We had our first big Friday harvest today in preparation for our farm gate sale. Ever wonder what it takes to get all that farm-fresh produce ready for market? Check it out!
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- Pre-harvest team meeting
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- Inventory board awaiting the day’s numbers
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- Clean totes all stacked up thanks to a rack built by UBC Civil Engineering students
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- Harvest knives ready and waiting
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- The harvest plan
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- Boots ready for a rainy day
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- DeLisa, our Practicum Coordinator, works with practicum and UBC student Maritte to harvest mizuna
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- Scott, our Practicum Field Instructor, provides advice on salad harvesting technique
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- Rows of mizuna
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- A busy field of staff and practicum students!
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- Gemma, our Community Engagement Coordinator, shows practicum students Dan and Shaun how to harvest bunching greens
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- Scott and Jeff discuss salad green length
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- Just-picked radishes
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- Nasturtims bursting with colour
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- Practicum students Dan & Munisha learn how to wash salad greens
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- One last handful of arugula into the sheet for drying
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- Practicum students Heather and Angela wash and bunch radishes
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- Radish bunches look great!
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- Harvesting kale from the hoop house
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- Andrew, our Field Academic Coordinator, explains the growth habits of bunching onions to student interns and volunteers.
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- Taking a breather for our first Friday group lunch
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- Lots of egg labels prepared and ready for the cartons
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- Eggs waiting to be washed
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- Harvesting herbs from the organiponico beds
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- Student intern Connor and practicum student Munisha weigh and bunch asparagus
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- Asparagus!
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- Tote washing – a necessary job!
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- Practicum student Doug washes ruby streaks
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- Nasturtiums – ready to top a salad or dessert
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- Herbs just harvested for market
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- Totes of produce ready in the cooler
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- Yum!
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- Native honeysuckle (Lonicera ciliosa)
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- Gemma and volunteers pot up squash transplants to sell
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- Jacob, who coordinates our restaurant partnerships, weighs and packs greens destined for Vij’s
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- Marketing Coordinator Kayla works with Andrea, a UBC student intern, to prepare price signs
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- Tannis, our Marketing Assistant, packs CSA boxes
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- First CSA box looking tasty
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- Market stands ready to go
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- Andrea, our Perennial Crops Coordinator, and Scott answer questions about the produce
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- Kayla rings customers through
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- Busy market, and a busy day!
