The 2012 summer season at Mountain Bounty Farm kicked off this week with a box full of fabulous fresh goodies including zucchini, butter lettuce, carrots and more. The local North San Juan farm is celebrating their 15th season and excited to have expanded their drop off points to include Reno, Truckee and South Lake Tahoe (plus Nevada City & Grass Valley). Sign up online, new subscribers welcome throughout the season if space available. I’ve included a few photos from last year’s CSA to get you in the spirit. This week’s giveaway is a one week veggie share from Mountain Bounty. Please post a comment below about your favorite veggie and I’ll draw a winner on Monday, June 4th. Please note that giveaway is not available to current Mountain Bounty subscribers and must be picked up in Nevada City or Grass Valley before August 1st, 2012. The winner of the 2 tickets to Next To Normal at the Nevada Theatre is Laurie Cerruti.
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Karen McCann says: If I only can pick one it is most definitely tomato, just picked w/ a little salt.
Sue McElligott says: Definitely the red bell pepper! Great on the grill!
Thanks for this post, Erin. I’m getting ready to tour our local CSA farms and don’t want to miss Mountain Bounty!
I’m actually a huge fan of grilles asparagus!
FUN FACTS ABOUT VEGS
*Most of the nutrients in a potato reside just below the skin layer.
*California produces almost all of the broccoli sold in the United States.
*Yams and sweet potatoes are not the same thing!
*Actually a fruit, it took a ruling by the Supreme Court in 1893 to make the tomato a vegetable.
*Frozen veggies will contain more nutrients than most store bought veggies that travel miles and ripen on the road, another reason to buy local
*Peanuts are not nuts, they are part of the pea family
*Pumpkins are not a vegetable, they are a fruit. So are avocados
*Tomatoes were once considered a type of apple by France and Italy and used to be yellow, not orange or red.
Addie H says: Green beans sauteed in a little butter are my favorite!
Love farm fresh veggies! Summer wouldn’t be summer with tomatoes right off the vine…wish I had time to grow some myself!!
Gabe says: Well, being a vegetarian, I can’t really say enough about farm fresh vegetables. We eat a lot of broccoli at our house!
Joan Daugherty says: spinach and kale!
rhi winders says: my favorite right now is wharever new veggie my 7 month old is trying-this week its snap peas!
I love Mountain Bounty’s winter share and sign up every year. Favorite veges…. do I have to pick one? How about tomatoes. Yum!
Marjorie says: Favorite veggie? Today, it’s artichokes.
Janet Wind says: Artichoke!!! But we eat about 6 or more carrots a day so we must like them too 
Debbie Fitzhugh says: My favorite vegetable would have to be red and yellow beets. I love them in spinach salads with feta. Yum!
P.S. Loved meeting you the other day. Your blog is wonderful! 
Katrina says: How cool that you are doing this!!!
Well – nutritional favorite? for sure kales and spinach
yummy favorite? artichokes w/ butter of course!
body impact (and yummy and nutritional!)? beets and asparagus
and lastly — what do i eat all summer? tomatoes!
Gary says: Greens green greens
especially dino kale
charlene says: Tomato is definitely my favorite, even if it is officially a fruit! It’s so versatile!
Randi says: Garlic scape pesto is #1 on my list, today that is. Aren’t we due for all kinds of goodies to come? How about asparagus wrapped in puff pastry with a little asiago cheese then baked? Mmmmmmmm
Jennifere says: Grilled Cocozelle Zuccini!
Keri says: Never met a kale I didn’t like…
aruna says: whatever is in the garden that day – however there are never too many tomatoes
Mielle says: Just one favorite?
Oh, dear… I suppose it’s a perfect tomato, can’t resist it sliced on a fried-egg sandwich with mayonnaise like my mama makes. Yum.
Going to make one right now…
Love kale! I make kale chips a couple times a week with my dehydrater. Make cashew butter adding nutritional yeast, lemon juice, red pepper. Mix with kale and dehydrate. The best snack!
Denise Bryant says: These all look scrumptious! My favorite veggie…. fresh, sweet corn on the cob.
DeniseB
Andrea McGovern says: Nothing’s better than a fresh picked tomato! mmmmm
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If I only can pick one it is most definitely tomato, just picked w/ a little salt.
Definitely the red bell pepper! Great on the grill!
Thanks for this post, Erin. I’m getting ready to tour our local CSA farms and don’t want to miss Mountain Bounty!
I’m actually a huge fan of grilles asparagus!
I love veggies, the one I eat the most is onion but my favorite is eggplant
FUN FACTS ABOUT VEGS
*Most of the nutrients in a potato reside just below the skin layer.
*California produces almost all of the broccoli sold in the United States.
*Yams and sweet potatoes are not the same thing!
*Actually a fruit, it took a ruling by the Supreme Court in 1893 to make the tomato a vegetable.
*Frozen veggies will contain more nutrients than most store bought veggies that travel miles and ripen on the road, another reason to buy local
*Peanuts are not nuts, they are part of the pea family
*Pumpkins are not a vegetable, they are a fruit. So are avocados
*Tomatoes were once considered a type of apple by France and Italy and used to be yellow, not orange or red.
Green beans sauteed in a little butter are my favorite!
Love farm fresh veggies! Summer wouldn’t be summer with tomatoes right off the vine…wish I had time to grow some myself!!
Well, being a vegetarian, I can’t really say enough about farm fresh vegetables. We eat a lot of broccoli at our house!
spinach and kale!
my favorite right now is wharever new veggie my 7 month old is trying-this week its snap peas!
I love Mountain Bounty’s winter share and sign up every year. Favorite veges…. do I have to pick one? How about tomatoes. Yum!
Those boxes look AMAZING! Yum yum yum.
Favorite veggie? Today, it’s artichokes.
Artichoke!!! But we eat about 6 or more carrots a day so we must like them too
My favorite vegetable would have to be red and yellow beets. I love them in spinach salads with feta. Yum!
P.S. Loved meeting you the other day. Your blog is wonderful!
How cool that you are doing this!!!
Well – nutritional favorite? for sure kales and spinach
yummy favorite? artichokes w/ butter of course!
body impact (and yummy and nutritional!)? beets and asparagus
and lastly — what do i eat all summer? tomatoes!
Greens green greens
especially dino kale
Tomato is definitely my favorite, even if it is officially a fruit! It’s so versatile!
Garlic scape pesto is #1 on my list, today that is. Aren’t we due for all kinds of goodies to come? How about asparagus wrapped in puff pastry with a little asiago cheese then baked? Mmmmmmmm
Grilled Cocozelle Zuccini!
Never met a kale I didn’t like…
whatever is in the garden that day – however there are never too many tomatoes
Just one favorite?
Oh, dear… I suppose it’s a perfect tomato, can’t resist it sliced on a fried-egg sandwich with mayonnaise like my mama makes. Yum.
Going to make one right now…
Love kale! I make kale chips a couple times a week with my dehydrater. Make cashew butter adding nutritional yeast, lemon juice, red pepper. Mix with kale and dehydrate. The best snack!
These all look scrumptious! My favorite veggie…. fresh, sweet corn on the cob.
DeniseB
Nothing’s better than a fresh picked tomato! mmmmm
Mountain Bounty is the best! Great farmers raising great food! I love raw turnips!