Here is a very good newsletter about choosing a CSA. We are ready for your tough questions!
www.localharvest.org/newsletter/20100223/choosing-a-csa.html
Welcome to the Great River CSA!
February 24, 2010
February 1, 2010
The 2010 Season is underway!!
We are preparing for our 2010 season! The seed catalogues are coming and we are getting excited about growing vegetables, herb and raising poultry. We can't wait to try some new vegetables.
For those of you who were members last year, thank you for trusting us to grow your food and supporting us in our first year. We depended on your early payment to purchase seed and equipment. Last year Brad, Dick and Jessica provided us with a large quantity of vegetables and good quality of vegetables. They are open to suggestions on what you would like to see in the baskets. We can't promise they will be in the basket this year. We continue to expand what we provide and to provide new and different options to serve you better.
Based on your requests, I planted garlic this fall and some of it is coming up!! I have been out to weed and baby the garlic a little. It needs this cold spell and will take about 9 months for the garlic to be ready to harvest. I understand that it is edible as green garlic (right out of the ground) though I haven't used as such yet. I am pretty excited and looking forward to feedback about the varieties of garlic I planted. One of the varieties is Inchelium Red, a member of the Slow Food's Ark of Taste Program. (http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/details/ark_of_taste/)
"Hailing from the Colville Indian Reservation in Inchelium, Washington, this garlic is a large and beautiful artichoke variety. The dense bulb can have anywhere from 9-20 cloves and a thick outer bulb wrapper to protect the bulb. The flavor of the Inchelium Red is softly robust but not so strong as to be overwhelming; the flavor often sharpens in storage."
Great River CSA Shares
This year we are looking forward to offering you the same great vegetables and fruit as we did last year as well as some new varieties. We are changing the pick up day to Wednesday and we are adding chicken, turkey and egg shares. We changed the pick-up day to provide vegetables closer to the weekend when people have more time to cook and to provide Brad more time in the field. Please contact us if you have any questions or would like additional information. Payments are due by March 31st, 2010, and are non-refundable.
We will offer 20 Vegetable shares.
Pick-up Days: Wednesday evenings 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Unitarian Church and 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m at Feiner Gardens.
Season: 18 weeks starting June 2nd to September 29th.
Cost for Vegetable Share: Due March 31st, 2010.
Full share: $450, this comes out to about $25 per week.
Half share: $340, this comes out to about $18 per week.
There is no basket deposit this year. If you paid your basket deposit and you returned all your baskets, we will give you a $10 credit on your purchase of a share! Yay!!
Pick-up sites:
Unitarian Church, 1479 Hampshire in Quincy for vegetable shares only (we have room for 10 baskets, so 1st paid/1st choice on pick-up) from 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. & Feiner Gardens, 6426 Church Hills Road from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
NEW THIS YEAR
This year we are teaming up with Grassy Hills Farm from Pike County to provide an egg share, a chicken share and a turkey share. Because of storage issues, the only pick-up site available for these shares will be Feiner Gardens 6426 Church Hills Road. Another member and I purchased eggs, chickens, raw milk, and romaine lettuce from this farm last summer. I have been very satisfied with the products. Grassy Hills Farm also provides vegetables for a CSA in St. Louis and does farmer's markets in Pike County. They have enough chickens and turkeys to provide the CSA with the 20 shares we are offering. They really like the idea of a CSA as it provides them with the money up front. Similar to Brad and Jessica, they agree to fill the CSA orders before other orders. Let me know if you have questions I will do the best I can to answer from what I know about Grassy Hills. Because they don't have a phone, it will take a little time to get answers from them.
20 Egg Shares
The egg share will offer 18 dozen farm fresh eggs delivered every other week starting with June 2. I believe the eggs will be a variety of brown and white eggs and a variety of sizes. They are from free range chickens which scratch for food and are also provided feed and water. I would recommend that you bring a cooler with ice to pick up.
Pick up days: Wednesdays, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Season: 18 weeks starting June 2nd to September 29th.
Cost: $49.50 for 18 dozen eggs ($2.75 per dozen); 2 dozen eggs delivered every 2 weeks. (The delivery dates will be: June 2nd, 16th and 30th, July 7th and 21st, August 4th and 18th, September 1st, 15th, and 29th.) March 31st, 2010.
Pick-up site: 6426 Church Hills Road
20 Chicken Shares
The chicken share are farm fresh chickens, harvested on the Friday before delivery. They will arrive in a plastic bag frozen and will be approximately 3.5 pounds. The are raise by the Joel Salatin method: housed in a moveable pen with an open floor. The pen is usually moved 2 times daily, they are able to scratch for bugs and they are provided feed and water as well. The pen is partly covered to provide shade and it protects them from predators as well as keeps them from straying. It fertilizes the ground and provides some insect control on the farm. I would recommend that you bring a cooler with ice to pick up.
Pick up days: Wednesdays, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Season: 18 weeks starting June 2nd to September 29th.
Cost: $135 for 18 chickens ($7.50 per chicken); 2 chickens delivered every 2 weeks. Delivery dates are the same as the Egg shares. Due March 31st, 2010.
Pick-up site: 6426 Church Hills Road
20 Turkey Shares
The turkey shares are farm fresh turkeys. The turkeys will be delivered fresh, not frozen, a few days before Thanksgiving. It will be approximately 16 pounds and will include the liver, heart and giblets. I would recommend that you bring a cooler with ice to pick up.
Pick-up Day: Tuesday, November 23rd.
