Weekly Newsletter -July 28th, 2026
In anticipation of some serious rain, we decided to close early today to give our team ample time to get home safely. We are very sorry if this inconveniences you in anyway, but having just come back from picking up chicken and driving through a bit of the storm, it’s just not worth the risk.
On the same topic, safety, we’ve had so many new faces coming through at market due to cyclospora. It’s wonderful, but somewhat similar to COVID, a paradigm shift that may not last. It’s fantastic to meet so many new people, and get the chance to feed them, but it also presents a challenge to keep up with the demand. And for our stalwarts, we want to ensure you that we are doing everything we can to keep our shelves full of the product you love.
Our incredible partners, Deep Roots, Chicory Creek, Somewhere in Time, Family Farmstead, Greig, and many more, are all pulling in the same direction. We’re all focusing in on food safety, working with our teams to survive this crazy weather, and hustling to get food to market. Many of our newer visitors have sometimes balked when we mention that we source from other farms, and I get it. The news is making it seem like if you’re not buying directly from the farm that grew the product, you’re going to get sick. Well, that’s a bit of an over-generalization.
We grow vegetables on 1 acre here in Closter. We produce a TON of food, an inordinate quantity, compared to the space we have available to us, but yet still not enough to satisfy the demand. And that’s a wonderful thing. It means we’re doing a good job, and that we have a wonderful community that supports us. It also means we have the opportunity to specialize and grow specific crops that we love and our soil is well suited to sustain like tomatoes, lettuce, radish, and carrots. And in turn, we can go out and find other growers in our region like Scott and Stormie from Deep Roots who are a bit further from the city, have more space, with the setup to grow larger scale crops like potatoes, onions, melons, and to back us up when we run low on a crop.
Scott and Stormie manage 60 acres of certified Organic crops, follow the same growing practices, food safety practices, and are just as serious about the quality of their products as we are. Many of you have already fallen in love with their watermelons, potatoes, and corn.
The attention to quality, safety, and regenerative systems, permeates our Food Hub:
Justin from Somewhere in Time is the same.
Kate and Ewan who run Chicory Creek are the same.
The McGrath family of Family Farmstead are the same.
Maria and Matt who founded Gorgeous Goat are the same.
Jon of Double Brook Farm is the same.
Ken of Slope Farms in the same.
Sarah and Rory of Chaseholm Farm and Creamery are the same.
Bug and her team at Breadtree Farms are the same.
Brent and his team at Two Creek Farm are the same.
Dustin and his team at the Lancaster Co-Op who support numerous small farms without access to consistent markets are the same.
I could list every farmer we work with (I should and will do that), but for now I think the point is made.
We work with an incredible group of growers who are all passionate about doing the right thing, the right way. It costs more, it’s harder, training takes longer and fewer people want to do the work, but the outcome is undeniable. Whether it’s cheese, milk, lettuce, beef, pork, chicken, corn, tomatoes, apples, blueberries, turkey, fennel, or any of the other things we all grow, the ethos is the same.
We trust our partners, we want to support them, and we think their products are incredible. Our united goal of producing the highest quality food, each in our own sphere of the agriculture space, would only be possible with focus. If we all tried to do everything, none of us would do any of it that well. But by specializing, working together, and supporting each other, this market is possible.
Thank you for supporting us. Thank you for supporting our partners. It is a pleasure to grow for you and to work with people all through out our region to bring the best food to Closter.