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What is Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)? What does CSA membership involve? Although each CSA farm makes its own arrangements with its members and has its own expectations of them, being involved with a CSA operation always means sharing the rewards as well as the risks of farming. The rewards include: enjoying the freshest produce available, often harvested the same day you receive it; knowing where, how and by whom your food is being produced; having a direct connection with the people who produce your food; and supporting the kind of stewardship that is good for the land as well as its people. The risks include weather and pests. Though formidable for small, self-sustaining farmers, these risks are bearable when shared by a group of subscribers. By linking together through CSA operations, farmers and consumers alike can benefit from an agriculture that provides beautiful and bountiful food while preserving the ecological and social basis necessary for coming generations to be so blessed. Selecting a CSA • Location: The CSA farms listed in this directory are located throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin. You should keep in mind the driving distance when considering your level of involvement and the involvement expectations of the farm. • Pick-up site/Delivery Day: The CSA farms listed have various delivery or pick-up dates. Some farms will deliver your share to your door or to a common pick-up site, while others require you to pick up your share at the farm or help with share deliveries. • Length of Season/Number of Deliveries: The length of season and number of deliveries vary among the farms. Most begin in May or June and run through September or October. Some farms have an optional winter delivery for an additional cost. • Types of Produce and Other Food Items: All of the CSA farms offer a wide variety of seasonal vegetables. Some farms offer unusual varieties while others may add extras to their standard shares. Some farms may give members the option to buy honey, fruit, flowers, eggs, wool/yarn, meat or other specialties at an additional cost. • Opportunities for Involvement: Community building is an important part of the CSA approach; all farms encourage you to become involved. Most farms plan several farm events while others encourage their members to just “drop by.” Some farms expect involvement in the farm as part of membership. *Ideas and wording used for this list taken from MACSAC, the Madison Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition. Land Stewardship & You The Land Stewardship Project is a membership organization that is making this vision a reality by instituting programs that are rooted in the deep, fertile soil of communities like yours. Our members include people on farms, in the city and in suburbs. We are working with farmers, consumers, policy makers, businesses, academics, environmentalists and people concerned with justice in our society. The Community Supported Agriculture farms listed in this directory paid a fee to be included. This free publication is also made possible by the members of the Land Stewardship Project. We need your support to continue building and promoting a sustainable way of producing and consuming food. Join Land Stewardship Project today! For more information, contact us at: LAND STEWARDSHIP PROJECT
A Quick CSA Guide To purchase a share of fresh produce for the season,
Locating the Farms
The Farms BC Gardens We offer not only the convenience of home delivery but choices of extending your 14-week main season by adding spring and late season options and bi-weekly deliveries. Our 20-acre farm, bordered on two sides by creeks and trees abounding in wildlife, is located 100 miles west of the Twin Cities. BC Gardens has been certified organic since we started farming in 1998 and is certified by the Global Organic Alliance. We’ve recently formed a partnership with the Hendrickson Family Farm of Sauk Centre, which will be growing some of your root crops. They’re not certified organic, but have been growing without chemicals for over 20 years. Our goal is to offer members fresh, flavorful, homegrown food, produced locally and sustainably grown in a manner that nurtures you and the earth. Convenience, quality, variety, flavor and freshness are yours at BC Gardens. BC Gardens delivers... Big River Foods Cooperative The CSA will be 18 weeks of fresh vegetables and herbs. We offer full and half shares. The full share will be big enough to feed a family of four and a half share is enough for two, both shares delivered 18 weeks mid-June through mid-October. We are heavy on the standard vegetables and include recipes with a newsletter every week. MFA is also a member of Harvest for the Hungry, a program of the Emergency Food Network where you can donate money to have Big River Foods Cooperative produce taken to food shelves. Big Woods Farm A weekly half-bushel basket (8-25 pounds) of seasonal produce is available for pick-up at three locations: