Here are Erick's folksy and informative newsletters.

2013/04/29

1. Late Spring Session begins Wednesday, May 1st
2. May Day Celebration – Saturday, May 4th
3. New blog
4. Jubilee on Yelp
5. $50 Rebate Options

2013/03/16

1. Early Spring Session begins March 20th
2. A reason to promote GMO products?
3. Summer CSA: asking for your (incentivized) help!
4. Work Share
5. Have you signed up for Summer Session? Here's how to tell
6. The US Beef Industry: a Tutorial
7. Beef Available
8. A Final Thought

2013/01/22

1. Winter Session starts February 6
2. Mid-winter Animal Update
3. Let the Market Decide (more on GMO labeling)
4. Grain Progress
5. Summer CSA Sign-ups
6. Solstice Beef
7. Tall Chief Golf Course

2012/10/28

1. Last week of Summer Session
2. First week of Fall Session
3. An advantage to GMO crops?
4. New barn nearly ready for animals
5. Take a class this winter at BC taught by farmer Erick?

2012/09/20

1. The summer that wouldn't quit
2. Jubilee and the PCC Farmland Trust—what it means
3. The new barn goes up
4. Sno-Valley Tilth’s “Farm Faire” this Saturday at Jubilee—something for everyone
5. Preparing for pumpkins
6. The hammer drops—today’s release about Monsanto’s Roundup Ready
7. Changes at the farm

2012/07/20

1. “State of the Farm”
2. SVPA Fundraiser at Jubilee on Saturday, July 28th at 5:30
3. Farm School is on!
4. Jubilee Summer Events

2012/04/22

1. Spring on the farm
2. Late Spring Session Starts April 25th
3. Changes for Summer Session Sign-ups
4. Work Share opportunities
5. May Day event at the farm, 12:00 May 5th
6. Industrial agriculture—“it’s been a bad month”
7. Young farmer seeks “micro-loan”
8. Beef available (guaranteed, no "pink slime")
9. Looking for Jubilee Market Employee

2012/01/27

1. Winter Session starts Wednesday, February 1st. Why sign up?
2. Beef available
3. Jubilee 2012 seed order: not exactly “business as usual”
4. First call for Summer Session Work Share interest
5. Aldo Leopold and the land ethic
6. Rental home available
7. GMOs as a solution to world hunger

2011/12/26

1. The calm after the storm - what we’ve been up to, along with a few personal things
2. Winter Session starts February 1st
3. April, come she will
4. Cow Talk (and new barn update)
5. Summer CSA outlook
6. Thoughts on “Can organic methods feed the world?”
7. Hope for the future (two recent books that might change one’s thinking)

2011/10/13

1. Summer Session comes to an end
2. How to avoid the October crowds (if you want to do that)
3. Fall at the Farm: Summer Session comes to an end
4. Fall Session CSA sign-ups: Now is the time!
5. PCC clarifies meaning of "natural" produce
6. Beef available
7. Small farms in Korea: next free trade victims
8. Summer Session 2012: Why you need to sign up now!

2011/08/31

1. September Harvest-Moon Celebration/potluck dinner (Sept. 12)
2. Herd Update
3. New Barn Update
4. Canning Opportunities
5. Sno-Valley Tilth Pig Roast and Auction: Sept. 24th. Do You Have Auction Donations?
6. Special Event introducing a new book about farmers in the Snoqualmie Valley
7. Tomatoes 2011
8. An "easier, softer way"
9. Salmon Safe Work Day at Jubilee Farm: September 10th, 8am-noon
10. Green, Organic Investments
11. Friend on Facebook?

2011/07/25

1. Summer is finally here (isn’t it?)
2. Economy, efficiency and the nature of the beast
3. Bovine and Barn report
4. Farm School 2011
5. To-date season assessment
6. Farm etiquette
7. Autism Day:  August 13th, 11:00-3:00, free event on the farm

2011/06/05

1. Summer Session begins June 14th
2. "Local and Organic" verses "Local" or "Organic"
3. A Tale of Two Springs (last year vs. this year)
4. Report on the herd: beef available soon
5. Barn update
6. Is there a difference between home delivery services and CSAs?

2011/05/12

Snoqualmie Valley Preservation Alliance (SVPA) Announces: June 4th Country Hoedown and Auction, to support the lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers, and to let you know what you can do to help us save farmland in our valley and hold the Corps accountable for the impacts of its projects.

