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We are a working urban farm that models, promotes and educates about sustainable food systems, environmental stewardship, community development and access to good food for all.

10/13/2026

We’re excited to welcome Chef Anthony Myint to our Harvest Festival! Anthony is a James Beard award-winning chef turned climate crusader and TED Speaker. He’s the co-founder and Executive Director of Zero Foodprint, a nonprofit establishing a Table to Farm Movement through collaborations with businesses, customers, government agencies, and farmers to scale regenerative agriculture. It’s a cause close to our hearts at the farm.

He’s cooking up a fall menu with plenty of local produce. There’s a black kale salad with brown rice, black garlic, and hearty mushrooms. He’s also making a grilled cheese with poblano chile, green tomato, and green Sichuan peppercorn on Grand Central Bakery | 🥖🥐🍴 Como bread, plus a simple grilled cheese for the kids. Everything’s $6.

Join us Saturday, October 17 from 1-4pm. Get your tickets at our link in bio

10/10/2026

Things got sticky on the farm this week! Our bees spent all summer pollinating the produce and flowers around the farm. Now that autumn’s here, it’s our turn to harvest. Gary the Bee Guy helped us pull frames from our hives and from our neighbors at Kindness Farm 🌿. Then he and his team showed us how to take only what the bees can spare, so they have enough for winter. After a spin in the extractor and a good strain, it’s ready for jars. 🍯🐝

Zenger Farm honey will be for sale at our Harvest Festival on Saturday, October 17. Get your tickets at our link in bio.

10/09/2026

Step right up for specialty pumpkins! Sylvia Battram of Circus Cascadia is bringing pumpkins, gourds, and dried flower wreaths to our Harvest Festival. She grows it all at The Battram Family Farm, her family farm just outside Gresham. You’ll find her vending from their circus tent. 🎪

Pick out something unique for your fall decor on Saturday, October 17 from 1-4pm. Every $10 ticket supports the farm. Grab yours at the link in bio.

10/08/2026

Our Harvest Festival is coming up Saturday, October 17 from 1-4pm. Musical guest Christopher Lazarek stopped by the farm to play a few songs before the event. Come make dried flower crowns and garlands, taste our hot peppers, and meet Gary the Bee Guy.

We’ll show you what fresh-pressed apple c***r tastes like with apples from Kiyokawa Family Orchards. Our farm market will be stocked with produce and preserves from right here at the farm and from our friend Storybook Farm. Don’t miss Sunshine Creek Farm's specialty pumpkins and decorative wreaths. Every $10 ticket helps keep local food within reach for our neighbors: https://event.auctria.com/ca940fac-99f8-4a73-b611-f11320bf3173/a809178051b511ea91bae14d12592328

10/06/2026

This week’s Sharecast is here! CSA members can expect bok choi, green tomatoes, red storage onions, stocky red roasting peppers, Giorgione radicchio, mizuna mustard greens, and broccoli in their share this Thursday. A few of the following might also make an appearance: eggplant, cilantro, hot peppers, and collard greens.

The season’s turning, and this is the last of the summer crops. We have a couple of tips to help you with this week’s share.

Those green tomatoes won’t ripen into anything worth waiting for, so use them as they are. They’re tart and crisp, closer to a tomatillo than the tomatoes you were getting just a few weeks ago.

If radicchio has ever defeated you, it’s the bitterness. Grill or roast it until the leaves char a little and it turns smoky and almost meaty. Or soak it in ice water for up to 30 minutes, then dress it with something sweet and acidic.

09/29/2026

This week’s Sharecast is here! CSA members can expect rainbow chard, heirloom tomatoes, purple cabbage, eggplant, poblano peppers, carrots, and fioretto cauliflower in their share this Thursday. A few of the following might also make an appearance: tomatillos, hot peppers, and sage.

Fioretto doesn’t look like grocery store cauliflower. It’s a sprouting variety developed in Japan, with long light green stems and small white florets. The stems stay sweet and tender all the way out, so it’s closer to broccolini than cauliflower. Mild, a little nutty, and good raw or lightly cooked.

09/28/2026

It’s harvest season at Zenger Farm! Join us Saturday, October 17 from 1-4pm for our Harvest Festival. Every $10 ticket keeps fresh local food within reach through our sliding scale CSA. While you’re here you can:
💐 Make a crown, wreaths, or bouquets from our dried flowers
🌼 String festive garlands with marigolds, eucalyptus and dried apple slices, or make your own pepper ristra
🫖 Create your own tea blend to enjoy throughout the winter
🍎 Turn apples from Kiyokawa Family Orchards into a stamp and make your own print
🌶️ Taste your way through our very own hot pepper gauntlet, if you’re feeling adventurous
🌱 Learn how to save seeds and take some home to get a head start on next year’s garden

There will also be live music throughout the afternoon and food available for purchase. Grab your ticket now: https://event.auctria.com/ca940fac-99f8-4a73-b611-f11320bf3173/a809178051b511ea91bae14d12592328

09/24/2026

Most peppers belong to summer, but poblanos feel like fall. Which works out, because we don’t want to turn the oven on to roast a pepper until the days get shorter anyway.

With most hot peppers, we know they’re ready when they hit their true color. Poblanos turn deep red at maturity, and at that point they’re called anchos. But we pick ours green, so color doesn’t tell us much. Instead we look at the shoulders. When they’re well developed and cup around the stem, the seeds and the spicy pith they cling to have come along far enough to give us the heat we want.

09/21/2026

This week’s Sharecast is here! CSA members can expect bok choi, romaine lettuce, Astiana sauce tomatoes, hot peppers, poblano peppers, and Petit Marseillais peppers in their share this Thursday. A few of the following might also make an appearance: celery, cabbage, kale, and carrots.

Last call for bulk tomatoes! The weather’s turning and our tomatoes are slowing down with it. If you’ve still got canning or preserving plans, email [email protected] with your order this week and we’ll have it ready at pickup.

09/20/2026

Volunteers needed! We’re taking part in Community Impact Week with Hands On Greater Portland this year. Join us Thursday, October 8th from 9am to 12pm to plant natives in one of our hedgerows and spread mulch.

Hedgerows earn their keep around here. They feed pollinators when our crops aren’t flowering and give birds a place to live. The plants you put in will eventually outcompete and shade out the invasive weeds like blackberry and garlic mustard.

No experience needed. Open to anyone 12 and up. Sign up at our link in bio.

Address

11741 SE Foster Road
Portland, OR
97266

Telephone

+15032824245

Website

http://www.zengerfarm.org/

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