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Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)

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Bluebird Farm Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)!  Customers join the farm by buying a share of the year’s harvest in advance.  Then, throughout the season, CSA members receive a weekly bounty of delicious fresh foods.  This is a great way to enjoy the bounty of a farm’s crops with your family. 

*CSA membership is full for the 2011 season. Please read our CSA info and then email us to be placed on our "CSA Interest" email list.  


About Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)

Community Supported Agriculture reconnects people with the farms that produce their food improving personal health, community vitality, and environmental stewardship.Customers purchase a membership in the farm at the beginning of the growing season.  Members receive a weekly box of seasonal produce, herbs, eggs, and chicken.  In addition you will receive recipes and cooking ideas in our newsletters for the food you receive.  

Do you want to eat fresh, healthy, local, chemical-free vegetables and herbs?

Become a member of Bluebird Farm Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)!


A CSA share is a wonderful way for you and your family to share the fresh, seasonal bounty of Bluebird Farm.  All of our food is chemical free and grown using organic methods (though not certified).  Your vegetables will be high quality and picked when they are ripe for better flavor, storage, and nutrition!  Grocery store food has travelled an average of 1,500 miles and has an age measured in days.  All food from Bluebird Farm will travel from our field to your kitchen in a matter of hours.

What is a share?
A share is a weekly box of fresh, seasonal produce, herbs, eggs, and chicken from Bluebird Farm. Every week the vegetable selection changes based on the vegetable season and weather conditions.  We offer large and small summer vegetable shares. A large share will feed two adults and two children with 20 weeks worth of wonderful seasonal, fresh vegetables (mid May- the end of September). A small share includes vegetables and herbs for two adults. Additional options include egg shares, and chicken shares.  If you purchase a chicken or egg share you will receive our pastured chicken or eggs in addition to your vegetables.

Is a CSA right for me?
  • A CSA is not right for all farmers or consumers.  It requires a desire for a participatory food system on both sides.  Every week the vegetable selection changes based on the vegetable season.  Some questions to ask yourself before joining the CSA are:
  • Do I like to cook fresh whole foods regularly?
  • Do I want to create meals out of the seasonal vegetables available each week?
  • Do I like and appreciate fresh, seasonal vegetables as opposed to what is available at the grocery store?
  • Do I want to know my farmer and my farm?
  • Do I want to participate in a rewarding food system?

As a Bluebird Farm CSA member you are a steward of local farmland and you invest in local food that is fresh, flavorful and safe.  We take great pride in our ability to grow good food; however, vegetable availability is always subject to weather, disease and pests.  Because of the diversity and variety of the vegetables we grow you can always expect wholesome food, even if there are growing setbacks.  Above all, you can always expect a bountiful share of our harvest on your table.  To learn more about our CSA and the CSA concept read on.

   Subscription Information (Description, Prices, Pick up info, Sign-up info)

CSA membership is full for the 2011 season. Please read our "Subscription Information" webpage  for sign-up info and then email us to be placed on our "CSA Interest" email list. 

If you can't sign up for our CSA , but are interested in fresh, local, healthy food raised using organic methods come see us at several local Farmers Markets every spring, summer, and fall.


Interested in other products?  Follow the link to learn more!  Bluebird Farm Products or Pastured Pork.  

 


 
            More information about CSAs
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/csa.html#info
http://www.localharvest.org/csa/
http://www.wilson.edu/wilson/asp/content.asp?id=804

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