<?xml version='1.0' encoding='iso-8859-1' ?><rss version='2.0'><channel><title><![CDATA[Oakridge Farms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sustainably Grown Small Fruits and Vegetables]]></description><link>http://www.oakridgeberries.com</link><language>en-us</language><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><copyright>Copyright 2011Oakridge Farms</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Farmstands]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span class="fontSize3"><span style="color: #888888;">Our produce is available at&nbsp;four locations, 7 days a week! <span style="text-decoration: underline;">All</span> locations will open in early June, hours will vary and will be updated soon. Call (920)725-1541 for updates. </span></span></p>
<p><span class="fontSize3"><span style="color: #888888;">*Please note our phone line is not in service during the winter, email works best during this time.*<br /></span></span></p>
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<li><span class="fontSize3"><a href="http://oakridgeberries.com/map/directions/11">125 Cty Rd CB</a>--<span style="color: #888888;">Neenah&nbsp; <strong>Pick your own location</strong></span>&nbsp;</span></li>
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<p><span class="fontSize3"><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">Closed for the season<br /></span></em></span></p>
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<li><span class="fontSize3"><span style="color: #888888;">Kruegger's True Value parking lot, Winneconne Avenue--Neenah</span></span></li>
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<p><span class="fontSize3"><span style="color: #000000;"><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">Closed for the season<br /></span></em></span></span></p>
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<li><span class="fontSize3"><span style="color: #888888;">Corner of Cty Rd A and Cty Rd GG--Neenah/Oshkosh line</span></span></li>
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<p><span class="fontSize3"><span style="color: #000000;"><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">Closed for the season<br /></span></em></span></span></p>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.oakridgeberries.com/content/7264]]></link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:07:05 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Farmers Markets]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.appletondowntown.org/appletondt/home/spec+-++farm+market+and+art+market.asp" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">Appleton Downtown Farm Market</span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;">Saturdays, June 18th-October 29th, 8am-12:30pm</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;">Visit&nbsp;us Saturday mornings at the Appleton&nbsp;Downtown Farm Market, the 2nd largest farmer's market in Wisconsin!&nbsp; This farmers market offers local produce, fresh flowers, live music and&nbsp;artisan food products in a positive, family friendly environment. Our stall is located&nbsp;in front&nbsp;of Vagabond Imports on the south side of College Ave.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.ci.green-bay.wi.us/FarmersMarket/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">Downtown Green Bay Market</span></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;">Saturdays, June 4th-October 29th, 7am-12pm</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;">For our customers to the north, visit us Saturday mornings in Downtown Green Bay!&nbsp; This is a wonderful, vibrant market with a wide variety of produce, prepared foods and crafts.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a title="Menasha market" href="http://www.cityofmenasha-wi.gov/content/departments/city_clerk/Farmers_Market/index.php" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">Menasha Farmer's Market</span></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;">Thursdays, June 9th-October 27th, 2:00pm-6:00pm</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;">You don't have to wait until Saturday morning to enjoy a farmer's market!&nbsp; Downtown Menasha offers a mid-week evening market.&nbsp; Located in front of the Marina in downtown Menasha.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.farmersmarketonbroadway.com/">Farmers' Market on Broadway</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;">Wednesdays, beginning June 1st, 3:00pm-8:00pm</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;">Fabulous mid-week market in Green Bay.&nbsp; Live music, great food, artists and lots of fresh produce!&nbsp; Worth the drive from anywhere in the Fox Valley.<br /></span></p>]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.oakridgeberries.com/content/3571]]></link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:32:31 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[PYO Berries]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">At our CB farm:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.oakridgeberries.com/map/directions/11">Directions</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;">PYO Strawberries <span style="color: #ff0000;"><em>Thank you for a great 2011 season!</em></span><span style="color: #ff0000;"> <br /></span></span></span></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000000; font-size: small;">Oakridge Farms is thrilled to offer pick-your-own strawberries.&nbsp;&nbsp;We invite you to continue the tradition or start a new tradition with&nbsp;your family and friends&nbsp;of&nbsp;enjoying&nbsp;strawberries fresh from the field.&nbsp; The season is short but sweet beginning in June and continuing through early July.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-size: small;">Please remember to bring sun protection and drinking water, as field conditions can be hot.&nbsp; Rubber boots or old shoes are also recommended during a wet summer.<br /></span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-size: small;">Oakridge Farms provides picking containers at no charge, but you are certainly welcome to bring your own. Ice cream buckets or beach buckets make great picking containers, especially for kids.</span></em></p>