at the farm on Mondays, at Just Food Co-op in Northfield on Mondays or Thursdays, and in South Minneapolis near Lake Nokomis on Thursdays. In addition to a garden share, members may sign up for a share of award-winning sheep cheese from our neighbors at Shepherd’s Way Farm and an egg, free-range chicken, and/or Thanksgiving turkey share from L & R Poultry and Produce in Wanamingo Township. Two festivals are held each season: a height-of-the-summer garlic and vegetable cookout, and a fall pumpkin and winter squash harvest potluck. At the latter, members help pick the squash and pumpkins, and take home a cache for the winter plus jack-o-lanterns for the doorstep. Members are welcome to visit the farm most anytime, to work up a sweat in the garden or to simply wander about, enjoying the countryside. Pick-your-own flowers, cherry tomatoes, basil and green beans are offered as the summer progresses. Blackberry Community Farm A share of a 5/9-bushel box (average 16 pounds) of seasonal chemical-free produce is delivered for 16 weeks (mid-June through September). We will deliver more than 40 different kinds of vegetables, fruits and herbs. The focus will be on the basics, but members will also receive strawberries, raspberries, apples, a honey sample and a few surprises. Extra produce and honey may be available for sale. Tuesday pick-up sites will be at the Mississippi Market (622 Selby Ave., St. Paul) and Seward Co-op (2111 E. Franklin, Minneapolis). Friday pick-up sites will be Menomonie Market Food Co-op (Menomonie, Wis.), Patagonia (1648 Grand Ave., St. Paul) and Ecopolitan (2409 Lyndale Ave., Minneapolis). Members are welcome to visit or volunteer. Volunteers are invited to share a meal with us. There will also be a summer and fall farm festival. This farm season we are looking forward to sharing God’s blessing of health and love with you! • Apprenticeship/Employment Opportunities • Burning River Farm There will be 100+ memberships available for the 2008 season and the season will run 19 weeks from early June until mid-October. Deliveries will be made every Thursday and can be made to a drop-site or directly to your home or work. We have two box sizes: 3/4-bushel family share is ideal for two veggie-loving adults or a family of four; 5/9 single share is ideal for one to three people. Included in each delivery is a newsletter with stories from the field, a rundown of the week’s offering and recipes. Please contact the farm for a complete list of what will be growing and to see if you are within the delivery area. You can also find us every Saturday at the Mill City Farmers’ Market. Everything is grown naturally without harmful chemicals, with your health in mind. We had a great season last year. Please join us for another! • Apprenticeship/Employment Opportunities •
CSA Share options include a large or a small share, which consists of a Our large share is a good choice for couples or families who eat at home Some of our members split a large share with a friend, neighbor or Your CSA membership also includes recipes and a newsletter to keep you Just as most of us have a family doctor, your CSA share means you now Clinton Falls Farm is currently in the process of becoming certified Common Harvest Farm We grow 40+ different vegetables and herbs with an emphasis on the traditional favorites of green beans, potatoes, tomatoes and carrots. We typically deliver for a 20-week season, beginning the middle of June and finishing the season with a fall storage delivery in mid-November. In addition to our regular vegetable share, we offer honey and a fruit share. We have drop-sites in 13 Twin Cities locations, including seven sites in Minneapolis, four in St. Paul, one in Minnetonka, and St. Louis Park. We have a fall festival each season that includes folk dancing and a potluck. Our members are welcome to visit the farm at any time. Our members often tell us that the simple act of eating locally is something that gives them hope. Consider joining us in eating well from the goodness and bounty of the earth. • Apprenticeship/Employment Opportunities •
Community Homestead Incorporated Our season runs from the end of May to October. Boxes come in two sizes: “family” or “couple.” Additional items can be purchased online weekly and added to your weekly standard vegetable box including: flower bouquets, fruits, jams, eggs, beef, pork, bread, cookies, dairy-free baked goods, cards and coffee. Deliveries are made to nine sites in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Maplewood, Shoreview, Stillwater, Somerset and Osceola. No work or driving required. Visitors, families, groups and classes are very welcome to our organic dairy farm, gardens and community! Several festive events are planned throughout the year. Established in 1995, Community Homestead is a lively, nonprofit community of about 40 people. In six extended households, families live together with adults with developmental challenges. Rhythm, reliability and self-esteem are stressed in all our activities. Everyone has a varied schedule