What is a CSA ?
from Sunsmile Farms – photo Riverhill Farm
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a unique partnership between farmers and consumers sharing agricultural responsibilities to provide healthy food from a healthy environment. Consumers become members by buying a share of the harvest in advance of the growing season. This provides the farmer the working capital to purchase supplies as needed, and guarantees the farmer a market for the produce. In return, the member receives shares in the farm’s bounty, as well as a direct connection to the place where their food is grown and the people who grow it.
How does it work ?
Every week you pick up a box filled with farm fresh fruits and vegetables. The contents vary from week to week and season to season, depending on what’s being harvested. You can count on an interesting selection of vegetables (including our wonderful heirloom tomatoes!), fruits, nuts, herbs, honey, berries, melons, and juice. Recipes are also provided to give you ideas for cooking with the fruits and vegetables.
FOOTHILL DELIVERY
- Chaffin Family Farm – www.chaffinfamilyorchards.com - Chaffin Family Orchards is a fifth generation diversified family farm in Oroville, California. Chaffin Family Orchards uses a combination of Organic, Natural, and Biodynamic Farming methods. These methods are combined with the best of each used to produce farm products that are as healthy as possible for both the consumer and the land. Chaffin Family works to utilize natural symbiotic relationships wherever possible. Our animals graze our orchards and in return they fertilize the soil and control weeds and bugs on the orchard floor. We are located in a natural beneficial micro-climate in northern California which allows us to have delicious farm fresh products available year round.
- Colfax Hill Family Farm – Seasonal Produce, Culinary Herbs, Free-Range Eggs, Pastured Meat Chickens, Cut Flowers, Nursery Starts, CSA Subscriptions and Live Music. Colfax HIll Family Farm is a small scale family owned and operated farm practicing sustaianble agricultural techniques. We strive to use environmentally and ethically sound farming practices to produce high quality produce and animals. We carry several varieties of heirloom and open pollenated crops. We have free range pasture raised chickens laying extraordinary eggs! We take special orders in addition to CSA boxes. We love vistors so please call for a farm tour. 734 Highway 174, Colfax Ca 95713 – 530-346-7684
- Four Frogs Farm – www.fourfrogfarm.com. Four Frog Farm is a 10 acre vegetable farm in Penn Valley, CA. The farm is co-owned by Andrew Meyers and Logan Egan. We distribute our produce several ways: by offering membership shares; selling at six farmers’ markets; selling to our local co-op.
- Living Lands Agrarian Network - www.livinglandsagrariannetwork.org – Living Lands Agrarian Network is a network of ecologically minded farmers and community members working together to create a unique and vibrant local food culture. We believe that respect for the earth and each other make the foundations of a healthy community. Growing our own food enables us to better care for our soils, our families, and our planet’s wellbeing. Through our unique model of agriculture, based on strong community connections and a sharing of land and labor, Living Lands endeavors to strengthen our community’s ties to the land, support agrarian education and ecological literacy, and carefully steward the land on which we farm and live.
- Mooney Flat Farm - http://www.mountainbountyfarm.com – Mooney Flat Farm is a small CSA in the Sierra Nevada Foothills. We offer freshly picked seasonal vegetables, fruit, cut flowers, and free-range eggs. Our members get their share box home delivered weekly in the Western Nevada County area. Our produce is grown with wholly organic methods, although we are too small to afford certification at this time. We encourage direct involvement in the farm by our members, and welcome their questions. Our philosophy is also based on permaculture, as we strive to reduce our inputs and excess tilling. We will be sharing our techniques with interns, trainees, and members trading time for their share as we get larger and more established. Our long term goal is to serve our members by expanding our offerings and stretching the season, providing more of their produce needs. Drew Horwath and Kimberly Ewing, 10743 Mooney Flat Rd, Smartsville CA 95977 -
- Mountain Bounty – Mountain Bounty Farm is a 10-acre family farm located high on the forested contours of the San Juan Ridge. Through careful management, we achieve amazing yields of exceptional quality produce. 2009 is our 12th season. John, Angie, and our crew of interns are passionate about farming, cooking and eating good food. We’re committed to creating a bountiful, diverse, and delicious harvest to share with our CSA members. Visitors are welcome, please call ahead to schedule your visit. info@mountainbountyfarm.com, 14579 Blind Shady Rd. Nevada City, CA – 530-292-3776
- Riverhill Farm - www.riverhillfarm.com – Riverhill Farm began in 2001 as a community-based organic fruit and vegetable farm located near Nevada City, California. It is a beautiful and natural site for a farm, the last level terrain before a 1500 ft. drop into the canyon of the Yuba River. The farm produces a diverse mix of vegetables and fruit, including many heirloom and specialty varieties, and a beautiful array of fresh cut flowers. Find out more About Our Farm and visit our Photo Gallery of farm pictures Join Our CSA. Our produce is available for purchase through our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) offering. Through your annual subscription, you directly support the farm and the future of agriculture in our community and receive one box of seasonal vegetables of the highest quality and freshness each week during our farm season.
Come to our Farmstand
During the 2010 season our farmstand will be only be open for occasional u-pick events or by appointment. Please subscribe to our email list to be notified of u-pick opportunities and other events. Information about our Farmstand
- SunSmile Farms – www.sunsmilefarms.com – Fruits – cherries, peaches,nectarines, apples and more, berries, vegetables, nuts, honey and eggs. Subscription pickup is on a weekly basis at our farm in Grass Valley. Pick Up days will be on Tuesday 3-6pm or Friday 3-6pm (Friday shares will be packed on Friday. If you are unable to pick up on Friday, your box will be available on Saturday 9am-1pm). We will deliver for large groups. Please contact us to make arrangements.
TRUCKEE-TAHOE DELIVERY
- Mountain Bounty -www.mountainbountyfarms.com – Mountain Bounty Farm is a 10-acre family farm located high on the forested contours of the San Juan Ridge. Through careful management, we achieve amazing yields of exceptional quality produce. 2009 is our 12th season. John, Angie, and our crew of interns are passionate about farming, cooking and eating good food. We’re committed to creating a bountiful, diverse, and delicious harvest to share with our CSA members. Visitors are welcome, please call ahead to schedule your visit.
- Shaw Family Farm – www.shawfamilyfarm.com, Eggs, Poultry, Lamb and Honey, 12654 Samuel Drive, Truckee, CA 96161 (530) 582-5293 barb@shawfamilyfarm.com
RENO
- Great Basin Basket - http://www.greatbasinbasket.com/index.html - Fruits, veggies and meats. Lite Shares – Finally! Lots of you asked for a smaller share size, and we have it! The lite share feeds 1-2 people, and it’s about 2/3 size of a full share. It’s similar, but may not contain all varieties included in the full share.
GBC Market Dollars Bonus – Sign up for multiple seasons, and receive bonus GBC Market Dollars. These bonus dollars can be used to purchase produce and value-added products from selected Great Basin Basket farmers at farmers markets and farm stands.
Fruit Shares – The fruit share starts later this summer so you can experience the late summer harvests that arrive when farmers markets are winding down. You’ll find peaches, pears, apples, berries, and more.
- Mayberry Farm – www.mayberryfarm.info- Located on the edge of Reno along the Truckee River. We raise organic free-range chickens for eggs and grow a wide range of organic vegetables and fruits. We are a center for sustainable living and urban agriculture and offer a full array of workshops on topics from composting to beekeeping. Visit our site and see heritage turkeys, play with the chickens and ducks, and stroll through our vegetable gardens and landscaping full of native flowers and edible plants.
