Join us for another year of fresh food, good health and community fun! Our first year of operating a 20 member CSA was a success, so this year we're expanding our membership. Now that we have time to reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of our first season, we are looking forward to building on what we started in 2008. And that means nurturing the CSA organism—improving the overall experience and connection with us farmers and the farm itself, as well as expanding the opportunities and items we offer. Next season, in addition to the veggies, we hope to offer bread, meat, home-brew, and herbal shares (dried herbs/spices, tea blends and tinctures)—all of which are produced right here in Barnard. Moreover, we aspire to cultivate more member participation in the form of community potlucks with different themes, member workdays, and hope to generate excitement around exchanging recipes, pictures of your culinary creations and personal reflections on this blog. We also aspire to make Thursday’s pick-up more than just an exchange of vegetables, but also a festive gathering, something to do with the family, a celebration of food and community.
The pick-up this year will be in the Barnard village behind the red farm house that is next door to the Unitarian Church and across the street from the fire station. We are only offering a one size "Regular SHARE", and have decided to implement a sliding scale and increase the cost to $400--$450 for the sustainability of us farmers. What you pay within this scale is up to you. In addition to the bounty of vegetables distributed on Thursdays, members will be able to harvest green beans, snap peas, cherry tomatoes, hot peppers, herbs and cut flowers in the U-pick garden.
Quick CSA History and Philosophy:
The CSA concept was born out of a mosaic of influences, but is often traced back to the economic ideas of philosopher/scientist, Rudolph Steiner and the cornerstones of Biodynamic Agriculture. In the 1970's various forms of the CSA model began sprouting up in Japan and Europe in response to decreasing food safety and the disappearance of farmland and farmers. It wasn't until 1986 that the CSA model spread its roots on two farms simultaneously in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. It has spread so rapidly that today there are over 1,000 operating CSA's in the U.S. The foundation philosophy of this growing movement lies in directly linking producers with consumers so that the latter is engaged with both the process and the risk of growing food.
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