to meet their needs and those of the community. Between homemaking, bakery, woodshop and crafts, the farm and garden, there is an important place for everyone. All members are volunteers, receiving room and board and sharing a healthy lifestyle. Seasonal or long-term volunteers accepted. • Apprenticeship/Employment Opportunities • Cramer Organics Our season starts mid-June and goes to mid-October. Gorgeous leaf lettuces and salad mixes are one of our specialties. We also grow over 30 varieties of specialty cut flowers and they are sold as a separate seasonal share. We include many heirloom varieties of both vegetables and flowers. Our pick-up sites are Tuesday afternoons at the farm, and Saturday mornings at the Hopkins Farmers’ Market. Our farm is located about 18 miles west of 494 just off Hwy. 55. As a first-time member, you will receive the cookbook From Asparagus to Zucchini to help with using all your vegetables as well as providing storage tips and nutrient content. Additional recipes, farm news, health tips, and a list of box contents will accompany your weekly share. We would like to encourage more membership participation by scheduling some workdays, and also by inviting you and your families to come out and see your food growing in the field. We have an end-of-the-season potluck and are thinking about adding another family event towards the middle of the summer. We hope you’ll join us! Crazy Daisy We’re a family farm located in one of the best spots in the Twin Cities, about eight miles straight west of Highway 494 in Corcoran, past Plymouth. We have grown without chemicals for over 30 years. Your share in the season’s harvest will start in late June and run through to just after the first frost, which is usually in October. We offer two share sizes: the “Half Share” is the most popular option and is about enough to feed two to four people for a week; a “Full Share” is great for large families and those who are heavy vegetable eaters. Watch for extra “treats” such as fresh herbs and a weekly newsletter with information about the week’s harvest and our favorite recipes. Typically, there is an abundance of tomatoes, beans, cucumbers and corn that will be available for canning, freezing or pickling at no extra cost. If you’re partial to anything special let us know and we’ll try to fill your needs. For example, some enjoy juicing and would like extra carrots each week. We’re looking forward to meeting some new people in the 2008 season and in seeing our friends again! Give us a call to request a flyer with detailed crop information, price options and location. Culinary Delights Farm Community Supported Agriculture creates a direct relationship between a member and our farm—a partnership. In essence, it is a mutually beneficial arrangement, where in exchange for a member’s commitment to buy a share in our harvest, we commit to provide exceptionally high quality vegetables, herbs and fruits, and deliver a bountiful portion of it every week of the season. The members of our CSA program every week receive a share of fresh, naturally grown, in-season produce delivered to a convenient location. Our fruits, vegetables and herbs are harvested only hours before they are packed into a reusable box. By the next morning that box is out on delivery to our members, so they are receiving produce that barely 24 hours earlier was growing in the field. You can’t get much fresher than that. We are located northwest of the Twin Cities with delivery points in Maple Grove, Maple Grove/Champlin, Anoka, Fridley and Monticello, as well as pick-up at the farm in Big Lake. Our season runs over 18 weeks starting in late June and ending in late October. Call or e-mail us for member information and a sign-up form.
Driftless Organics Josh and Noah Engel started their organic vegetable operation when they were 10 and 8 years old, respectively. Now 15 years later, they are entering their second CSA season. Located in beautiful Star Valley, Wis., Driftless Organics farms 40 acres of Kickapoo Valley ground. We are certified organic and have been since 1994. In our day-to-day farming procedures, we strive to find a balance between sustainability and productivity without compromising organic integrity. As a Driftless Organics CSA member you can expect to enjoy an affordable weekly (or every-other-week) 5/9-bushel box (approximately 10-20 pounds) of fresh, certified organic produce. And we’re talking the kind of produce you really like to eat—like sweet corn, tomatoes, broccoli, sweet peppers, winter squash, sweet potatoes, strawberries and more. Added attractions include a weekly newsletter, recipes and coupons for discounted shiatsu massages at the Seward pick-up site! Our season is 19 weeks long, beginning the first weekend of June until mid-October. By the end of the season, you will have the option of buying a larger box of storage vegetables like potatoes, winter squash, carrots and parsnips to keep you going through the winter months. New to this year, we are offering grass-fed beef! Check out our website!