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<p><span style="color: #000000; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;">PYO Raspberries <span style="color: #ff0000;"><em>Thank you for a great 2011 season!</em><br /></span></span></span></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000000; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000;">Just as we enjoy the last days of strawberry picking, the raspberries are ready to be picked.&nbsp; Oakridge Farms is home to one of the largest raspberry plantings in the state and we invite you to return to the farm for p</span>ick-your-own raspberries.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000000; font-size: small;">Oakridge Farms is a family farm and welcomes families and children, however raspberry picking is more time consuming than strawberry picking and the plants do have thorns.&nbsp; For these reasons, raspberry picking may not be suitable for very young children.&nbsp; Please keep this in mind when planning your visit!</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000000; font-size: small;">Oakridge Farms provides picking containers, but you are welcome to bring your own.&nbsp; Pint yogurt containers or shallow tupperware containers are perfect for picking containers.<br /></span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000000; font-size: small;">When in season, picking is available <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Saturday-Wednesday from 8am-3pm</span> depending on weather and crop availability.&nbsp; Raspberries are a more sensitive crop than strawberries, therefore days and times subject to change with availability, please call ahead.</span></em></p>
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<p><em><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: small;">ALWAYS call ahead before planning your visit (920)725-1541 and sign up for our <a href="http://oakridgeberries.com/mailinglist" target="_blank">mailing list</a> to stay informed.</span></em></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.oakridgeberries.com/content/3651]]></link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:32:12 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fall on the Farm-Oakridge update]]></title><description><![CDATA[What a beautiful fall we are enjoying in Northeast Wisconsin!<br /><br />We are still open 7 days a week on the farm:<br />9-5:30 on weekdays<br />9-4 on weekends<br /><br />Now available~tomatoes, peppers, green beans, onions, leeks, fingerling potatoes, honeycrisp apples, winter squash, pumpkins, gourds and indian corn.&nbsp; Bulk tomato prices are reduced to $14/half bushel and $28/bushel, these are the absolute last tomatoes of the season!<br /><br />Need pumkins for a school group, scout group or a party?&nbsp; We have lots of smaller "pie" pumpkins and offer the following price breaks for quantity: 10 or more/1.00 each, 20 or more/.75 each<br /><br />Eat local and eat fast!&nbsp; The growing season is coming to an end quickly!<br /><br />Thanks for a great season and your continued support!<br />]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.oakridgeberries.com/blog/12198]]></link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:47:43 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oakridge Farms-FREE watermelon with a $10 purchase]]></title><description><![CDATA[We pulled loads of watermelon of the field to save them from cool weather and we want you all to enjoy them!&nbsp; We know, we know it's more soup weather than watermelon weather, but that's Wisconsin!&nbsp; Spend $10 at the farm and take home a FREE watermelon, any size, any variety.<br /><br />We have a great selection of pumpkins this year~pie pumpkins, mini pumpkins, decorative gourds and beautiful heirlooms for eating or decorating.&nbsp; We also have winter squash, onions, garlic, potatoes, sweet corn, tomatoes, bell peppers, hot peppers, melons, green beans and yellow beans.&nbsp; <br /><br />Coming soon....carrots, honey crisp apples, leeks and Indian corn.<br /><br />We are still open 7 days a week at out CB Farmstand - M-F 9-5:30, Sa-Su 9-4 - and will be until furthur notice.<br /><br />Thanks for supporting us!<br />Oakridge Farms]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.oakridgeberries.com/blog/11977]]></link><pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:15:08 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oakridge Farms-Fffffrost!]]></title><description><![CDATA[As one of my farmer friends likes to say, "the weather people are saying the 'f' word".&nbsp; For us that means "frost" and it means rapid changes and a sense of panic.&nbsp; Yes the growing season always comes to end sometime between now and early October, but the panic is still there. Did we can enough tomatoes, freeze enough corn, pickle enough beans....and what are we going to eat now???<br /><br />We were touched by frost last night and it looks like it will be a harder frost tonight...watermelon, cantaloupe,&nbsp; tomatoes (including many hierloom varieties), sweet corn, green beans, yellow beans and peppers will be available while supplies last.<br /><br />We have a great selection of pumpkins this year~all sizes and varieties~pie pumpkins, mini pumpkins, decorative gourds and beautiful heirlooms for eating or decorating.&nbsp; We also have winter squash, onions, garlic and potatoes.&nbsp; Our own honey crisp apples are also starting to sweeten up but are not quite ready!<br /><br />We are still open 7 days a week at out CB Farmstand - M-F 9-5:30, Sa-Su 9-4 - and will be until furthur notice.<br /><br />Please see our <a href="http://oakridgeberries.com/content/7238" target="_blank">web site </a>for food preservation resources.&nbsp; <br /><br />Thanks for supporting us!