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CSA 2008 Membership

We are offering three CSA memberships for the 2008 season. Call us to join or reply using this form.

In addition to our produce, your membership benefits include:

Recipes and ideas for using your produce every week are posted to our Web site.
Storage and preserving tips
Invitations to farm events
10% discount on additional produce purchases and events

Spring subscribe
March 2 through May 4
10 weeks
$150
You receive a selection of cold-hardy salad and oriental greens, early vegetables, and herbs. Weekly harvest may include asparagus, rhubarb, lettuce, spinach, arugula, radicchio, Swiss chard, kale, a variety of oriental greens, herbs, such as French sorrel, and edible flowers. Pickup points are the farm in Carnation and Microsoft Redmond campus Bldg 110.

Summer subscribe
May 11 through September 21
20 weeks
$675
Each membership provides enough fresh produce to supplement a non-vegetarian family of four for one week. You receive a variety of freshly picked vegetables, fruit, and herbs. Periodically you receive value-added products, such as pesto, jam, or goat cheese. You may pickup at the farm, Carnation and Broadway (Seattle) Farmers Markets, or Microsoft Redmond campus Bldg 110.

Fall subscribe
September 28 through November 30
10 weeks
$350
Fall brings root vegetables, greens, winter squash, apples, pears, quince, cider and other value-added products. You may pickup at the farm, Carnation and Broadway (Seattle) Farmers Markets, or Microsoft Redmond campus Bldg 110. Note that our farmers markets close before the end of our season, so we will need to make other pick up arrangements for those last few weeks.

What is Community Supported Agriculture?

Introduction

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a partnership between a local farmer and a group of shareholders (or subscribers) who pledge to buy a portion of the farm’s crop. The movement began in Europe and Japan 30 years ago, but the first CSAs in the U.S. were established in 1986 in New England.

CSA is about caring for the Earth

Proper tending of the environment is the concern and responsibility of every individual. It is in the consumer’s interest to support local organic farmers so that they can grow the highest quality, most nutritious food while preserving the highest environmental quality and soil health.

When no herbicides, pesticides, or synthetic fertilizers are used, ground water pollution and toxic residues on food are avoided. CSA offers the opportunity to reconnect with the rhythms of nature by eating produce when it is in season.

CSA is about your health

Healthy soil means healthy food. Crops grown in fertile soil are higher in food quality. There is increasing evidence that the biological quality of plants is vitally important to human health. Many studies indicate that diets rich in fruits and vegetables can lower the risk of many serious health problems. In addition to being low in calories and fat and packed with fiber, fruits and vegetables are rich in sources of antioxidants, which help neutralize free radicals that damage cells and speed the aging process. The broader the range of fruits and vegetables consumed, the stronger the protective benefits.

CSA is about community

Consumers and farmers work together. While the farmer is tending the Earth on behalf of others, consumers share the costs of supporting the farm and share the risk of variable harvests and the over-abundance of a particularly fruitful season. Membership in a CSA is based on shares of the harvest. Members subscribe or underwrite the harvest for the entire season in advance.

Each CSA farm is unique and tailored to the needs of its community. Families with children are often welcome at CSA farms and many host local school groups for nature study or art classes in the garden. Many CSA farms help educate consumers in how to shift their diets to include more fresh produce and how to store or preserve for winter months.

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