Earth Dance Farm For the 2008 season, we offer 50 memberships in the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Rochester areas. Sweet potatoes, leeks, raspberries and parsnips will be a few of the new crops in the bushel boxes this year. A limited number of egg shares are also available. Our chickens are pastured and naturally fed. Our season runs from mid-June through October with deliveries on Thursdays. We offer individual home deliveries and also have host family drop sites. We encourage members to visit the farm: work in the fields, walk the woods, or relax by the stream. We gather in the summer and again in the fall to celebrate the harvest, our lives and our relationships. Please contact us with any questions. We are excited about offering the freshest, tastiest and cleanest produce that we can. Although we are not certified organic, we would never consider using any methods that were not chemical-free. • Apprenticeship/Employment Opportunities • Featherstone Fruits & Vegetables The season runs from May through the end of October—distributing Grande and Chica shares of fruits and vegetables in pre-packed boxes. Drop-off days and times may change from year-to-year; 2007 deliveries were on Wednesdays (Winona and Rochester) and on Thursdays and Saturdays (Minneapolis and St. Paul). Members keep in touch with farm activities through a weekly newsletter, events and potlucks organized in member communities, and through farm visits, including a spring Strawberry Social (u-pick), Midsummer Salsa Workshop, and Fall Harvest Party. Featherstone has the unique opportunity to produce crops on tracts of farmland in the bluff country, in microclimates where they attain peak quality. We offer an amazing array of more than 40 types of vegetables; including leaf lettuce, salad mix, heirloom tomatoes, asparagus, broccoli, onions, peppers, carrots, peas, beans, potatoes and sweet corn. We also provide strawberries, rhubarb, raspberries, cantaloupes, and watermelons. In addition, we supply the boxes with a variety of herbs; including basil, cilantro, parsley, dill, oregano, tarragon, sage and thyme. New for the 2008 CSA Program: We intend to expand to 500 CSA shares as well as offer a winter share.
Footjoy Farm Summertime leads into the beans, zucchini, beets, carrots, cucumbers, melons, garlic, onions, shallots, potatoes, herbs and heirloom tomatoes. And so it goes through the fall. During the course of the season members may find miscellaneous treats and goodies in their boxes from time to time. Footjoy Farm, in addition to the CSA, grows food for many fine restaurants in the Twin Cities. We grow an abundance of tomatoes and when the season is on we invite members to come down to the farm and participate in canning projects. When the season allows for abundance we can provide extra quantities for the members to freeze or can in their own homes also. • Apprenticeship/Employment Opportunities • Foxtail Farm Foxtail Farm is located in the St. Croix River Valley south of Osceola, Wis., about 50 minutes northeast of the Twin Cities. For the 2008 growing season we have over 280 memberships available. Weekly shares include seven to 12 different vegetables and weigh 15-30 pounds depending on the season. We are heavy on the basics like Genovese basil, Super Sweet corn, Yukon Gold potatoes, tomatoes and salad greens. In addition, we include a little of the unusual. A weekly newsletter with recipes and farm news is also included. We also host a kids’ day and an annual fall harvest festival. Boxes are delivered on Thursday afternoons directly to your home or workplace in the northeast metro area, including much of St. Paul, Minneapolis and the St. Croix Valley towns of Taylors Falls, Osceola, Marine on St. Croix and Stillwater. A reduced price is charged if multiple boxes are dropped at a single location or if the shares are picked up at the farm. Our season runs from mid-June through mid-October and has averaged 19 weeks. Half shares are not available. A limited number of partial work-share memberships will be available. Payment plans can be arranged. • Apprenticeship/Employment Opportunities •
Fresh Earth Farms We utilize natural methods to grow healthy, nutritious, deliciously fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs. We use no synthetic chemicals; we nurture the soil and let nature do the rest. Unlike a traditional CSA, we provide a flexible approach that allows for families of all sizes—as well as small restaurants—to become members. We accomplish this by selling shares by household size. Single households buy one share. Couples buy two. A family of four gets four shares. Our produce selection each year is both traditional and unusual. On the one hand we provide food that is familiar and comfortable for most families. On the other hand, we also experiment with the unusual; we grow varieties that aren’t generally available in local stores or that are not typically grown here in Minnesota. At Fresh Earth Farms you will find more than 20 varieties of tomatoes, seven varieties of potatoes and 10 varieties of garlic. Typically we grow over 150 different fruits, vegetables and herbs. Be adventurous and try something new! In addition to our delicious vegetables, we also provide certified organic fruit; Fair Trade, certified organic coffee; grass-fed cheese, beef, pork