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Fourth of July Recipes!

Here’s a favorite 2-part recipe from Andrea, RWCF Farm Manager, from the D.I.Y. Delicious cookbook. Potato Salad with Spicy Pickled Green Beans and Hard-Cooked Eggs 4 large hard-boiled eggs 1 ½ pound potatoes 1 small red onion, thinly sliced 1 bunch radishes, halved and thinly sliced 1 celery rub, cut in half lengthwise and thinly […]

Work, Learn, and Grow with us this season!

There are so many ways to engage with Red Wiggler over the course of the season. However you engage, your interaction with us is felt and appreciated. Our mission depends on the commitment of our community to join us on the farm, interact and learn from the Growers and facilitate environmental education. Your engagement with […]

Care Farming

Red Wiggler uses farming as a platform to employ, educate and feed the community with a special focus on youth and adults with developmental disabilities and low-income families in the county. Other farms across the United States utilize farming to fulfill other mission-based work. We worked with the Advisory Board to survey these programs and […]

#GivingTuesday 2016

Thanks to our generous community, we raised a total of $8,738 this past #GivingTuesday. We are overwhelmed by your support. The fact that we more than doubled our original goal of $4k is a testament to our community’s commitment to inclusion, mutual understanding, and caring for the earth. We are truly grateful. The giving season continues as […]

Sweet Potato & Bean Burritos

This recipe instructs you to use a crock-pot but if you don’t mind the labor and want it done a little faster, cooking it on the stove works great. Just be sure that you cook the sweet potatoes all the way through.   Serves 8  2T chili powder 2t dried oregano leaves ½ tsp ground […]

David’s Passion for Flowers

David Ruch, RWCF Grower, has worked at Red Wiggler for 9 years. As Greenhouse Assistant, David is responsible for much of the watering and thinning of seedlings in the greenhouse. He also takes leadership roles in the field on seeding and harvesting days. But what David enjoys the most is harvesting flowers and arranging bouquets for […]

The Seed Order

By Andrea Barnhart, Farm Manager [spacer height=”default”] One of the most frequently asked question of a farmer, is “What do you do in the winter?” [spacer height=”default”] Although it’s obvious in the summer, it’s not so obvious in the winter what farmers do. Winter time for farmers is a great time to reflect on the […]

Thanks Johnny’s Seeds!

Thanks, Johnny’s Seeds for extending a permanent 50% discount on our seed order!  We appreciate your support and look forward to growing your seeds again this year! [spacer height=”default”] Johnny’s has donated seeds to Red Wiggler Community Farm since 2003 and we are incredibly grateful for this partnership.  We really appreciate all that Johnny’s Selected Seeds […]

It’s Garlic Planting Time!

Garlic has been in use since the beginning of recorded history and was found in Egyptian pyramids and ancient Greek temples. Many cultures never in contact with each other came to the same conclusion that garlic had a place in the treatment of diseases and the maintenance of good health. We take that history to heart at […]