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Hello Faircrest Farms Friends!
This week's word is gratitude.
Our hearts are full of thanks.
We're grateful for you—our customers who understand that food is more than fuel. It is nourishment, medicine, and vitality for our bodies, minds, and spirits. Thank you for choosing food grown with care and intention.
We're grateful for the welcome return of cooler temperatures after the heat of July. We're grateful for the abundance that August always seems to bring, when the fields generously reward months of planting, watering, weeding, and tending. We're grateful for our faithful volunteers whose hands and hearts help make this work possible. And we're grateful to be part of a community that values healthy soil, healthy food, and healthy people.
Most of all, we're grateful to our Creator, who transforms tiny seeds into overflowing harvests. We simply plant, cultivate, and steward His creation. He provides the increase.
 This Week's Harvest
August is one of those wonderful times of year when the question becomes, "What don't we have?" We're doing our best to keep up with the harvest!
This week's offerings include:
- Fresh green beans are now coming in.
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Our handcrafted flower arrangements are blooming beautifully. Choose between our charming Bitty Bouquet for a small splash of color or our larger Grand Bouquet for a more abundant display.
- Delicate squash blossoms are available by advance order—a favorite among adventurous home cooks and local chefs.
- French sorrel has joined our harvest list, bringing its bright, lemony flavor to salads, soups, sauces, and seafood dishes.
- Along with tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, herbs, leafy greens, peppers, carrots, beets, onions, and so much more, the farm is overflowing with the flavors of summer.
 In the Field
The work never slows, even during harvest season.
This week we're feeding our crops with liquid organic nutrients to keep them thriving through the remainder of the season. The weeds continue their determined campaign, but we're staying one step ahead. At the same time, we're already planting peas, beans, and cucumbers for a delicious fall harvest—because farming is always about looking ahead to the next season while enjoying the present one.
 Volume Discounts
Planning to stock up?
For orders over $25, choose one FREE bonus:
- 5 cucumbers
- 3 zucchini
- 1 bunch of radishes
Need larger quantities? Ask us about bulk pricing on cucumbers and zucchini—we're happy to help preserve the abundance of summer.
 Words of Wisdom
"We are not lacking in the dynamic forces needed to create the future. We live immersed in a sea of energy beyond all comprehension. But this energy, in an ultimate sense, is ours not by domination but by invocation."
— Thomas Berry, The Great Work
 Keep Us Growing
Every purchase helps strengthen a local food system rooted in healthy soil, healthy people, and a healthier community.
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 Taste the Difference — Food grown with care and harvested at its peak.
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 Shop This Week's Harvest — Enjoy the freshest flavors of the season.
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Visit the Farm — Experience regenerative farming firsthand and see where your food begins.
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 Volunteer With Us — Put your hands in the soil and help cultivate both food and community.
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 Share the Harvest — Forward this newsletter to a friend who values local food and sustainable agriculture.
Thank you for supporting small farms, regenerative agriculture, and food you can know and trust.
With gratitude,
Rita, Karl & the Faircrest Farms Crew
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