How Much Food?
The 2009 season will begin sometime in mid May, depending on the weather and Mother Nature’s cooperation, and extend eighteen weeks into October. This way you will receive cool weather crops such as turnips, radishes and mustard greens as well as the hot crops that everybody loves during the heat of the summer. This includes such produce as the beloved tomato, watermelon, and pepper. The last weeks pick up is on the farm at the fall harvest festival.
Each week you will receive between six to eight different items. The quantity is a nice amount of produce. Every family eats differently so it is hard to say how much food this can feed. The total amount is estimated at $22 or higher per week at farmer’s market prices. The types of vegetables will change throughout the season as well. The harvest calendar will give you an idea when different things will be showing up in your weekly pick-ups.
Members start picking up there share in the middle of May and the season runs for 18 weeks. The last pick up is at the harvest festival on the farm. The cost is about $24 a week. We grow about 80 types of veggies so the pickup is always changing. You will receive whatever is ripe and in season. That means no cucumbers till July. A May share will have, turnips, lettuce, spinach, green onions, boc choy and red mustard. A June share may have carrots, peas, onions, lettuce, arugula, fava beans and beets. A July share will have potatoes, basil, summer squash, cucumbers, kale, chard and cherries. An August share will have tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, beans, peaches, cabbage, melon and lettuce. I would say it is a good amount for a family of 2 who love veggies or a family of 4 who have a veggie with every meal. You pick up your veggies at pick up points. We have 3 points in town and you can choose from any of them. One is in the north end, east end, and off Hill rd. Once you choose a pickup it is your job to pick up your produce every week. Or have someone pick it up for you.
A CSA is not for everybody. We as farmers will be choosing what veggies you will receive every week based on what can grow in our climate. This presents a challenge that many CSA members love and many can never overcome.
