NATURALLY GROWN.
LOCALLY PRODUCED.
CERTIFIED ORGANIC.
LOCALLY PRODUCED.
CERTIFIED ORGANIC.
Based on our experience with a multitude of wonderful local food
eaters, we can anticipate whether you'll be satisfied with being a
Small Potatoes CSA member. Below are some indicators that you'll
enjoy being a part of the farm.
You cook or want to cook more. The real treat of having fresh, organic
food is the flavor, color, texture and freshness. Taking the time to prepare
and eat it (or chop it, roast it, freeze it for winter) - especially with family
and friends - is important. Being open to more cooking and better eating
habits, rather than heating or microwaving, is just as good. Eating is a social
act.
You are open to seasonal and local eating. We grow a variety of crops.
As the season progresses, one crop comes into being, while another fades
away. Although we keep track of member's preferences and devote crop
space accordingly, some crops just do better (or worse) depending on
temperatures, rainfall, and natural insect and disease populations. For
example, some years when high temperatures are lower than average, we
might be able to deliver lettuce and spinach twice as often as a 'hot' year.
Last season we had a lot of summer squash and very little spinach. Each
year is different. The important thing to keep in mind is your willingness to
eat what naturally does well according to the environment and time of the
year. Eating is an seasonal and geographic act.
You are open to new foods. You will undoubtedly receive vegetables you
are not familiar with, maybe even some you don't (think you) like. Take the
opportunity to ask other members how they prepare unfamiliar foods,
check out recipes cataloged at our website from past years. Eating can be
an experimental act.
You want more than food for your money. Although you will save 20%,
or more, buying food through the CSA when compared to similar food
available at retail prices, it is not just food, per se, that our members
receive. Part of the share cost goes toward maintaining and improving
biological diversity, such as prairie reconstruction, tree and shrub planting,
building bird and bat houses, among other activities. We view our farm as a
whole, rather than strictly as production output. At least in the short-term,
we deliver less food to you to make room for cover crops to build soil and
long-term fertility. We expect you to expect us to leave this farm in better
shape than we found it - on your behalf. Eating is an environmental act.
You want to be a part of and support a different kind of food system.
We are a small part of an alternative food system, but what we are doing is
very consequential and real to us as individuals. By making this CSA work
well, both farmers and eaters can reconnect to the land; keep our hard
earned food dollars in our communities; support sane, local, organic
agriculture; and be an example of how we can connect our values to our
actions. Eating is a moral act.
eaters, we can anticipate whether you'll be satisfied with being a
Small Potatoes CSA member. Below are some indicators that you'll
enjoy being a part of the farm.
You cook or want to cook more. The real treat of having fresh, organic
food is the flavor, color, texture and freshness. Taking the time to prepare
and eat it (or chop it, roast it, freeze it for winter) - especially with family
and friends - is important. Being open to more cooking and better eating
habits, rather than heating or microwaving, is just as good. Eating is a social
act.
You are open to seasonal and local eating. We grow a variety of crops.
As the season progresses, one crop comes into being, while another fades
away. Although we keep track of member's preferences and devote crop
space accordingly, some crops just do better (or worse) depending on
temperatures, rainfall, and natural insect and disease populations. For
example, some years when high temperatures are lower than average, we
might be able to deliver lettuce and spinach twice as often as a 'hot' year.
Last season we had a lot of summer squash and very little spinach. Each
year is different. The important thing to keep in mind is your willingness to
eat what naturally does well according to the environment and time of the
year. Eating is an seasonal and geographic act.
You are open to new foods. You will undoubtedly receive vegetables you
are not familiar with, maybe even some you don't (think you) like. Take the
opportunity to ask other members how they prepare unfamiliar foods,
check out recipes cataloged at our website from past years. Eating can be
an experimental act.
You want more than food for your money. Although you will save 20%,
or more, buying food through the CSA when compared to similar food
available at retail prices, it is not just food, per se, that our members
receive. Part of the share cost goes toward maintaining and improving
biological diversity, such as prairie reconstruction, tree and shrub planting,
building bird and bat houses, among other activities. We view our farm as a
whole, rather than strictly as production output. At least in the short-term,
we deliver less food to you to make room for cover crops to build soil and
long-term fertility. We expect you to expect us to leave this farm in better
shape than we found it - on your behalf. Eating is an environmental act.
You want to be a part of and support a different kind of food system.
We are a small part of an alternative food system, but what we are doing is
very consequential and real to us as individuals. By making this CSA work
well, both farmers and eaters can reconnect to the land; keep our hard
earned food dollars in our communities; support sane, local, organic
agriculture; and be an example of how we can connect our values to our
actions. Eating is a moral act.
CSA - Is Small Potatoes CSA For Me?
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