Earth Harvest Farm
Community Supported
Agriculture
- an adventure in eating -
Shares
for 2008 are sold-out.
While
it may be too late for this year’s CSA, email with your phone number and
mailing address to be put on the 2009 mailing list.
Still
want to get our produce?
Stop
by the farm on Tuesday evenings for fresh mesclun mix, herbs, and greens. Please call before you come 262-308-0335.
What is Community Supported Agriculture?
CSAs are a way for families and individuals to
become shareholders in a local farm for the entire summer season. You might say you’re getting ‘food with a
farmer’s face’. Americans are realizing
the importance of eating food that is grown locally and naturally in a day and
age when our food travels an average of 1300 miles to get to our table. Supporting local farms not only helps secure
their future, but also helps reduce our ‘ecological footprint’ while we seek to
create healthy communities and healthy bodies.
How does it work?
In exchange for your financial support
of the farm, families and individuals will receive a weekly box of freshly
picked produce straight from our beautiful gardens.
Why join a CSA?
- Fresh Produce: Food grown locally and
bought directly from the farmer is weeks
fresher than what is found on grocery store shelves. Fresh foods are full of flavor; remember
the rich juiciness of your grandma’s homegrown tomatoes?
- Eat Healthier, All Natural
Foods:
Organically/naturally grown produce has recently been proven to be
higher in vitamins and minerals than conventionally grown produce. Soils are healthier and are able to give
plants the nutrients needed to make our homegrown produce chock full of
the good stuff our bodies need. CSA
shareholders around the country are amazed at how much healthier they
begin to eat once they have access to such deliciously healthy foods.
- Buy Local: Did you know that our food
travels an average of 1300 miles to get to the dinner table? By supporting a local farm through a CSA
program, you will be eliminating a lot of those nasty greenhouse gases
associated with the foods we typically buy at the grocery store.
- Support Farming: Farms and farmers are
disappearing at staggering rates.
Farmers can no longer compete with large-scale or corporately owned
farms because the costs of their inputs are often higher than what they
make on their harvests. Farm kids
are no longer encouraged to take over the family farm. In fact, most farmers are actually
discouraging their children from farming!
Its no wonder…Americans only spend 8% of their annual income on
food leading us to look for the cheapest calories possible, even if it’s
from
- Know Your Food: Ever get that feeling that
what you are eating just doesn’t satisfy you, even though it might fill
your belly? When we know where our
food comes from or have a story to go with our meals, we’re bound to enjoy
it even more. It’s fun to be
connected to what nourishes us and keeps us healthy.
- Get (Re) Acquainted With A
Farm:
Aside from the apple orchards we Wisconsinites enjoy visiting every
fall, admit it, we don’t know much about the reality of farming
today. CSAs provide a unique
opportunity for the local community to learn more about farming and food
production. Weekly on-farm pick-ups
or on-farm parties bring farmer and consumer together to chat about life
on and off the farm. Never knew how
broccoli grew? If you’re
interested, you can learn not only how it grows, but also how it’s
planted, cared for, and even harvested.
Want to see what a cucumber beetle can do to a pepper plant? You can do it when supporting your local
farmer.
2008 INFORMATION
What do I get?
For 20 consecutive weeks beginning on
June 10, 2008, CSA members will be entitled to enough produce to supplement a
family of 2-4. AND…
- Food Diversity! There will
be a wide range of veggies throughout the season. We’ve planned to give you things you’ve
never eaten before…after all, this is an “adventure in eating!”
- Newsletters! Weekly
newsletters containing farm updates, recipes, and cooking tips will be
included in your share.
- Farm Visits! Shareholders
and their families are welcome to visit the farm to help harvest, feed our
chickens, or enjoy a moment of peace while surrounded by natural, simple
beauty. Call anytime.
- Festivals! Planned
festivities for 2008 shareholders will include ‘The Pesto Festo’ and the
‘Salsa Mixer’ Dates TBA.
Cost
The 20-week season is $450, which
comes out to be $22.50/box.
Distribution
Tuesday is pick-up day. Stop by the farm between 1 and 6 pm. Home deliveries in the immediate
What if I can’t pick up my share?
Summer getaways are inevitable. In the event that you are unable to pick-up
your box, you may have a friend enjoy your share while you are away or we will
donate it to a local charity for you.
Too Expensive?
We are committed to providing equal
access to healthy and local produce for the community. If you are a believer in eating organically and
want to provide your family with good nourishing food, please contact Farmer Katie to further discuss
financing.
We are always looking for volunteers
to help in the fields with harvesting, washing, weeding, planting (or really,
any other kind of chore found on a farm).
In exchange for a solid weekly commitment from you, we are willing to
give you a big discount on your share.
Too Much Produce?
Talk to your neighbors or friends and see who might
be interested in splitting a share with you.
You can do it however you want:
switch off weeks or split each week’s produce. Send your payments together and use one
sign-up form and you are on your way to good flavors and healthy foods.
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Harvest Farm
Katie Bjorkman, farmer
262.308.0335
“The decisions we make about food should nourish
our children, strengthen all
kinds of families and build lasting
communities. And so they will, too, if
we
choose to conserve local resources and value local
resourcefulness.” -Alice Waters