Don’t worry, the Winter CSA carries on until 3/6͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
Full Plate Farm Collective

Week 8 of 12

shout it from the rooftops and atop the hay bales too..

Summer CSA Sign Up is OPEN

(Don’t worry, the Winter CSA carries on until 3/6)

We’ve been busy planning and seed ordering and can’t wait to share all the abundance of the coming seasons with you. Give yourself the gift of 23 weeks of local, organic veggies as fresh as they get, June 11-November 15, 2025, it’ll be here before we know it.

Sign up is now open for Full Plate Veggies, Finger Lakes Fruit Bowl and Remembrance Farm Dairy, join today!

 Get your Summer CSA(s) 

Earlybird Discount or Donate Special thru 2/28

Thank you for your ongoing support for our farms and community!

We welcome all returning members who join and pay in full by 2/28 to choose one of the following options:

(a) Take $20 off the cost of your vegetable share

(b) Pay it forward! Pay full price and we’ll automatically deposit $20 into the Subsidized CSA Fund on your behalf

this week’s Full Plate veggies

crops are our best estimate & may change a bit after harvest

  • spinach - remembrance

  • turnips - remembrance

  • red onions - remembrance

  • garlic - stick and stone

  • mixed beets - stick and stone

  • carrots - stick and stone

  • muu radish - stick and stone

  • napa cabbage - stick and stone

  • classic sauerkraut - food and ferments

Please remember to return your boxes, thank you!

 Find your pickup details 
 See CSA Handbook for more member info 

this week’s Fruit Bowl…

  • Ruby Frost Apples (brighter red) - hurd orchard, holley, ny

  • Winecrisp Apples (deeper red) - jackman vineyard, ithaca

  • Sundance Apples (yellow) - jackman vineyard, ithaca

  • Frozen Cherries - bittner signer orchard, appleton, ny

  • Raspberry Juice - red jacket orchard, geneva

  • Black Currant Juice - red jacket orchard, geneva

  • Apricot or Peach preserves - grandma hertzler’s kitchen, interlaken

updates from the farm & friends…

Thanks for returning your boxes! Please keep it up!

on our plates…

share what you’ve been cooking! We’re always glad to know, and eager to pass along. Just email Molly. Find this week’s ingredients in bold.

Veggie Ramen

  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil

  • 3 teaspoons ginger, grated

  • 4 teaspoons garlic, minced

  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce

  • 2 tablespoons mirin or rice wine vinegar

  • 4 cups vegetable stock (or chicken stock)

  • ½ cup fresh mushrooms

  • 2 eggs

  • 1 cup spinach or napa cabbage, coarsely chopped

  • 2 (3 oz) packs dried ramen noodles, flavor packets discarded

  • ½ cup green onions/scallions, sliced

  • 1 cup carrots, shredded

  • hot sauce & sesame seeds (optional, for topping)

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Heat the sesame oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the garlic and ginger and cook until soft and fragrant. Stir in the soy sauce and mirin and cook for another minute. Add the stock and bring to a simmer. Simmer 5 minutes.

  2. Add the mushrooms and simmer for another 10 minutes.

  3. Meanwhile, bring a small pot of water to a boil. Add the eggs and cook for exactly 7 minutes for a slightly runny yoke or 8 minutes for a soft yolk. Remove eggs from the pot and place in a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking process.

  4. Add ramen noodles to stock mixture and cook 2-3 minutes. When almost finished, Add the spinach and cook for about a minute, until just wilted.

  5. Divide the soup into 2 large bowls.

  6. Top with an egg (peeled & sliced in half), spinach, carrots and green onions. Top with sesame seeds & hot sauce (optional) and serve immediately.

More in-season inspiration…

  • This week’s share includes much of what you need for kimchi (napa cabbage, carrot, radish, garlic and onion): Kimchi / Vegan Kimchi

  • Turnips: Miso Glazed Turnips

  • Turnips, onion, potato: Silken Turnip & Potato Soup

  • Carrots, garlic: Whole Roasted Carrots with Garlic

  • Carrots: Cardamom-Pistachio Carrot Cake

  • Muu Radish: Chaw’s Braised Radish

  • Napa cabbage: Napa Cabbage Wedge Salad with Apples and Buttermilk Dressing

  • Napa cabbage, carrots: Vegan Stir-Fried Cabbage in Peanut Sauce

  • This winter’s deep cold snaps have taken their toll on many of the winter greens… this is why we save up some Cabbage for this time of year! A great sub for leafy greens in salads, sandwiches, & more through the winter.

 More Recipe Ideas on our website 
 Past Newsletters with EVEN MORE recipes 

Full Plate Farm Collective, PO Box 6898, Ithaca, NY 14851, United States

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