Origins Farm: Grow Different

Shopping the Origins Farm market booth

We're excited to be partnering up with Origins Farm again this year to take part in their seasonal CSA program and share delicious, fresh recipes from the farm produce here on the blog. Today we're sharing a little bit of our own experience from trying our first market CSA and spilling the beans on a special early bird discount for the 2014 Origins Farm CSA you can take part in. Learn more about our background with Origins Farm, Alistar and Rebecca's farming practices and more reasons why we love these guys in this post from last summer.

Origins Farm: Natural Cinnamon Apple Fruit Leather

It's apple season! We couldn't wait to share today's recipe for simple, natural fruit leather, using the fresh local apples sourced from Origins Farm. Fruit leather is such an easy (and delicious) way to preserve the bounty and flavor of ripening seasonal fruit. It's a healthy snack for little and big kids alike and when made naturally, can even be a special treat for your favorite four legged friends.

Origins Farm: Butternut Squash Waffles

Today we're excited to share another recipe made with the fresh produce from Origin's Farm, just in time for the start of fall. These warm, savory and slightly sweet butternut squash waffles will fill up your house with all those classic autumn aromas.

Origins Farm: Mozzarella Caprese Quiche

We're back with another recipe made with the fresh produce from Origin's Farm. You could make this simple and flavorful quiche over the weekend for brunch, or even a lunch or light dinner paired with fresh salad.

Origins Farm: Smoky Prosciutto Eggplant Pizzas

Origins Farm is at it again — growing different. Do you know what they had a the farmers market last week and will have again this week in limited supply? Artichokes, grown in Hanover County. Artichokes in Virginia? Well, that is what they are about and we love them for it. You can bet we'll be picking a few of our own up this Saturday morning.

Origins Farm: Stuffed Pattypan Squash Recipe

Earlier today we introduced you to the fine folks behind Origins Farm. Now we're going to share a new recipe we came up with after spotting and falling in love with the assortment of fresh pattypan squashes and other produce Origins Farm brought to the market — barley stuffed pattypan squash.

Eating With Origins Farm

Today we're excited to announce the start to a new partnership we're launching this summer with Origins Farm. We've teamed up to bring you a series of summer recipes that use key ingredients from their farm produce — which you've gotten a tasty glimpse of in a few of our Weekend Basics roundups from our trips to the South of the James Farmer's Market:

For those unfamiliar, Origins Farm is a small, family-run farm in Hanover, Virginia — owned and operated by husband and wife Alistar Harris & Rebecca Ponder. How cute and fun are these two?