Eat Locally, and Help Harvest, Too

I made the BLT pictured here the other day, and realized it was a completely "locally sourced" sandwich: The lettuce and tomato came from the Enright CSA; the bread was from St. Lawrence Bakery, and the bacon was from Eckerlin Meats down at Findlay Market. It was also very tasty.

It's great to have local produce, and I appreciate it even more when I've been in the garden or the fields down at Ritter Farm helping with the harvest. (It also makes me appreciate just what "field worker" really means.) I've done it in the blazing heat and the chill, but right now the weather is perfect and I'd like to recommend a harvest shift if you haven't done that yet.

There's a lot to be picked every week, and if you still need hours for your share, this is somewhere that your work is really needed right now. CSA staff and members are harvesting all day long Friday, so if you have any time free--or if you can get a little time free to spend outdoors in this glorious fall weather we're currently experiencing--think about joining the harvest.

If you go to the greenhouse, the white board will tell you where the harvest is happening, and when. The harvest at Ritter Farm is often in the late afternoon and early evening, and it's easy to get to. Just go down Cleves Warsaw Pike till you get to Hillside, turn left, and look for some cars parked behind the white house on the right (the second house on Hillside on the right). The fields are right along the small parking area.

Join the harvest before it's all over. You'll be glad you did, you'll appreciate those eggplant and peppers and beans that much more, and we'll all thank you for bringing them in from the fields!