Cost: $33; 1 turkey delivered November 23rd, the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Due March 31st, 2010.
Pick-up site: 6426 Church Hills Road
I think I included everything!! If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please contact me. Thanks!
For those of you who were members last year, thank you for trusting us to grow your food and supporting us in our first year. We depended on your early payment to purchase seed and equipment. Last year Brad, Dick and Jessica provided us with a large quantity of vegetables and good quality of vegetables. They are open to suggestions on what you would like to see in the baskets. We can't promise they will be in the basket this year. We continue to expand what we provide and to provide new and different options to serve you better.
Based on your requests, I planted garlic this fall and some of it is coming up!! I have been out to weed and baby the garlic a little. It needs this cold spell and will take about 9 months for the garlic to be ready to harvest. I understand that it is edible as green garlic (right out of the ground) though I haven't used as such yet. I am pretty excited and looking forward to feedback about the varieties of garlic I planted. One of the varieties is Inchelium Red, a member of the Slow Food's Ark of Taste Program. (http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/details/ark_of_taste/)
"Hailing from the Colville Indian Reservation in Inchelium, Washington, this garlic is a large and beautiful artichoke variety. The dense bulb can have anywhere from 9-20 cloves and a thick outer bulb wrapper to protect the bulb. The flavor of the Inchelium Red is softly robust but not so strong as to be overwhelming; the flavor often sharpens in storage."
Great River CSA Shares
This year we are looking forward to offering you the same great vegetables and fruit as we did last year as well as some new varieties. We are changing the pick up day to Wednesday and we are adding chicken, turkey and egg shares. We changed the pick-up day to provide vegetables closer to the weekend when people have more time to cook and to provide Brad more time in the field. Please contact us if you have any questions or would like additional information. Payments are due by March 31st, 2010, and are non-refundable.
We will offer 20 Vegetable shares.
Pick-up Days: Wednesday evenings 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Unitarian Church and 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m at Feiner Gardens.
Season: 18 weeks starting June 2nd to September 29th.
Cost for Vegetable Share: Due March 31st, 2010.
Full share: $450, this comes out to about $25 per week.
Half share: $340, this comes out to about $18 per week.
There is no basket deposit this year. If you paid your basket deposit and you returned all your baskets, we will give you a $10 credit on your purchase of a share! Yay!!
Pick-up sites:
Unitarian Church, 1479 Hampshire in Quincy for vegetable shares only (we have room for 10 baskets, so 1st paid/1st choice on pick-up) from 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. & Feiner Gardens, 6426 Church Hills Road from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
NEW THIS YEAR
This year we are teaming up with Grassy Hills Farm from Pike County to provide an egg share, a chicken share and a turkey share. Because of storage issues, the only pick-up site available for these shares will be Feiner Gardens 6426 Church Hills Road. Another member and I purchased eggs, chickens, raw milk, and romaine lettuce from this farm last summer. I have been very satisfied with the products. Grassy Hills Farm also provides vegetables for a CSA in St. Louis and does farmer's markets in Pike County. They have enough chickens and turkeys to provide the CSA with the 20 shares we are offering. They really like the idea of a CSA as it provides them with the money up front. Similar to Brad and Jessica, they agree to fill the CSA orders before other orders. Let me know if you have questions I will do the best I can to answer from what I know about Grassy Hills. Because they don't have a phone, it will take a little time to get answers from them.
20 Egg Shares
The egg share will offer 18 dozen farm fresh eggs delivered every other week starting with June 2. I believe the eggs will be a variety of brown and white eggs and a variety of sizes. They are from free range chickens which scratch for food and are also provided feed and water. I would recommend that you bring a cooler with ice to pick up.
Pick up days: Wednesdays, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Season: 18 weeks starting June 2nd to September 29th.
Cost: $49.50 for 18 dozen eggs ($2.75 per dozen); 2 dozen eggs delivered every 2 weeks. (The delivery dates will be: June 2nd, 16th and 30th, July 7th and 21st, August 4th and 18th, September 1st, 15th, and 29th.) March 31st, 2010.
Pick-up site: 6426 Church Hills Road
20 Chicken Shares
The chicken share are farm fresh chickens, harvested on the Friday before delivery. They will arrive in a plastic bag frozen and will be approximately 3.5 pounds. The are raise by the Joel Salatin method: housed in a moveable pen with an open floor. The pen is usually moved 2 times daily, they are able to scratch for bugs and they are provided feed and water as well. The pen is partly covered to provide shade and it protects them from predators as well as keeps them from straying. It fertilizes the ground and provides some insect control on the farm. I would recommend that you bring a cooler with ice to pick up.
Pick up days: Wednesdays, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Season: 18 weeks starting June 2nd to September 29th.
Cost: $135 for 18 chickens ($7.50 per chicken); 2 chickens delivered every 2 weeks. Delivery dates are the same as the Egg shares. Due March 31st, 2010.
Pick-up site: 6426 Church Hills Road
20 Turkey Shares
The turkey shares are farm fresh turkeys. The turkeys will be delivered fresh, not frozen, a few days before Thanksgiving. It will be approximately 16 pounds and will include the liver, heart and giblets. I would recommend that you bring a cooler with ice to pick up.
Pick-up Day: Tuesday, November 23rd.
Cost: $33; 1 turkey delivered November 23rd, the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Due March 31st, 2010.
Pick-up site: 6426 Church Hills Road
I think I included everything!! If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please contact me. Thanks!
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