We toured the farm, then had a brilliant lunch of salad with edible flowers, pizza, sweet potatoes, quinoa cakes, fruit and cake.
For the tour I put together a scavenger hunt booklet:
It featured all of the farm's amazing sights, sounds and smells. They looked for:
Vertical Farm Planters & Drip Irrigation
Strawberries
Purple Beans
Peach Trees
Edible flowers
Chickens and Eggs
Roosters
Ducks
Blaise (Icelandic horse)
Elsa (Nubian Goat)
Greenhouse
Straw bale house
Worm pile
Sprouts
Here's a link to the photos of the farm:
and a recipe for those Quinoa Cakes (they are gluten free folks!)
2 cups quinoa, 4 cups broth or stock, 1 c either shredded parmesan or other cheese, 2 cups finely chopped vegetables of any kind, 2 cups sauteed greens, 4 to 6 eggs, 2 T olive or coconut oil.
Cook quinoa in boiling broth for 2 min. Reduce heat to simmer for 20 minutes until liquid is absorbed. While that is cooking, saute greens until wilted in 2 T of olive or coconut oil. Beat eggs in separate bowl. When quinoa is cooked, place in a large mixing bowl. Add cheese, chopped vegetables, wilted greens, and eggs. Mix thoroughly. Add seasonings to taste. Heat frypan to med/high heat. Place large spoonfuls into the pan and shape into patties. Cook for 5 minutes or until firm enough to flip. Turn and cook 5 minutes or until done. Don't make cakes too large.
Talley uses carrot tops, beet tops, tat soi, bok choi, etc for greens.
you should try to arrange a tour for the CSA you belong to - and if you don't belong to one - find one here:
http://www.localharvest.org