My name is Susan Singley and I am the Assistant CSA coordinator at Grant Family Farms. Lise asked me to write a guest entry about Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) to help Colorado gardeners and eaters turn our minds to summer vegetable season!
Joining a CSA is a terrific way to connect directly with local farmers. If you enjoy the community connections and good food at the Farmers’ Market during the summer, you might want to check out a CSA. Here’s how it works: Based on an annual commitment to one another, community members purchase a “share” of a farm’s seasonal harvest (with our farm, that’s June through early December). The shareholder receives a weekly box of fresh organic vegetables and fruit throughout the growing season, harvested at the peak of ripeness and flavor. CSA farms are typically organic (ours is) and practice sustainable farming practices.
CSA shareholders love knowing that the food is grown just for them! And, CSA members enjoy getting to know one another during pickup times. It’s common to see local-eating organic-loving people exchange knowing glances and recipes over the gorgeous, classic bounty of tomatoes and sweet corn - and over the once strange but now beloved kohlrabi in their box!
To learn more about CSAs, check out Local Harvest
To learn more about Grant Family Farms, check out our website. Yes, we still have shares available, and we deliver to Denver!
Photo courtesy of Grant Family Farms.
1 comments:
Hi Lisa,
This isn't really a comment on today's post it is just a note to you. I am the Operations Manager at the Western Colorado Botanical Gardens and I emailed you a while back about how much I like your blog. Well, I've finally started one of my own. I write about what I do at work. One thing I really like about my blog is that everyday is something different. You can find it at www.wcbgblog.blogspot.com if you are interested in taking a look at it.
Happy Gardening!
Elizabeth
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