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 29.*

To sign up for a CSA share, download the order form and send it in with payment to Millennium Farms by Wednesday, May 16.

farm-produceHere’s the info on this year’s CSA from Millennium Farms:

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 2018 season, with two important features. (1) The season will be broken into two parts which will each run 15 weeks: Summer 2018 from the weeks of May 29 to September 4, and Fall 2018 from the weeks of September 11 to December 18. (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 2018 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, summer squash, cucumbers, onions
  • fresh herbs especially including  basil, either a mix of three or 4 ounces of one herb
  • at least 3 kinds of potatoes, including fingerlings

Fall 2017 CSA choices includes-

  • up to 12 types of heirloom apples and pears
  • up to 6 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

Full shares (6 weekly choices) for Summer or Fall Full Shares are $420, Plus shares (12 weekly choices) are $775, and Half shares (6 choices every other week) are $260.  Discounted shares for All Season  are respectively $800, $1,500 and $500.

For further information, email us at mfarms@comcast.net We look forward to sharing great, fresh, local food with you !

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, download the order form and send it in with payment to Millennium Farms by Wednesday, May 16.

*In order to deliver to the ESD, they need to have at least five full shares worth in participation to make it worth it. If they do not receive that amount, they will contact you to ask if you want to pickup at another location or cancel.