavor.

Baking a pie from scratch can seem intimidating, but this spruced-up pumpkin pie recipe will be delicious and crowd pleasing.

Here’s multiple methods to make our fresh popcorn. This tastes so much better than from a bag!

As always, there are many more recipes on our blog! Let us know if there’s a recipe you use our veggies in, we’d love to include it.