2011/04/17

1. May Day Event May 7th noon-2:00 (May Pole event starts at 1:00)
2. Late Spring Session and Summer Session sign-up
3. Work Share Opportunities
4. Another Cold Spring, but this year . . .
5. The cows are still in the barn!
6. More bad news for the US meat industry
7. Soil and Health
8. March 31st: A day of reckoning
9. Meat birds (chicken, turkey, geese, duck) availability

2011/03/09

1. This Season is officially under way!
2. Meeting at Jubilee this Saturday for people who want to farm
3. Early Spring Session: Sign up now
4. Summer Session: Are you wondering if you have signed up?
5. Welcoming our 2011 Crew
6. More on USDA deregulation of Alfalfa

2011/01/29

1. Winter Session starts next Wednesday (Feb. 2nd)—sign up now!
2. Summer Session information
3. The Boomerang Effect
4. Truth in Labeling
5. The Last Winter

2011/01/04

1. Winter on the farm
2. Seed Saving and breeding
3. Plans for this growing season—ideas?
4. Mentoring
5. Winter Session
6. Recall of California organic beef
7. Barn update/impact of recent flooding
8. Collapse? Too late?
9. Our lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers

2010/10/26

1. Last 2010 Summer Session CSA box
2. Fall Session starts Wednesday, November 3rd
3. Returning Boxes

2010/09/27

1. An early Fall on the farm
2. When will the Summer Session be over?
3. When does Fall Session start, and how can I sign up?
4. The deceit of the deficit
5. A strategy for avoiding the crowds of October
6. Beef availability
7. Next year's CSA sign-ups
8. A great day for Valley Farmers!
9. Farm Chatter

2010/08/15

1. Mid-Season "State of the Farm Address"
2. Why are we suing the Army Corps of Engineers? What can you do to help?
3. Mentoring new farmers in the Snoqualmie Valley
4. Beef quarters available
5. Local salmon unite to save farmers
6. Work Share and Jubilee "die-hards" invited to Harvest Moon potluck and dance
7. Final payments due (past due!) for Summer Session
8. Justifying Industrial Agriculture

2010/06/28

1. "When do you expect things to change?" (for the better, presumably)
2. Last call for Beef

2010/06/09

1. Summer Session Begins June 15th!
2. CSA Handbook
3. Depot additions for Summer Session
4. This year's Farm School
5. What is distinctive about our farm?
6. Herd Update: Beef availability and distribution
7. This Spring
8. Erick and Wendy leaving the farm? (Yes, but only for a few days)
9. President Clinton tells all

2010/04/24

1. "It couldn't go on forever . . ."
2. May Day Celebration at the farm
3. Meeting for new Work Share members on May Day
4. Late Spring and Summer Session sign-ups
5. The tomatoes are in the ground!
6. Farm Chatter

2010/03/13

1. Have you signed up for Summer Session? (Confirmations have been mailed.)
2. Early Spring Session Starts next Wednesday, March 17th
3. India says "no!"
4. The Plowman's Folly (part one)
5. May Day: May 1st
6. Sno-Valley Tilth begins mentoring program
7. Farm Chatter

2010/01/21

1. Winter Session CSA starts in two weeks (February 3rd)
2. A tale of two winters
3. Beef sides available early this summer
4. Farmville: Can 60 million people be wrong?
5. Work Share membership in 2010
6. Summer CSA membership
7. Crops and animals: Finding the balance in Biodynamic Farming
8. A vineyard is born: Jubilee Biodynamic Winery

2009/10/29

1. Our last week of the 2009 Summer Session.
2. The Fall Session.
3. Signing up for the 2010 Summer Session.
4. Summer Session Survey.
5. Reflections on the "unsoiled" life.
6. Where do we go from here?
7. Agri-political update.

2009/10/09

1. October activities at the farm (how to enjoy them or avoid them)
2. Fall Session starts November 4th: time to sign up now
3. Skagit Valley sets a remarkable example in farm land preservation
4. Next year's Summer Session: sign up now
5. How much is a share?
6. Farm chatter

2009/09/10

... There's no doubt in my mind that over-all this is the best growing season I've seen...

2009/06/30

1. Welcome to new members
2. Farm School for kids and adults
3. What do we do on the 4th of July?
4. Reminder about CSA Handbook
5. Report on Biodynamic Field Day
6. Is it worth it? (A "Dark Night of the Soul" regarding Soil)
7. The Agrarian Standard
8. U-Pick on the Farm
9. The "Rule of Return"

2009/06/10

1. Summer Session CSA to start on June 16th
2. What's going on at the farm?
3. If you haven't signed up yet...
4. BD Field Day this Saturday

2009/04/26

Saturday, May 2nd, is our annual May Day celebration

2009/04/21

1. May Day Celebration on Saturday, May 2nd
2. Summer CSA Session
3. Volunteering at the farm (want to get on the list?)
4. Centennial
5. Thanks for the letters
6. Farm chatter

2009/03/29

Please support the proper use of agricultural lands...

