NATURALLY GROWN.
LOCALLY PRODUCED.
CERTIFIED ORGANIC.
LOCALLY PRODUCED.
CERTIFIED ORGANIC.
Based on our experience with a multitude of wonderful local
food enthusiasts we've developed some indicators to predict
whether 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. If you currently do not cook a lot,
you may seemed overwhelmed with the amount of vegetables you
receive. We've had members join to force them to cook more and eat
differently. Believe it or not, it seems to work very well.
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 members' 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 temperatures are
lower than average, we might be able to deliver lettuce and spinach
twice as often as a 'hot' year. Some seasons we have a lot of summer
squash and very little spinach. One year, we had very few beets, but a
lot of late cucumbers. 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.
food enthusiasts we've developed some indicators to predict
whether 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. If you currently do not cook a lot,
you may seemed overwhelmed with the amount of vegetables you
receive. We've had members join to force them to cook more and eat
differently. Believe it or not, it seems to work very well.
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 members' 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 temperatures are
lower than average, we might be able to deliver lettuce and spinach
twice as often as a 'hot' year. Some seasons we have a lot of summer
squash and very little spinach. One year, we had very few beets, but a
lot of late cucumbers. 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.
CSA - Is Small Potatoes CSA For Me?
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You are open to new foods. You will undoubtedly receive vegetables
that are unfamiliar to you. If you are open to this, to take the
opportunity to ask other members how they prepare unfamiliar foods or
check out recipes cataloged at our website from past years, you will do
fine.
You want more than food for your money. Although you may save
20%, or more on average, 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.
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.
that are unfamiliar to you. If you are open to this, to take the
opportunity to ask other members how they prepare unfamiliar foods or
check out recipes cataloged at our website from past years, you will do
fine.
You want more than food for your money. Although you may save
20%, or more on average, 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.
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.
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