Community Supported Agriculture
Community Supported Agriculture

Contact Information

Kristi Durbin
CSA Manager

UK Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment Lexington, KY 40503

uk.csa@uky.edu

CSA Newsletter Week 14

CSA Newsletter Week 14

CSA Newsletter Week 14

Published on August 21, 2025

Farm Happenings

Tomato box reservations are available! Please fill out this form to reserve your tomato box. Please be aware that only mixed variety tomato boxes are available currently.

Some tomato boxes may be available today for walk up sales.

If you need to pick up your share late on Friday, please message Kristi via text or email.

You-Pick this week:

Everything is open in U-Pick!

Here is our handy-dandy guide for you-pick, including where to find the field, harvest methods, and other useful information.

Farm Stand this week:

We have winter squash at farm stand this week! Delicious spaghetti and delicata squash will be available.

  • Beets – $4/pound
  • Cucumbers, pickling – $0.50/each
  • Delicata squash – $2/each
  • Eggplant – $1.50-2/depending on size
  • Garlic heads – $3
  • Honey – $14/jar
  • Onions, fresh – $1-2/each depending on size
  • Peppers, Bell – $1/each
  • Peppers, Bullhorn – $1/each
  • Peppers, specialty/hot – 3 for $1
  • Potatoes – $6/bag (3lbs)
  • Shallots – 3 for $1, depending on size
  • Spaghetti Squash – $3-4 depending on size
  • Summer squash (Zucchini Mexicana, Patty Pan, and Yellow squash), $1-1.50/each depending on size
  • Tomatoes – $3.50/pound hybrid, $4/pound heirloom.
  • Tomatoes, bulk (mixed variety) – $30/25 pounds
Roma tomatoes

CSA Share this week:

  • Tomatoes
  • Eggplant
  • Cucumbers
  • Sweet peppers
  • Hot peppers
  • Watermelon
  • Choice: Chard OR Herb bunch
  • Roma beans or Purple Viking potatoes
    • If your location does not have one or the other this week, you will in the coming weeks!

Recipes & Tips for This Week’s Share

Baba ganouj – enjoy the last of this season’s eggplant with this classic recipe.

Celebrate the start of the winter squash season with this roasted delicata salad.

Use two of this week’s share items in this watermelon and cucumber gazpacho.

As always, there are many more recipes on our blog! Let us know if there’s a recipe you use our veggies in, we’d love to include it.

Contact Information

Kristi Durbin
CSA Manager

UK Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment Lexington, KY 40503

uk.csa@uky.edu