Across from the Field School in Weston, MA, where I attended my first deliciously addictive flea market, is an unusual sight in such a posh and exclusive suburb: Land's Sake, a non-profit farm that offers both CSA shares (basically a vegetable subscription program) on 25 acres of prime real estate.
I love this place for its rustic simplicity. There isn't an over-abundance of produce, but what they do have is very very good: honey made on the farm from hives that you can see from the road, wonderful heirloom tomatoes, interesting varieties of patty pan squash, corn from a neighboring farm, pick your own berries and flowers, and any number of other tasty things brought from the ground in season.
The farm stand is exactly what I imagine every farm stand should look like:
And almost every view has a pastoral background that takes you right out of the 'burbs and into the country:
Every summer, middle school students can come to the farm and learn about the stewardship of the land. It is just one of many really interesting program focused on bringing sustainable agriculture (and responsible eating, albeit indirectly) to the masses. At least those masses who have parents that care about these sorts of things.
I was particularly fond of the patty pan squash they had this year:
The tomatoes were rather modest in selection compared to Verrill, but every bit as lovely:
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