Our CSA is Currently Full for the 2013 CSA Season! Thank you all for supporting Jess and I, and our small farm.
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$645 = 20 weeks of delicious organic fruits, veggies, cut flowers, recipes, newsletters, farm tours, movie nights and more…!
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Community Supported Agriculture is a way for the farmer to get a start on the season with a shared commitment from the community. Starting in January members will sign up for their share which covers anticipated costs and helps your farmers to absorb the initial expenses that happen at the beginning of the season. Starting in June, for 20 weeks/5 months you will pick a crate full of seasonal produce (usually 10-12 different items) each week at the farm. As farmers we’ve really come to love the CSA model as members share both the risks and benefits of food production and it keeps us all very connected to where our food is coming from and the practices we use.
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What our CSA is all about: Community, Health, Environment, Affordability
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Community- We delight in the chance to take time with our members during their farm pick up day! To catch up on weekly farm events, share cooking tips, talk recipes, etc… It is also a great time for our members to give, Ellie our family milk cow, a head scratch and for the kids to help us collect blue, brown and green eggs from the ladies of Chateau Poulet. Farm Pick-up is also an opportunity to meet other member and share over the common bonds of food, health and community!
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Health- (Probably farmer Brian’s favorite topic!) We are aware that our members join our CSA for a multitude of reasons, but it is clear that the most common denominator is health. Over the last few years we have seen some incredible transformations in our CSAers, whether it be a few inches from the waistline or a healthy blood test from the ole’ doc. We love hearing the stories and seeing the change first hand. And for our members who have children, well it is amazing how cool veggies become after farmer Jess pulls out the purple carrots, the magic color changing beans and the sweet mini yellow watermelons!
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Environment- We farm using common sense and we farm thinking about the future. It is for those reasons that we only use organic farming methods (okay… truth be told this is farmer Brian’s favorite topic!). We need healthy soil to have healthy plants and pasture. We need healthy plants and pasture to have healthy CSA members and we need CSA members to be part of our farm so we can invest in our soil and the process starts all over again. For us it is pretty simple. We are also committed to making a positive impact in the environment outside the farm by hand building our cedar farm crates from local and sustainably harvested western red cedar. By using glass jars for milk instead of plastic jugs, by reusing egg cartons and berry boxes and by using 100% compostable plastic bags. When we reuse we cut our costs and we help protect our environment.
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Affordability- During the 2012 CSA season we performed a cost comparison by adding up the cost of the produce in each weeks CSA crate and comparing it to our local organic markets and our members saved in excess of $300 on their produce over the course of our 2012 season. Not that we think our produce can be compared to that of the super market as ours is harvested by either farmer Jess or farmer Brian and given to you the very same day. You can’t beat the freshness of our produce! and to add on top of that a store can’t give you the sense of adventure and community that a local farm can.
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$645 / 20 weeks/ 3 people = $10.75 per person per week
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The Break Down:
Farm Pick up
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Farm pick up is an excellent way for members to get to know their farm and their farmers. Throughout our 20 week CSA season we will provide a bountiful crate containing of 9-12 different items, a list of what is in your crate and corresponding recipes aimed to inspire. You will pick up your first crate full of goodies at the farm on Wednesday May 22nd or Thursday May 23rd and continue to pick up every week until Wednesday October 2nd or Thursday October 3rd. We have also added a 3rd pick up day on Tuesday May 21st – October 1st. Farm pick up takes place every Wednesday, Thursday or Tuesday between 4-6pm. Everything on the farm operates on a first come first serve basis. That model fits best for our CSA as the earlier we know the better we can plan. The first 25 members to sign up and turn in their deposits will be added to our Wednesday farm pick up day and the second 25 to sign up and get in their deposit in will be added to our Thursday farm pick up day. The reason we assign pick up days is to balance our work load as the two of us can harvest a max of 25 shares per day. One CSA share picked up at our farm can meet the veggie/fruit needs of 2-3 adults and costs $645 ($32.25 per week). When divided between three people the cost comes to $10.75 per person per week. It is important to sign up and pay for your share as early as possible for two reasons: to reserve your CSA share, and to help your farmers absorb the initial expenses in the beginning the season.
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Home Delivery
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Allows those folks who would like to participate in the CSA but have varying schedules to become an important part of our farm. The Home Delivery season runs from Tuesday May 21st to Tuesday October 1st. Every week during our 20 week season we will deliver a bountiful crate full of 9-12 different items along with a list of what is in your crate and corresponding recipes aimed to inspire. The amount of food in each crate should meet the veggie/fruit needs of 2-3 adults and costs $725 ($36.25 per week). When divided between three people the cost comes to $12.08 per person per week . We can deliver to your door if you live within 6 miles of the burnside bridge in downtown Portland. Home deliveries will take place anytime before 6pm on Tuesdays. During the 2012 season we experimented with Home delivery and found it to be a perfect fit for many of our friends in the Portland area!
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Egg Shares
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Buy purchasing an egg share you are investing in our flock along with us. For your investment you should expect to receive one dozen eggs per week for our 20 week season. Our flock is 100% free range and fed a supplemental diet of organic/certified GMO free whole grains from Scratch & Peck, a local feed supply that we feel lucky to be working with. We keep 14 different heritage breeds in our flock in order to maintain the healthiest birds via bio-diversity, the corner stone of our farming methodology. We love our chickens and we love feeling deeply connected to a valuable source of essential fats and Omegas. Click this link to meet our chicken of the chicken of the week.
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For further questions, please check out our farm Q & A here!
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