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 June 4.*

To sign up for a CSA share, please email Michael Stucky by Friday, April 12.

Here’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 2019 season, with two important features. (1) The season will be broken into two parts which will each run 15 weeks: Summer 2019 from the weeks of June 4 to September 10, and Fall 2019 from the weeks of September 17 to December 24. (2) Every CSA share will be a custom order – YOU CHOOSE weekly what produce you want to get. Millennium Farms will email you that week’s availability list and an email of recipes. Then YOU CHOOSE which six or twelve items you want to eat! Free range chicken eggs will be also available as an add-on.

Summer 2019 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, rainbow carrots, sweet orange carrots, red and gold beets, summer squash, cucumbers, onions
  • seasonal fresh herbs especially including basil and dill, either a mix of three or 4 ounces of one herb
  • at least 3 kinds of potatoes, including fingerlings

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Fall 2019 CSA choices include –

  • up to 12 types of heirloom apples and pears
  • up to 9 types of heirloom potatoes, including fingerlings
  • root vegetables including carrots, beets, parsnips and turnips
  • brussels sprouts
  • baby salad greens, baby spinach, baby arugula, spicy mix
  • seasonal fresh herbs, especially including rosemary, thyme and sage, either a mix of three or over 4 ounces of one herb
  • up to nine kinds of heirloom winter squash including Acorn, Delicata and Spaghetti

Pricing

Summer or Fall Full Shares (6 choices weekly)are $415, Plus shares (12 weekly choices) are $775, and Half shares (6 choices every other week) are $260.  Discounted shares for All Season  are respectively $775 (Full), $1,500 (Plus) and $500 (Half). 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 23 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.

To sign up for a CSA share, please email Michael Stucky by Friday, April 12.

*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.