Community supported agriculture csa is a unique collaboration connecting people to a local farm and farmer. We thank so many of you for your continued support and look forward to creating new relationships and partnerships. Mar 05, 2014 every spring, asta sinusas, a 39yearold public relations professional in new york city, shares in the joys and disappointments of being a farmer. Csa members contribute to that mission while enjoying their own share of the farms bounty. Unlike a simple retail transaction, a csa is a partnership that shares not only the bounty but also the challenges the farmer may experience related to weather, pests and disease. The farm supplies the regional food bank of neny and its participating agencies with diverse, fresh. At warner farm, we offer a 20week csa from midjune through october.
Helderberg hilltowns association po box 59 knox, ny 12107. The csa at penn farm lasts from late june 25 to august 27 10 weeks. Patroon land farm csa helderberg hilltowns association. Our csa is a great way for penn farm and william penn high school to provide a valuable service to our. Harvie is a software platform that helps csa farmers meet their customers. Localharvest helps you find local, organic, farmfresh food near you. Pinehold gardens is a small diversified 21 acre farm in the metropolitan area of milwaukee, wisconsin, 20 minutes from downtown. We incorporated livestock to the farm over the last in five years, providing responsibly raised proteins to our members. How to start a community supported agriculture mother. We do not take credit cards due to the additional fee to the farm. Each week, members of the csa pick up an allotment of produce. Our csa subscriptions offer families the opportunity to support a true minnesota family farm, where we work together as a family to provide our csa members with the best and first fruits of our 100% pasture based farm. Csa payments must be made by electronic check or regular paper check. We grow most of the produce for the csa ourselves as well as partner with other local farms to supplement our shares and to.
Click these links to learn more about the fantastic farm and garden calculator and our grow your own csa. If youre a member who needs to make changes to your account, head to our online store and log in using your username and password. Emails to members are done through the software and logged on the farm s blog also on the website. It streamlines the office so you can focus on farming. This is a great opportunity for the fruit lover who wants to ensure reliable and economical access to local organic fruit. Patroon land farm is a local csa farm in voorheesville, new york. Table of contents tips and ideas to build better csa farms. Every farm is different and every csa is reflection of that farm and its supporting community. We met in 2009 while living in chicago, and wanted to build a better life together in a way that was good not only to us, but also the community and the environment.
Csa programs have become a great alternative for obtaining highquality food from a trusted local farm. The patroon land farm, n153 kecham road, voorheesville, 7863691. Harvesthand building local food communities csa software. Volunteers needed at patroon land farm in knox the altamont. Please keep in mind that while membership in a csa farm means sharing in the bounty of the season, it also means sharing in the risks. At highwater farm jeff, danielle, and their five kids work hard to be good stewards of the land. A csa community supported agriculture is a way for the community to form a relationship with a local farm. Pahl farm csa members develop a relationship with the farmer who grows their food and learns more about how their food is grown. Before signing up for our csa, i imagined a lucy show in the kitchen, where i was stuffing. Community supported agriculture csa is a production and marketing model whereby consumers buy shares of a farms harvest in advance. Community supported agriculture csa is an attempt to address the many problems of modern agriculture by redefining the relationship between the farmer, consumer and the natural biological systems which comprise a farm. Harvest hand integrates csa management software with a template for the farm s web page. We do include a convenience fee of 3% to cover our cost.
Structure edit communitysupported agriculture farms in the united states today share three common characteristics. There are 3 vegetable share sizes to choose from, and we deliver to 5 pickup locations on tuesdays and thursdays in the greater boston area as well as to the millstone farm market in sunderland, ma. Growing pauline willimans vision for the patroon land farm the. How farm farm csa works our farm is not usda certified organic, but we follow all of their guidelines. I suspect that a good portion of existing csas like the one i belong to operate without any kind of signed written agreement between the farm and its subscribers.