2009/03/02

1. The big flood: how did it impact the farm? Will it happen again?
2. A special "thanks" for flood support!
3. What do the EU and PCC have in common?
4. Farm School 2009: Something new.
5. Prosperity, Confidence, and Security.
6. The farm is in need of a CPA (federal tax help)
7. Workshare 2009
8. Spring and Summer Sessions

2009/01/02

Please come and help the farm recover from the floods...

2009/01/02

On the occasion of the beginning of a new year, we'd like to thank each of you for your commitment to our farm and for the privilege to have been chosen to be your "local farmers"...

2008/12/04

1. Thanks to all of you who wrote our Council Members
2. Our latest flood: #3 on the all-time hit parade
3. Winter Session starts Feb. 4th, 2009
4. The calves just keep on coming...
5. Report on the WA State Biodynamic meeting
6. We're ok, really! And we promise to take a vacation this year!
7. "Local" or "organic"? Thinking through a hot contemporary issue
8. More jobs, fewer greenhouse gases, less governmental spending: an employment, economic, and environmental "no-brainer"
9. Thinking about E.-coli
10. Survey
11. Fair Trade Coffee

2008/10/14

1. Time to sign up for next year's Summer Session
2. Time to sign up for Fall Session
3. Local Food/Local Wine
4. Pumpkin Season and the farm
5. Wall Street and East Main Street

2008/09/07

1. Thoughts on the occasion of a "truncated" summer
2. Compost/mineralization/cover cropping
3. Member Feedback
4. Should development in our APD be limited to food production?
5. Re-opening of the Road
6. Farm chatter
7. Our new home

2008/07/27

1. Road Closure
2. Farm School
3. U-Pick Policies
4. Two-Handed Harvest
5. Autism Day
6. Time for changes: Monday noon
7. Compost is Happening
8. This Week's Toxic news
9. What's up with the Garlic?
10. Farm Chatter

2008/07/01

1. Are we open for pick-ups on Friday, the 4th of July? [Hint: YES!]
2. Where have all the flowers gone?
3. Farm School starts this week
4. Political update
5. Canning Share
6. Noon Monday... (what happens then?)
7. Grange Café

2008/06/15

1. CSA pick-up start this week! Days and times
2. A brief summary of what's going on at the farm
3. This week's box
4. Availability of Summer Shares
5. CSA Handbook
6. Global Justice

2008/04/22

1. May Day celebration—Saturday May 3rd, noon to four
2. World Food Crisis
3. Late Spring "off season" Session Starts April 30
4. We need sub-contractors! (Good news)
5. Summer Session starts June 17th
6. CSA Summer Session Handbook
7. Vacation Policy
8. Impacts of a cold spring??
9. Canning Share
10. How many Summer shares are available?
11. Subsidizing Junk Food
12. Turkeys available

2008/03/14

1. We're under way!
2. Early Spring Session begins March 19, sign up now!
3. Update on Eco-APD
4. Cattle update
5. Confirmation Letters: if you didn't get one...
6. Sign-up for Summer Session
7. First Washington State Biodynamic Winter meeting held at Jubilee Farm
8. Calling all Work Share members
9. Mineralization: the basis of "nutrient dense produce"
10. Review of Pollen's Omnivore's Dilemma
11. Once again: it's fruits and vegetables, unprocessed, please
12. A great home for sale for the gardener-lots of good karma!

2008/01/21

1. Off-Season events and activities
2. Bio-dynamic transition: plans for this year
3. Summer Session 2008
4. Winter Session starts February 6th
5. Agricultural changes in our Valley
6. Extending our production season
7. A new twist on an old skill: how to build a better compost pile
8. Photo of our latest born calf, "Myluka"

2007/10/23

1. Mother drops the hammer
2. Thanks for another great season!
3. This season's Summer Session Survey
4. Sign up for Fall Session ("ASAP," says Wendy!)
5. Why sign up now for next summer?
6. Progress in the "transition"
7. Snoqualmie Valley APD Flooding Task Force meets
8. Helping the needy for Thanksgiving
9. Buying time while we're "slip sliding away"

2007/10/02

1. It is time to sign up for Fall CSA
2. Why sign up now for next Summer?
3. Next Summer Session CSA: changes and time to sign-up.
4. A vote for the future
5. The Wind-Down...
6. Insurance rebates for being CSA members?
7. Farm Chatter

2007/09/12

1. Why has it been so long since our last update?
2. Some Comments on the Summer Session
3. October Cometh
4. Beef Availability
5. Hay Day
6. “King County Eco-Agricultural Preserve”
7. Farm Chatter

2007/07/26

1. The Federal Farm Bill: "That's just the way it is."
2. Schedule for Canning Demonstrations
3. Jubilee Farm Yahoo Bulletin Board
4. Our Thanks to Kathy Lambert, her staff and the KC Council
5. Eating a Cracked Tomato
6. Honorable Mention
7. The Jubilee Rescuers
8. Farm Chatter

