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What is HVF's Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Program? Harvest Valley Farm's CSA program is a unique way of marketing seasonal fresh fruits and vegetables to local community members. We have two different types of CSA programs which are farm pick-up and city drop-off. Farm pick-up is when a memeber comes directly to the farm and is able to choose a certain amount of produce from a display which is set up like a farmers' market stand. City drop-off is when we choose the fruits and vegetables that are in season to put in the share. We then drop off 20 - 30 shares at a designated drop site in the community which is usually a volunteers members home. Payment for the produce sold through these two different CSA programs is a set price for once a week for 24 weeks of the growing season (May-November). For example, we charge $480.00 which then turns into $20.00 dollars worth of produce a week. There
are multiple reasons why one should join our CSA in place of just purchasing
our produce at the Farm Market or Farmers' Markets. Beside recieving the
most produce per dollar spent, the number one reason that our members
favor the CSA program is because it allowss them to bring fresh
fruits and vegetable to thier home. Some other top reasons are the farmer
to consumer relationship, quality of the produce/longer shelf life, variety
of produce, and the education about local diversified farming in general
through our summer farm tours, and our weekly newsletter. If you want more information about our CSA specific locations or procedures click here or contact us. |
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