and chicken. Drop-off sites include: Seward Coop, 2111 E Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55404; Ginkgo Coffee, 721 Snelling Ave N, St. Paul, MN 55104; Shoreview, Laura Ln; and South St. Paul, Apfelridge Court.Join Fresh Earth Farms today! Homegrown freshness, without getting dirty! Gale Woods Farm The CSA operation at Gale Woods is unique because it involves teenage youth from the nearby suburbs and the cities in growing produce for the shares. In addition to learning about sustainable agriculture, they are given leadership training opportunities and are inspired to create positive change in their home communities. Produce is also provided to needy families through the Mound West-Tonka foodshelf. Shareholders are encouraged to get involved with the farm for events such as maple syruping, lambing and calving in the spring, and assisting the youth farmers on workdays. The produce season runs from mid-June to early October. There are also egg and meat shares available. Shares are picked up at the farm. Gullywash Gardens Starting out the vegetable season with fresh salad greens and herbs, we add all the mid-season favorites of green beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet peppers and more, and close the season with winter storage crops such as fall squash, potatoes, carrots and onions. Our vegetable gardens are interspersed with flowerbeds and we also offer beautiful bouquets of specialty cut annual and perennial flowers. Our floral arrangements are created in shades of lovely pastels, hot dazzlers and autumnal tones. Some favorite flowers that we include are: bachelor buttons, lilies, snapdragons, delphinium, sunflowers, zinnias, ageratum and many more. Enjoy a beautiful pesticide-free bouquet each week to grace your home or office. Our season will run for around 16 weeks, with shares beginning in early to mid-June. Vegetable shares average a half-bushel. Floral shares are a generous bouquet. Drop-off sites are Lakewinds Co-op (Chanhassen), St. Peter Co-op (St. Peter), Cedar Summit Dairy Farm (New Prague) and on-farm pick-up in Belle Plaine. Gullywash Gardens is committed to environmentally sound farming practices, social responsibility and a sustainable food system.
Harmony Valley Farm Every delivery includes a newsletter with reports from the farm plus recipes and tips from our farm chef. We offer several payment options and nine Twin Cities delivery sites including: Bloomington, Plymouth, Maple Grove, Linden Hills/Fulton, Lyn-Lake/King Field, Powder-horn/Corcoran, Northeast Minneapolis/Windom Park, Como Park and Rosemount. Members are welcome to join us for lunch and a day at the farm anytime during the season. Our meadow is always available for overnight camping and we have several member events each season including a strawberry picking day, a summer barn dance and our fall harvest party potluck. Hog’s Back Farm Our regular season share is chock full of over 40 different crops including lettuce, corn, carrots, beans, tomatoes, peas, squash, potatoes, garlic, broccoli, beets, onions, melons and more. Our main season runs for 18 weeks, from June to October. Our share comes in a large reusable crate that, depending on the time of year, contains from six to 26 pounds of produce. Your share also includes our informative newsletter that tells you what’s in the box and what’s going on at the farm. We also offer our popular winter shares so you can extend the good eating later into the year. The winter share consists of five deliveries every other week from late October into December. The winter share overflows with cold-hardy crops like spinach, broccoli, cabbage and kale, as well as storage crops like carrots, potatoes, beets, squash, onions and garlic. We deliver shares on Thursdays to pick-up sites in Minneapolis, St. Paul, St. Louis Park and Hudson. Please visit our website for a sign-up form, to read the past year’s newsletters, or to contact us if you’d like to receive a brochure by mail. • Apprenticeship/Employment Opportunities • Ironwood Farm Farm membership includes a commitment to participate in one harvest day at the farm. On harvest days, members help in the field, share lunch with the other members and farmers, then pack the shares and deliver them to their drop-off sites. Members are also invited to come enjoy special events held at the farm throughout the season. Honey, eggs and soap are available for purchase at the farm. Soap shares are also offered as an option along with the vegetable shares. We deliver to Amery, Wis., on Tuesday afternoons and to Hudson, St. Paul and Northeast Minneapolis on Thursday afternoons. • Apprenticeship/Employment Opportunities •