<br />Oakridge Farms]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.oakridgeberries.com/blog/11956]]></link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:34:49 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oakridge Farms-Fall is in the Air]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now available at Oakridge Farms....watermelon, cantaloupe, cherry tomatoes, tomatoes (including many hierloom varieties), sweet corn, onions, garlic, bell peppers, green beans, yellow beans, fingerling potatoes, mini pumpkins and decorative gourds.&nbsp; We also have our own honey and farm fresh eggs.<br /><br />We have a busy week ahead as we begin to harvest pumpkins and winter squash, with a potential for frost (fingers crossed the forcast changes) later in the week we are reminded that the end of the growing season isn't up to us and it can come any day now! Can, freeze, dehydrate and EAT your local veggies!<br /><br />We have canning tomatoes available, no need to place an order just stop by the farm stand at 125 Cty Rd CB!&nbsp; The price has been reduced to $20/half bushel and $40/bushel.&nbsp; We also have 10# boxes for just $10.<br /><br />Store updates:<br />Cty A - self-serve with sweet corn, melons and tomatoes<br /><br />True Value - closed for the season<br /><br />CB Farmstand - Open daily M-F 9-5:30, Sa-Su 9-4<br /><br />Please see our <a href="http://oakridgeberries.com/content/7238" target="_blank">web site </a>for food preservation resources.&nbsp; <br /><br />Thanks for supporting us!<br />Oakridge Farms]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.oakridgeberries.com/blog/11905]]></link><pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:53:40 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oakridge Update!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now available at Oakridge Farms....watermelon, cantaloupe, cherry tomatoes, tomatoes (including many hierloom varieties), sweet corn, onions, garlic, peppers, green beans, yellow beans and Michigan peaches (so good!).&nbsp; We also have our own honey and farm fresh eggs.<br /><br />We have canning tomatoes available, no need to place an order just stop by the farm stand at 125 Cty Rd CB!<br /><br />Store updates:<br />Cty A - self-serve with sweet corn, melons and tomatoes<br /><br />True Value - last day will be this Friday, Sept. 2nd, 10-5<br /><br />CB Farmstand - Open daily M-F 9-5:30, Sa-Su 9-4<br /><br />Please see our <a href="http://oakridgeberries.com/content/7238" target="_blank">web site </a>for food preservation resources.&nbsp; We are freezing and canning like mad these days!<br /><br />Thanks for supporting us!<br />Oakridge Farms]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.oakridgeberries.com/blog/11751]]></link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:52:34 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes!]]></title><description><![CDATA[The dog days of summer are here and we are wishing we had an outdoor kitchen once again to process all our our lovely vegetables!&nbsp; Our tomato crop is coming on strong and we have bulk quantaties available for as low as $1.00/#<br /><br />10# boxes/$15 per box<br /><br />1/2 bushel /$25 <br /><br />full bushel/$50<br /><br />It's time to dust off your canning jars and start stocking up for winter!&nbsp; The possibilities are endless with tomatoes - sauce, salsa, whole tomatoes, juice - you name it!&nbsp; If canning seems too time consuming or a little intimidating, whole tomatoes and salsa freeze very well and many of our customers say they prefer the flavor.&nbsp; <br /><br />Please see our <a href="http://oakridgeberries.com/content/7238" target="_blank">web site </a>for food preservation resources or <a href="http://extension.missouri.edu/extensioninfonet/article.asp?id=3154" target="_blank">click here </a>for info on freezing tomatoes.<br /><br />Call 725-1541 to place an order and tell us when you would like to pick it up, or you can just come by and we will put the box together for you!<br /><br />The farmstands are full with our farm fresh produce and if you haven't tried our melons yet, you are missing out!<br /><br />Thanks for supporting us!<br />Oakridge Farms]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.oakridgeberries.com/blog/11628]]></link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:55:20 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oakridge Update!]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>If you have not visited us in a while the farmstands are once again over flowing with fresh produce!&nbsp; We have sweet corn, tomatoes, green beans, yellow beans, eggplant, cucumbers, summer squash, basil, beets, carrots and garlic (yes we did grow garlic this year!), as well Michigan blueberries.<br /><br />August means tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes!&nbsp; All of our tomatoes are field grown on our farm and we have serveral varieties available including heirlooms and a rainbow of cherry tomatoes.&nbsp; We are about 1-2 weeks away from fulfulling bulk orders for tomatoes, we will keep you updated as the supply increases. "Not-quite-perfect" tomatoes are available at the farm for a reduced price of <span style="text-decoration: underline;">only</span> $.50/#&nbsp; This is a great deal for making fresh salsa or grabbing a ready to eat tomato.<br /><br />We also wanted to tell you about a great FREE oppurtunity at the Neenah Public Library to learn about keeping the harvest.&nbsp;<span class="messageBody"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> "Food Preservation" with Christine Kniep, UW Extension Family Living  Education. Monday, August 15 @ 6:30 p.m. Learn to can, freeze &amp;  dehydrate fresh fruits &amp; vegetables!</span></span></span></p>
<p>Our Cty A farm stand has been open for self service only with limited veggies, but will be fully stocked again beginning tomorrow!</p>
<p>Potatoes, melons, peppers and onions are coming soon!</p>
<p>Thanks for supporting us, YOUR local farmers!<br /><br />Oakridge Farms</p>]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.oakridgeberries.com/blog/11435]]></link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:34:02 -0500</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
