Farm To Table, From Morgan’s Farm

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A giant delivery of Morgan's Farm kale to PositiviTea.
A giant delivery of Morgan’s Farm kale to PositiviTea.
Even if you haven’t shopped the farmstand at Morgan’s Farm, you may have eaten some of the good things that grow there: This summer, its produce has been on the menu at Ariane Kitchen & Bar and the vegan cafe PositiviTea in Verona, and at LuNello Restaurant in Cedar Grove.

The farm-to-table presence is a big step forward for Morgan’s Farm, which fed folks in our area from 1845 to 1985. Then, in 2013, it was revived as an organic farm by Verona residents John and Julie Ostering, who have been selling produce directly to consumers on Saturday mornings. “Now, some weeks we are delivering more than 40 pounds of kale to PositiviTea,” says John Ostering.

Morgan’s Farm should continue to be on the menu locally well into the fall: This past Saturday, the Osterings were getting ready to move a new crop of kale plants and other fall crops from the greenhouse into the fields.

Morgan’s Farm, located at 903 Pompton Avenue in Cedar Grove, is open Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through October. You can see what’s being picked on their Facebook page.

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Virginia Citrano
Virginia Citranohttps://myveronanj.com
Virginia Citrano grew up in Verona. She moved away to write and edit for The Wall Street Journal’s European edition, Institutional Investor, Crain’s New York Business and Forbes.com. Since returning to Verona, she has volunteered for school, civic and religious groups, served nine years on the Verona Environmental Commission and is now part of Sustainable Verona. She co-founded MyVeronaNJ in 2009. You can reach Virginia at [email protected].

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