La Finca In addition to our Summer Share, we offer Fall, Winter and Chicken Shares. The Fall Share (October-November) contains the best of the fall crops with plenty of veggies that can be stored throughout the early winter. Our new Winter Share contains many of the favorite summer and fall vegetables as well as prepared foods such as soups and pasta sauces. Vegetables for the Winter Share are harvested and processed at their peak of freshness and frozen for delivery in December and January. All of our shares are delivered to the pick-up sites mentioned above. Bring more organic vegetables and fruit to your table in 2008 by joining La Finca CSA! Nitty Gritty Dirt Farm We are intentional about our chemical-free and sustainable farming practices, including maximizing soil health through green and animal manures, compost, mulch, cover crops and crop rotations. We also use pesticide-free pest management to naturally monitor, prevent and control insects and other pests and maintain animal health and well being through the use of loose housing and pasture rotations. We are also intentional about creating community and personal well being through our connections with the land and its abundance and we invite you to share in that with us. Three farm festivals provide opportunities for visiting the farm to meet the farmers, learn about chemical-free farming, good land stewardship and sustainable living. Other farm activities include workshops in processing and spinning wool, knitting, canning, acoustic stringed instrument lessons and jam sessions. • Apprenticeship/Employment Opportunities •
North Creek Community Farm Have a farm you can call your “own!” Philadelphia Community Farm Located one hour northeast of the Twin Cities on the St. Croix River, we have CSA pick-up sites throughout the Metro area and the St. Croix Valley. Festivals are held in April, June and September. A unique Spring Share (April-May) features watercress, salad greens, occasional flowers and more. June-October shares (20-22 weeks) include over 40 types of vegetables and herbs: greens and lettuce, garlic, onions, peas, beans, cabbage, carrots, beets, broccoli, squash, corn, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, potatoes, etc. Extra vegetables for preserving are available, as are wool and yarn. Some financial assistance is available. We donate shares and surplus to area food shelves. Members are encouraged to help in the garden, visit the animals, or explore the 300+ acres of preserved forest, prairie, streams, as well as a waterfall. Canoes and a log retreat house are available for families and groups. • Apprenticeship/Employment Opportunities • Piney Hill Farm After a season selling at a local farmers’ market, growing vegetables and raising pork for our own wedding, as well as selling a minimal amount of shares to friends in Minneapolis, we are ready to expand and begin our CSA. Each week beginning in early June, you will pick up your share at a prearranged drop point. There will be drop points in Uptown, Seward Neighborhood and St. Paul. In addition, if you can get together four or more shares in your area, we will deliver to you directly. Each share will include 10-25 pounds of produce each week including eggplant, sweet corn and heirloom tomatoes. Some weeks there will be cut flowers and other extras. There will be two events at the farm for members, one in June and the other a harvest party in late August. We believe in sustainable farming practices and use no chemical pesticides, fertilizers or herbicides…because vegetables are supposed to be good for you! Also available as separate add-ons to your share are farm-raised, free-range pork, maple syrup, and Farmer-to-Farmer coffee from Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala (shade-grown and ethically traded). Ploughshare Farm Weekly deliveries to our CSA members include an array of garden staples, gourmet and specialty crops. As a family of six ourselves (four boys under the age of 11) we keep in mind what families want to eat. In order to assist families with the basics of eating “in-season” vegetables, we offer weekly newsletters telling about the goings-on at the farm and including recipes. We have cooking classes yearly, a farm festival in the fall, and all our members are welcome to visit the farm throughout the season. The name “Ploughshare” symbolizes how our work for justice is connected with our family’s passion for growing premium produce and being good stewards of the land. We deliver weekly from mid-June to mid-October. We have drop-sites at central locations in Minneapolis, Minnetonka, New Hope, St. Paul, St. Cloud, Fergus Falls and Alexandria. • Apprenticeship/Employment Opportunities •
Riverbend Farm All of our produce is certified organic and sustainably grown through cover crop and crop rotation systems, composting and the use of green manures. We are active in the Local Fair Trade Network as well. You can be sure that your CSA share will support your health as well as the health of our community. Our 18-week delivery season will provide you with a diverse array of delicious, fresh-from-the-fields, seasonal produce. We also grow many heirloom varieties to ensure that your meal plan will never lack in color, flavor or an abundance of choices. In addition, we offer extra produce (at an additional cost) for families interested in canning, freezing, etc., to ensure that their diet is as local as possible year-round. Shares available for pick-up at the farm on Tuesday evenings and local area co-ops on Wednesdays. Contact us or visit our website at www.rbfcsa.com for more information. • Apprenticeship/Employment Opportunities • Rock Spring Farm Our summer vegetable share contains eight to 14 items in meal-sized quantities. Many of our CSA members have found themselves eating more vegetables—with less fuss from the children—because of the freshness and flavor of our produce. And because we take pride in the cleanliness of our vegetables, it is