It’s that time again! The sun is (sometimes) shining, the flowers are blooming, and our CSA partner, Millennium Farms is almost ready for the beginning of the summer harvest! Millennium Farms will deliver CSA shares here to the ESD front desk every Tuesday, starting May 30.
To sign up for a CSA share, please email Melissa Burt for an order form and send in the form with payment to Millennium Farms by May 16, 2016.
Here’s the info on this year’s CSA from Millennium Farms:
Back by popular demand is the 2017 edition of our Pick 6 Summer and Fall CSAs.
Millennium Farms’ CSA Programs – No Sprays or GMO!
CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture, where supporters of the farm subscribe for fresh produce for a pre-determined number of weeks and pre-pay for the subscription. Millennium Farms is pleased to offer CSA shares for the 2016 season, with two important features. (1) The season will be broken into two parts which will each run 15 weeks: Summer 2017 from the weeks of May 30 to September 5, and Fall 2017 from the weeks of September 12 to December 19. (2)Every CSA share will be a custom order – YOU CHOOSE weekly what produce you want to get. We’ll email you that week’s availability list and an email of recipes. Then YOU CHOOSE which six or twelve items you want to eat! Chicken Eggs will be also available as an add-on.
Summer 2017 CSA choices include –
- heirloom tomatoes and peppers – many, many types!
- up to 9 different types of peaches, nectarines, apricots and cherries!
- baby salad greens, baby spinach, baby arugula, spicy mix
- green beans, yellow wax beans
- carrots, beets
- fresh herbs especially including basil, either a mix of three or over 4 ounces of one herb
- summer squash, cucumbers, onions
- at least 3 kinds of potatoes, including fingerlings
Fall 2017 CSA choices includes-
- up to 12 types of heirloom apples and pears
- up to 4 types of heirloom potatoes, including fingerlings
- root vegetables including carrots, beets, parsnips and rutabagas
- brussels sprouts
- baby salad greens, baby spinach, baby arugula, spicy mix
- fresh herbs, either a mix of three or over 4 ounces of one herb
- up to nine kinds of heirloom winter squash
Pricing
Summer (full payment due on May 30):
Full share – $415.00 (credit) or $400 (cash or check)
Plus Share – $775 (credit) or $750 (cash or check)
Half Share – $260.00 (credit) or $250 (cash or check)
Fall (full payment due on September 5):
Full share – $415.00 (credit) or $400 (cash or check)
Plus Share – $775 (credit) or $750 (cash or check)
Half Share – $260.00 (credit) or $250 (cash or check)
All Season (both Summer and Fall):
1/3 due by 5/31, 1/3 by 8/1 and 1/3 by 10/1
Full share – $775.00 (credit) or $750 (cash or check)
Plus Share – $1500 (credit) or $1450 (cash or check)
Half Share – $500.00 (credit) or $485 (cash or check)
ABOUT MILLENNIUM FARMS
Millennium Farms has been growing seasonal greens, vegetables and fruit for families, restaurants and institutions for over 20 years. It is a small family farm in the Ridgefield area, north of Vancouver, WA, owned and operated by Michael and Missy Stucky and their family. Michael’s family have centuries of growing experience, as he comes from a long line of Mennonite farmers. Notably, his great-grandfather was one of 10 Mennonite farmers to bring the very first hard red winter wheat to the U.S. in 1874, the grain from which most of our bread is made. Millennium Farms has always used sustainable growing practices, uses no chemical sprays or fertilizers, and will never use GMO seed – in fact a majority of what they provide comes from heirloom varieties. They also have operated a nursery for over 20 years, offering many of the same plant starts they use for themselves in the field.
To sign up for a CSA share, please email Melissa Burt for an order form and send in the form to Millennium Farms by May 16, 2016 (see payment due dates above).
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