If your CSA box isn’t green enough and your strawberries not red enough, this post is for you.

First, here’s a way to make the greens in Capitol Hill’s weekly CSA boxes even more green. Fork + Frame is now offering CSA delivery to most of the Hill and Central District via bicycle:

Clean Greens is teaming up with Fork + Frame to bring our fresh produce to your door, free of charge! By signing up with our CSA program, you can:

•  Support local agriculture by helping keep Clean Greens’ farm alive!
•  Create local green jobs by funding our farmers and bicycle delivery champs!
•  Support needy families within the Seattle community, by keeping our farm stand prices low and furthering our CSA giveback program!

Learn more at http://forkandframe.com/

Strawberry mob
Growfood.org and Viva Farms are again bringing a strawberry mob to Capitol Hill. This year when you pick up your flat(s) of local strawberries, hang around Seven Hills Park for a community bbq Thursday night:

Strawberries for sale! Strawberry mob + BBQ

Thursday, July 7 · 5:00pm – 9:00pm

Seven Hills Park

16th & Howell St.

Seattle, WA

 

Strawberries for sale in Seattle! Pre-order your fresh, local strawberries from Viva Farms. Grown in the rich, glacial soil of the Skagit Valley and packed with antioxidants. A flavor explosion! Seascape and Titan varieties are not your average supermarket berry, which are bred for transport over flavor. Half flats for $15 (that’s 6 pint baskets) and full flats for $28. Place your order at:  https://sites.google.com/a /growfood.org/seattle-store/Order by Wed 7/6 at midnight. They will be available for pick up at the new Seven Hills Park at 16th and Howell on Capitol Hill from 5pm – 9pm. 

We’ll have a community BBQ going, strawberry shortcake and bocce ball. Grab your berries and go, or bring something to grill and hang out. 

Click “Select Guests to Invite” above and help us spread the word!

I like to get a few flats, eat enough fresh to give me berry belly and then freeze the rest for smoothies all year. Others make strawberry jam, shortcake and lavish desserts. If you’re making jam, save a jar for our jam contest later in the summer! 

Viva Farms is a project of GrowFood.org. It is a 33 acre farm in the Skagit Valley that incubates new farmers. Viva Farms makes a special effort to help Latino farm workers who are ready to make the jump to farm ownership. These berries are grown by Santiago Lozano (pictured) and Regino Flores. 

Visit www.vivafarms.org for more info. 

 Support our local food justice efforts!