Community Shared Agriculture (CSA)

Our philosophy…“ know your food ~ know your farmer”
What is a CSA?
CSA, or Community Supported Agriculture, is a food growing model that wants to put a “face on their food”. People are getting tired of buying food that they didn’t know how, where, or by whom it was produced. CSA provides a direct relationship between you and the farm that grows your food. Members purchase a share in the harvest & are treated to the fresh, locally-grown vegetables in season each week. In addition,you are helping to strengthen the local economy by keeping your food dollar in the community in which you live.
Being a Member
CSA members are “farming partners & family” at Grassroots. Paying for your share early in the season helps us to purchase our seeds and finance the labor required to plant and care for the gardens. Being a member also means sharing in the risk and the bounty along with the farmer. As much as we would like to be boss, in truth Mother Nature is. So if the weather is unfavorable and the plants don’t do well, there will be less food to go around, if the weather is wonderful and the plants grow great, there will more than we can eat! To help minimize this weather risk we plant a variety of vegetables and utilize various sustainable ecological farming techniques, so that we can guarantee that at least something will have perfect weather and produce well.
The benefits of joining…
  ~ Take home the bounty of great tasting nutritious vegetables and herbs sustainably grown.
~ Be a part of a farm without the workload or the worry.
~ Enjoy the gathering of our farm family through weekly pickups; participation in work bees
(a great way to be involved in growing your own food); attend a workshop.
~ 10% of our “Garden Gourmet “ Workshop and our B&B farmstays.
~ Keep informed with our “Rural Ramblings” newletter.
(filled with information on sustainable living in all aspects of your life)
~ Being a member encourages you to take time out of your busy life and unwind in the
tranquility of our 175 acre farm to explore the many avenues of rural living.

2008 CSA investment & schedule