You do not need to pay by credit card to sign up onlineyou can sign up on line and still pay by check. Every spring, asta sinusas, a 39yearold public relations professional in new york city, shares in the joys and disappointments of being a farmer. When i learned that our farmer was ending his program this year, i headed to. It is an alternative socioeconomic model of agriculture and food distribution that allows the producer and consumer to share the risks of farming. The term csa is also used to refer to an individual farms csa program. Signup and pay online, increase weekly sales with online shopping, automate to build your farm business harvesthand csa software was built by farmers for farmers. When you become a csa member, you agree to support the costs of running the farm in exchange for a share of the harvest. The patroon land farm is a farm owned by the patroon land foundation and is dedicated to preserve the land as farmland, to the production of food for the needy and to provide opportunities for agricultural education. Find out where your nearest community supported agriculture csa farm is or put your own farm on our map.
We strive to provide our community with access to fresh, healthy, and locally grown organic produce through community supported agriculture csa subscriptions, farmers markets, and local grocery stores. It is sometimes described as a vegetable coop, a weekly box delivery, a vegetable of the week club, or a produce subscription program, but we refer to it as community supported agriculture, csa. Patroon land farm in knox has helped feed hundredsofthousands of hungry. Shareholders take a risk along with the farmer on the crop. Friday will be the last day to purchase a csa this year. An archive of the sessions from the 2014 csa expert exchange beginning farmers held march 6, 2014. Customers also get exposure to new vegetables and new ways of cooking. In 2008, the regional food bank initiated a community supported agriculture csa. Pahl farms is thrilled to announce that our 2019 community supported agriculture program offers 29 convenient csa pick up locations. We sell to food coops, home delivery services in skagit, whatcom, and snohomish counties, and to the skagit food distribution centers food bank.
The farm supplies the regional food bank of neny and its participating agencies with diverse, fresh produce. Blackberry meadows is a certified organic farm located near pittsburgh, pennsylvania. As you partner with the farm, your membership also supports the growth and distribution of farm fresh produce to the hungry through member agencies of the food bank. Communitysupported agriculture csa model is a system that connects the producer and consumers within the food system more closely by allowing the consumer to subscribe to the harvest of a certain farm or group of farms. Since 2001, the patroon land farm on ketchum road in knox has been. Besides operating a community supported agriculture csa program, we sell our produce at our farm stand, open from july until midnovember, at 1807 e.
We are so excited as the 2020 season will be our 9th year of offering our community supported agriculture csa subscription program. As a mature community, landen has managed to keep its charm and maintain its beauty through its homeowners association, the landen farm community services association csa. Communitysupported agriculture csa is a food production and distribution system that directly connects farmers and consumers. Customers get to eat ultrafresh food with all the flavor and vitamin benefits. Were a community of 45 farms and we have a 97% retention rate. Our mission is to preserve the land as farmland, provide hands on farm experiences for young people, and to provide the food bank with fresh, local, high quality. Csa members contribute to that mission while enjoying their own. Please view the link below to learn more about our csa program. Once the csa season starts, our csa share members enjoy our harvest by picking up a weekly box of produce during the late spring, summer, and fall. A share will be enough for a family of 4 to have vegetables through the week. Market farm forms information, software, spreadsheets for local marketing and csa. Farm stand share is a customizable on demand share an excellent option if you only want apples this year we are pleased to present a full season june november monthly csa program.
Csa members reap the rewards of abundant harvests, but also share the farms risks due to natures uncertainties. Click here for our share options and pricing learn about our norisk guarantee or view our csa photo gallery below. Youll be amazed at the diversity of selection from week to week. Market farm forms information, software, spreadsheets. This upfront investment provides early revenue for the farm, helping us to buy seeds and pay employees. The farm is located on ketcham road in the town of knox, near thacher park in albany county, ny. Information, software, spreadsheets for local marketing and csa.