2007/07/16

1. What happened to the newsletters?
2. Eating Seasonally
3. Flooding and Politics
4. Biodynamic transition update
5. Farm Chatter

2007/06/08

1. Start of Summer Session
2. May: the “quiet” month
3. Canning share
4. CSA Handbook
5. Early Summer Boxes
6. If you haven’t signed up for the Summer Session . . .
7. Work Share Needs
8. Added Kids' Activities on Wednesday and Saturday
9. Farm Chatter

2007/04/22

1. May Day on Saturday, May 5th
2. Late Spring Session to begin Wednesday, May 2nd
3. Summer Session scheduled to begin week of June 12th
4. Work shares
5. We need a special work share to help with accounting
6. Canning Share
7. Update on Political Endeavors
8. Why Biodynamic?

2007/03/14

1. Introduction of this year's "new" farm crew.
2. New "Canning Share" available this Summer.
3. Early Spring Session: why join a six week Session?
4. Our transition to Biodynamic farming (Part II).
5. Your chance to help with Spring Composting.
6. Spread the news
7. Wannabe farmer's seminar.
8. Animal Update.
9. Farm Chatter.
10. Work Shares.
11. A Word of Thanks.

2007/03/13 - A short note about summer registrations

2007/02/07

1. What happened to the winter updates?
2. Winter Session CSA starts February 7th
3. A look back at 2006
4. Distribution changes for 2007 Summer Session
5. Farming changes for the 2007 Season
6. Next Year's Work Share Program
7. Beef available now
8. Composting class February 24th and 25th

10/12/06

1. October is "registration month" for Summer Session 2007
2. When is the last pick-up for this Session?
3. More on "late October pick-up strategy"
4. Fall CSA
5. I-933 and a Vision for Snoqualmie Valley
6. Farm chatter

09/20/06

1. Member Potluck here at the farm this Saturday
2. Rain, rain go away?
3. Will it always be like this?
4. Processing: pumpkins and raspberries
5. Spinach anyone?
6. Tuesday busyness
7. October Madness
8. Organic Certification (ok, we've done a modified capitulation)
9. Organic beef and pork
10. October is Membership Month

08/30/06

1. Survey
2. Quantity of u-pick items this year
3. Can we "share" our share?
4. The Goof-Proof Policy
5. Beef and Pork this year
6. Potluck Reminder

08/16/06

1. Fall Potluck: Saturday September 23rd.
2. Rudolf Steiner and Sustainable Farming.
3. On the (inverse) relationship between eating well and aggression among children.
4. The "State of the Farm."
5. Jubilee Farm selected as "King County Conservation Farm of the Year."
6. Looking for a few good people to help out in October.
7. Eggs.
8. Farm Chatter

07/24/06

1. So, what happened to the "every other week" updates?
2. Eating seasonally: the "100 mile radius."
3. Road Work on the Tolt Hill Bridge.
4. A word about tomatoes.
5. Kids' activities.
6. Keeping vegetables cool on hot days.
7. One member's suggestions for maximizing utilization of their share.
8. Farm Chatter

06/04/06

1. Dates and times for 1st week of pick-up.
2. Is it too late to sign up for Summer Session?
3. What will be in our first box?
4. Second try at "what will be in our first box?"
5. A new delivery option for this Summer Session.
6. Weekend u-pick for delivery and farm pick-up members.
7. A reminder regarding "sharing" of shares.
8. CSA Handbook on-line.
9. Work Shares wanted!
10. Farm Chatter

04/23/06

1. May Day, May 6th
2. Work-Share meeting on afternoon of May 6th
3. Start of Late Spring Session this Wednesday
4. Wanted: drivers for late spring/summer delivery
5. Summer sign-up, first summer pick-up, and a reminder about recruitment.
6. Minerals, balanced soil, and nutrition
7. Our new intern
8. Farm Chatter: whats going on at the farm?

1. Work Share information.
2. May Day Festivities: Mark your calendar now.
3. Life in the "interim."
4. Delivery option for Summer Session.
5. End of Winter Session, Beginning of Early Spring Session.
6. Summer Session Payments.
7. Summer Session Membership.
8. Future Plans.
9. Farm Chatter.

1. Why Wendy and Erick not only didnt go to Mexico and forget about the farm, but why they didnt even go at all.
2. Every cloud has a silver lining.
3. Report from the national Acres Organic Conference in Indianapolis.
4. Winter CSA: first delivery Wednesday, February 1st, in your neighborhood.
5. Rain, Rain, Rain - flooding and the spring outlook for the farm.
6. Summer CSA delivery option available again in 2006.
7. Farm Chatter.

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