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Dear Faircrest Farms Friends,
Happy (Almost) New Year! 
We hope you had a wonderful, restful holiday. We're excited to kick off the new year with fresh harvests collected just before the cold snap arrived!
 This Week's Harvest:
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NEW: Radishes, Collards, and Chard
- Salad Mix
- Carrots
- Spinach
- Lots of Arugula!
Market Days:
 Friday, January 3rd – Morning
Saturday, January 4th – Morning
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2025: A Year of Growth 
What an amazing year at Faircrest Farms! As a community-based farm, we engage people in farm work that restores and rebuilds lives. Here's what we accomplished together in 2025:
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1,386 employment hours (beyond Rita and Karl)
- 575 volunteer hours
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68% farm expansion – now 79 growing beds!
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662 lbs of food donated to Catholic Community Services and our volunteers
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Launched our FaircrestFarms.org online storefront
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Deepened our Biodynamic and regenerative farming practices
None of this delicious food would be possible without our incredible team and your loyal patronage. Thank you for making it possible to pay these wonderful people who love farming!
 New Farm Tool: Weather Station
Over the holidays, Karl's son John helped build a custom weather API that digests data into powerful daily summaries. Combined with insights from The 2025-2026 Old Farmer's Almanac, we're learning to work even more harmoniously with nature's rhythms.
Right now, cover crops blanket most beds, keeping the soil alive through winter, while thick woodchips protect Mother Earth for a strong spring start.
So much more to learn—but we've come a long way. Thanks for being patient with us on this journey!
 Help Relaunch Lives at Grow Ogden
Support Eden Streets' job-training program for neighbors overcoming homelessness. 1:1 donation matching ends January 31st.
Donate Now →
 Keep Faircrest Farms Growing!
Taste the Difference – Food grown with care, harvested at its peak
Shop This Week's Harvest
 Visit the Farm – See where your food begins
 Volunteer With Us – Put your hands in the soil
 Forward This Email – Share the joy of local food with a friend
Thank you for supporting small farms, healthy soil, and food that nourishes both body and community.
With gratitude,
Rita, Karl & the Faircrest Farms Crew
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