Cascadian Farm will be featured on Chefs A' Field next Saturday (11/28) on your local PBS station!

Grab your family post holiday meal and gather around the TV to watch this program featuring some of our favorite farmers from Cascadian Farm as well as Chef Christine Keff from the Flying Fish Restaurant in Seattle.

In this episode, Chef prepares two delicious dishes in her kitchen using fresh tomatoes and blueberries from the Farm. And, these dishes can be on your table as well. As a thank you for spending time with us on our blog, (and a nice change of pace from turkey), we present you with the first of three recipes from the brain of Ms. Keff. As a lucky sampler at the shoot, I must say that I have been waiting for these recipes to be published so that I can make them at home myself!

Tune in to Chefs A' Field and stay tuned to the blog for more recipes from the episode.

I need to stock up on cloth napkins...

Don’t tell anyone, but I am using a baby washcloth for a napkin as I sit here munching my salad at my laptop. Yes, it is pretty sad when I am so short on cloth napkins that I turn to baby washcloths. But I least I am trying, right?

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, Don picked up the dry-erase markers and gave us a wonderful cornucopia of organic veggie goodness!

Can you imagine having to erase this masterpiece if you needed the whiteboard for your meeting?

Thanksgiving is fast approaching, and for most families that means pumpkin-based desserts.  This year, rather than purchasing your pumpkin in a can, consider heading out to your local farmer's market or whole foods store and picking up an organic sugar pumpkin to make your own puree for your pumpkin pie, pumpkin cheesecake, pumpkin bars, pumpkin soup or, in this case, streusel-topped pumpkin bread.  It's easier than you think and the results are worth the effort.

Click title of this article to see the full recipe!

One of my favorite things about the Farm (aside from the blueberries) is all of the stories surrounding the early days. During my visit, I spoke with many wonderful people who took the time to share early Cascadian Farm stories with me—from the first crops that were grown, to interesting methods of weed control. This week, I want to bring you a story about that very topic—weed control. Organic farming is about working in harmony with nature, meaning that sometimes a little creativity and ingenuity is needed to control weeds in a natural way.

The following story was shared with me by Don Smith, a fellow blogger and a Graphic Designer for Cascadian Farm...

This is one important question that I posed to many of the people working at Cascadian Farm during my time in Washington State. And, in general, I feel like this is a great entry question to ask when starting to consider organic products.

What does organic mean? Is organic actually better than natural? If so, why? Craig Weakley was the man who answered all these questions (and many, many more) about the meaning of organic. Craig is the Director of Agriculture and Sustainability at Cascadian Farm, a fellow blogger and is extremely well versed in the ways of organic. Take a look below and see what he has to say about the organic vs. natural conversation.In the end, I hope you find that a topic that may have seemed clear as mud is actually pretty simple to understand.

Don Smith has a great history with creating artwork for Cascadian Farm and Small Planet Foods, but we wanted to share with you some of Don's ongoing masterpieces: his whiteboard murals.

Don has mastered the dry erase marker, and creates beautiful images on the Small Planet Foods office whiteboard. Here is the first one: come back and see us each Wednesday for more!

Every year when the leaves start to change color, I immediately have the urge to prepare my home and my family for the long winter ahead. Winter is the time of year that I get back in touch with myself and my family. Since my family spends a lot more time at home during the colder months, there are things that I do to prepare our home to make it as warm and inviting as possible. Here are the three main steps that I take to get ready for winter.

Step 1:: Let's Get Clean and Organized.

You may have heard that houseplants help purify the air, but did you know that they can actually remove toxins like benzene, formaldehyde and trichloroethylene?!  These chemicals are VOC's or volatile organic compounds which are commonly present in paint, home furnishings and other household products and contribute to indoor air pollution.

With a baby on the way, I have become somewhat obsessed with creating a clean and healthy environment throughout the house...

Did you spend your weekend raking and bagging leaves in your yard? Raking leaves can be a dreaded task around most households, but if you have a garden, you might be able to make things a little eaiser on yourself, and maybe a little more fun for your kids.