Eating With the Seasons: Food, Soil, Weather & Health & Why Coast Peak Coffee
Hello, friends and neighbors,
Food is the one thing every living person needs—but eating should be about more than simply consuming enough to fill our stomachs. We should be eating to nourish our health, support the land, and help our communities survive.
Nature provides different foods throughout the year for a reason. Sunlight, rainfall, soil temperature, daytime heat, and cool nights all influence when a crop grows, ripens, and develops its best flavor. A tomato needs summer warmth, while leafy greens become sweeter during cooler weather. Every season brings us something different, and that variety helps us enjoy a wider range of nutrients, colors, flavors, and textures.
When we eat seasonally, we are working with nature instead of constantly demanding that food be produced outside its natural growing cycle. Seasonal food can be harvested closer to ripeness, travel fewer miles, and reach our tables fresher and full of flavor.
But where our food comes from matters just as much as what we eat.
We should be eating food grown in soils we know, by farmers and ranchers we know and trust. Healthy food begins with living soil and clean water. Farmers who truly understand what it takes to grow clean, safe, fresh food also understand that protecting the health of our soil and water is vital to every living being.
This is not just about producing more food. It is about survival—ours, the farmers’, the soil’s, and the generations that will come after us.
At Nature’s Touch Nursery & Harvest, we work with farms and farmers who share these values, including our own Nature’s Farm. We believe in caring for the soil, protecting clean water, respecting the seasons, and providing food that we are proud to feed to our own families.
Our Harvest Boxes are created around what California farms are harvesting each week. The contents naturally change with the weather and seasons, giving you an opportunity to eat a greater variety of fresh fruits and vegetables throughout the year.
COASTAL PEAKS COFFEE—GOOD COFFEE FROM GOOD PEOPLE
I carry Coastal Peaks Coffee because it tastes wonderful, it is roasted by good, honest, ethical people whom I feel proud to support—and it never hurts my stomach.
Knowing the people behind our food and drinks matters. Coastal Peaks purchases green coffee beans and roasts them in its own micro-roastery, creating fresh, flavorful coffee with care.
The Whole Bean French Roast Deep Mahogany is dark, rich, and currently available for $14.99. Add a bag to your Harvest Box or pickup order while it is available.
CLICK HERE TO ORDER COASTAL PEAKS COFFEE
SMALL OLIVE LOAD PRESSING DAY
Small Press Day will be held on Saturday, October 31, beginning at 8:00 a.m.
New location:
6465 Hog Canyon Road
San Miguel, CA 93451
Pressing will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis. Before bringing your olives, please carefully check them for fruit-fly and frost damage.
If you need help evaluating your olives or have questions before Press Day, please call or text me at 805-712-3478. I am more than happy to help.
DELIVERY VACATION NOTICE
All deliveries and pickups are running normally this week.
There will be no pickups or deliveries from Friday, September 25 through Saturday, October 3.
Our normal pickup and delivery schedule will resume Monday, October 5.
REGULAR PICKUP SCHEDULE
Templeton
Tuesdays, 2:30–3:45 p.m.
Clavo Wines
315 S. Main Street
Templeton, CA 93465
Atascadero
Tuesdays, 4:00–5:00 p.m.
Valley Fresh Market parking lot
1855 El Camino Real
Atascadero, CA
Paso Robles
Wednesdays, 2:00–5:00 p.m.
843 Seventh Street
Paso Robles, CA
Please arrive during the scheduled pickup window. Local delivery and meet-me appointments are also available.
Place your order at:
https://naturestouchnurseryandharvest.store
Questions or special requests?
Call or text Melanie at 805-712-3478.
Thank you for trusting us to help feed your family. Every order supports California farmers, healthier soil, clean water, local food security, and a food system built on relationships—not just transactions.
Eat with the seasons. Know your farmer. Protect the soil. Nourish your health.
With gratitude,
Melanie
Nature’s Touch Nursery & Harvest
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