Week 7: July 30th - August 2nd In the last two weeks, we’ve made a pretty significant addition to the farm - one that you won’t have noticed as you drive down the driveway or peruse the market. Humming away in the back corner of our market barn is a brand spanking new 8x10 walk-in cooler! Well, brand spanking new to us, at least. In reality the panels are around 20 years old, having done a solid tour of duty in the back of a St. Paul pizza parlor. Buying another cooler wasn’t

Week 6: July 23rd - July 26th "You’re at the base of a mountain of paperwork.” That’s what the person in the organic certification office told me back in February, when I called to make sure I understood the application process. We are thrilled to share that now, five months later, we have reached the summit of that mountain. 10th Street Farm is officially certified organic! Ashley and I have thought long and hard about whether or not to certify the farm. As many of you have

Week 5: July 16th - July 19th I have a friend who reads this newsletter who I call on the phone every now and then. Often when we chat, she’ll say something like “I read the newsletter. Seems like you’ve been having some weather.” It echoes in my head whenever I sit down to write an update from the farm: don’t just write about the weather, don’t just write about the weather, don’t just write about the weather. But whew, have we been having some weather. Heat waves like the o