By participating in our csa or buying a share, you will receive fresh produce weekly. By purchasing a share at powisset farm, csa members support the farm, create community, and have access to fresh, local, and healthy produce. In exchange for your payment, you will receive a variety box of super fresh and chemicalfree produce once a week for 19 weeks in the main season, with the option to. The patroon land farms core purpose is to grow food to feed hungry people. The regional food bank, in partnership with the patroon land foundation, is developing a selfsustaining farm that grows large quantities of high quality. A portion of the farm is devoted to growing fresh, nutritious food for the regional food bank and the agencies and hungry people it serves. In response to growing interest in our fresh fruits and vegetables, in 2008 we began to offer summer communitysupported agriculture shares through our promised land csa, adding a winter version in 20.
Fruit share patroon land farm our fruit share is supplied by. You can now search by entering postcode and also search for different types of produce. Our csa began in 2009 when the organization itself was merely a seed. Before harvest, the software aggregates a harvest list for the farmer as well as prints out order labels for the csa boxes. With only 2 acres in production, we can achieve a level of quality, taste, and freshness that larger farms cannot match. Join the patroon land farm csa patroon land farm csa registration 2019 we prefer that you register online our new software makes your sign up and our processing a simpler, comprehensive process. By growing this produce, the food bank is able to fulfill the patroon land foundations mission. Patroon land farm csa specializing in vegetables and herbs. Community supported agriculture csa resource guide for. Csa theory purports that the more a farm embraces whole farm, wholebudget support, the more it can focus on quality and reduce the risk of food waste.
In 2007, we started our csa community supported agriculture operation with 100 members, and are currently growing for 350 summer shares and 100 winter shares. Link in our bio to the csa page on our website for more information. Click h ere to find out learn about our pickup locations here. Csa members contribute to that mission while enjoying their own share of the farm s bounty. In exchange for your payment, you will receive a variety box of super fresh and chemicalfree produce once a week for 19 weeks in the main season, with the option to join a 6 week winter extension program. We plan virtually all crops around the 20 week csa season. Our 2020 csa farm share program is fully enrolled for the 2020 season. The land stewardship project is not a certification agency for community supported agriculture farms and does not guarantee customer satisfaction.
Consumers become csa members by paying an agreed amount at the beginning of the growing season, either in one lump sum or in installments. At seps, our csa members buy their share in advance of the growing season. Includes sessions by dave liker gorman farm on surviving the early years of your csa and sarah jones broadfork farm on finding and buying land for your farm. Our csa families are treated to the very best of our farm, not the leftovers. Choice csa is web based software that allows customers of csa farms to choose what will be in their csa box each week. Weve made an exciting change to our patroon land farm share program. We cover all areas of farming from raising chickens and goats to mushroom production. How to start a community supported agriculture mother earth. Csa growers may make weekly deliveries to distribution points. Csaware is the cream of the crop in csa management software. Csas have become a popular way for communities to support local farmers, hence the name. Csa membership commitment i wish to strengthen the local food system in boulder county by becoming a member of the red wagon farm csa. Patroon land farm csa registration 2019 we prefer that you register online our new software makes your sign up and our processing a simpler, comprehensive process.
As a property owner in landen, you are a member in the landen csa, which gives you a voice and the opportunity for an active role in the governance of your community. Sep 26, 2014 csa members receive a share of the farm s bounty. The patroon land farm s core purpose is to grow food to feed hungry people. Minnesota csa program pahls market community supported. Harvie is a software platform that helps csa farmers meet their customers needs. Although the majority of the farm s production is allocated to the food bank, we have sold 375,000 pounds of produce through a community supported agriculture program and an onsite farm stand, both of which help to offset the farm s expenses. Whether you are new at starting a csa farm, or already have experience, this downloadable tool can help simplify your planning. Farm is managed by the regional food bank of northeastern new york to grow fresh produce for member agencies serving. Often, the signups just specify how many weeks are included in a full or half share, a description of the contents of a typical weeks box, and the price for such. Fruit share patroon land farm our fruit share is supplied. Our neighbors in the rochester area team up with us by buying a membership in our csa program in the early spring.
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