CKC Farming

Thank you to immigration and environmental reporter Rosanne Skirble for highlighting the amazing work being done at Loiederman Farm in a recent article published in Maryland Matters!

Over the last month, Rosanne immersed herself in the Loiederman Farm Community, truly getting to know our staff, liaisons, interns, Farm Club members, vendors, and customers.

This article eloquently explains the ripple effects of community farming. In the words of our liaison Juanita, “This is creating a civic muscle for other things. It’s not just about food security, or it’s not just about can I grow a tomato. It’s going to help to improve the schools. It’s going to help mobilize resources to fix a road, all these different things.”

Click the link in our bio to read!

Turnips have a bad reputation, but salad turnips will make you rethink everything you thought you knew about this vegetable.

Spring is the best time for salad turnips. Since they prefer cool weather, they are sweet and juicy in the spring, and become sharper and more bitter in the hot summer.

Fresh, local salad turnips are so sweet and delicious that you can snack on them raw like an apple! You can also add them to salads, or roast them to bring out another layer of sweetness.

You can use every part of the turnip! Turnip greens can be used in place of mustard greens or collards, or you can add them to soups or stews.

Visit the Koiner Farmstand this Thursday, May 14th, from 5-7pm to purchase a bunch of fresh, locally-grown salad turnips!

Have a delicious turnip recipe to share with the CKC community? Send us your favorite seasonal produce recipes to be featured in our Weekly Farmstand Newsletter.

Subscribe to our Weekly Farmstand Newsletter to see what’s for sale every Thursday at Koiner Farm and every 1st and 3rd Wednesday at Loiederman Farm. Link in bio!