simple to go from the box to the table. In addition to the standard CSA share, we offer an early Spring Share, a Winter Share (storage crops and salad greens from our greenhouses), and a Fruit Share. Our Friday afternoon delivery sites include Grand Avenue in St. Paul; 50th and France in Minneapolis; Seward Food Co-op and Linden Hills Food Co-op in Minneapolis; both Mississippi Markets in St. Paul; Lakewinds Natural Foods in Chanhassen; and Rochester. A weekly newsletter with farm news, information about the produce, and original recipes from our kitchen accompanies every box. Our produce is certified organic by the Midwest Organic Services Association. Certification is your guarantee that we not only act organic, we follow all of the rules that make “organic” a meaningful label. Spring Hill Community Farm We grow over 35 different vegetables and herbs and round out our vegetable production with a few beehives and a sugar bush for maple syrup. Our “Standard Share” typically includes 18-20 weeks of vegetables with an emphasis on the basics: carrots, potatoes, beans, tomatoes, onions and lettuce. We also offer an “Every Other Week Share” and a onetime “Winter Delivery.” Joining Spring Hill includes a work requirement. Each household comes to the farm at least once during the season to harvest and wash vegetables, visit with the farmers and other members and deliver packed bags of fresh veggies to the Twin Cities. Members are also welcome to participate in workdays and seasonal celebrations. We invite you to join us in our 17th season. You’ll experience the richness of this community, knowing the land on which your food is grown, and eating incredibly fresh, tasty vegetables. Sylvan Hills Farm Webster Farm Organics Salad Days is a 20-week subscription (May through September) of fresh salad greens, herbs, edible flowers, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, summer squashes, radishes, scallions and more. We pack in reusable muslin bags and deliver Thursday evenings to Twin City sites where we meet our members: Blue Moon Coffee Cafe, Lake and 39th, South Minneapolis—4:30 p.m.-6 p.m.; Garden of Eva, Marshall and Snelling, St. Paul—6:30 p.m.-7 p.m.; Linden Hills Co-op Home Store, 43rd near Upton, Minneapolis—7:30 p.m-8 p.m. We are developing a vibrant community around the farm and Friday evenings from 5 p.m-7 p.m. neighbors pick up their produce right here, as can any member by arrangement. All produce can be eaten fresh and we will give you smaller quantities of more varieties to accommodate small busy households. We offer a larger share as well. The season includes weekly newsletters, our favorite recipes and farm events. Our produce is fresh; our members are spoiled. Women’s Environmental Institute CSA Farm WEI provides a weekly bushel box delivery of organically certified produce to our members from mid-June to mid-October. Each box contains an array of seasonal vegetables, herbs, fruit, recipe ideas, environmental information, and a farm newsletter. We also operate an organic apple orchard and will be adding delicious organic apples to the box come fall. Our drop sites include Seward Co-op, Mississippi Market Food Co-op and other co-ops in the Twin Cities and central Minnesota area. Home deliveries are available by special arrangement. This year WEI has developed more classes and workshops for our Organic Farm School. Upon completion of our Farm School, successful student/intern graduates will receive a certificate in Beginning Organically-Certified Farm Management. We invite our members to visit the farm and participate in the food growing process. Watch for WEI’s Organic Farming Day (March), CSA Farm Picnic Day (July), Salsa Saturday (August), Fall Harvest Festival (October), and Cider Saturday (November).
CSA Resources The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program has compiled a nationwide listing of CSA farms. Go to www.sare.org/csa/index.htm to access the list. You can search for farms by state. You can also receive the free listing by writing to: CSA/CSREES, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Stop 2207, Washington, DC 20250-2207 (when writing, please specify whether you want the entire directory or just a list for your state). The Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association has a national listing of CSA farms; phone: 1-888-516-7797; website: www.biodynamics.com/csa.html. From Asparagus to Zucchini: A Guide to Cooking Farm-Fresh, Seasonal Produce,3rd Edition is a low-cost resource for anyone interested in using seasonal produce. This book contains more than 370 recipes and features 46 different vegetable and herb sections. To order this 200-page book, call 608-226-0300, or log onto www.macsac.org. Harvest for the Hungry is a program of the Emergency Foodshelf Network (EFN) that provides fresh, locally-grown produce to households facing hunger in our community. Harvest for the Hungry relies on donors and CSA members to help purchase produce from Minnesota and western Wisconsin farmers at wholesale prices. Your contribution will be evenly distributed among Harvest for the Hungry’s local farm partners, or you may designate your entire donation to a specific farm. For more information, visit www.emergencyfoodshelf.org or call 763-450-3869.
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