We still have a few WFCF winter shares for sale!  Winter shares are the perfect way to extend your CSA experience through the late fall and eat local (and delicious) for the holidays!  Winter shares are $200.00 and include three pickups at the farm on Saturday afternoons, November 9, November 23 and December 7. We plan for winter shares to represent the tasty bounty of the season, including carrots, beets, sweet potatoes, turnips, radishes, cabbages, lettuces, spinach, arugula, bok choy and kohlrabi, onions and garlic, and winter squash and potatoes from Picadilly Farm. Sign up at any CSA pickup!  Availability is limited, and we'll sell winter shares on a first-come, first-served basis until they are gone!

Hector Cruz wrote to us in his application for the position that he was a "mature person", not a young person, and that he was mentioning this because he himself does not like surprises and did not want to surprise us.  He takes public transportation two hours each way to get to the farm from his home in East Boston, where he lives with his wife, two children, and a beautiful garden that he calls "Hector's Farm" and Maricela calls a shrine.  He has a scientific and poetic mind, an unstoppable work ethic, a beautiful singing voice and an impish sense of humor.  He is early to work every single day.  Hector is kind, curious, a great teacher, an thoughtful colleague, and the undisputed boss of the farm kitchen, where he eats his beautiful, well-balanced, mostly vegan meals with impeccable manners.  He is always at your elbow, asking "what can I do to help"?

Many people who apply for field crew positions call themselves "avid cyclists" and declare that they will be able to arrive at the farm by bicycle every morning able to work a full day in the fields.  Maricela Escobar is one of the few folks we've known who can actually pull it off, with the help of a few chocolate chips here and there.  Maricela constantly challenges all of us on the farm to be true to our principles, or to rethink them.  She is a true radical, with a loving heart and a passion for social justice, art, and nourishment for the body and soul.  We have had some of the most interesting, honest, and difficult conversations in the fields because of Maricela's honesty and willingness to push us beyond our usual limits this season, although there are many more we could have had.  Maricela's powerful connections with Boston's bicycle, art and activist communities, and her network of family and friends, help keep her immense energy up despite her many commitments.