Posts tagged with: CSA
Marketing at Red Wing Farm grew from a farm stand into a community corner-stone. In the first segment of this three-part series, I wrote about how my partner and I established a small market garden, Red Wing Farm, as college students. In this segment I will detail how we were able to establish a vibrant…
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Help preserve the history of organic/sustainable agriculture! In the past few years, a confluence of concerns about climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and racial inequities have highlighted many flaws in the American food production and distribution systems, emphasizing the importance of creating more resilient, sustainable systems that can survive changes in an uncertain future. Local,…
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Changes made by the COVID-19 pandemic have benefited at least two facets of our ecosystem: community supported agriculture, and pollinators. It feels hard to remember a time when the news was full of things unrelated to COVID-19, a time when the things we talked about had nothing to do with a global pandemic. Constant…
Read MoreJuniper Hill Farm is nestled between the Adirondack Mountains and Lake Champlain, on the Boquet River in Wadhams, New York. Established in 2007, they grew on three acres of fertile land; now, for their ninth CSA season, they cultivate over one hundred acres. They are continuously adding more greenhouses with a goal of bringing to market an…
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On average, CSA’s have to replace 55% of their shareholders every year, so what can we do to keep them coming back? One of the attractions of having a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm is it allows you to focus more on farming and spend less time on trying to figure out where you are…
Read MoreI found some much needed inspiration and practical ideas to apply to our small organic farm recently while attending a workshop and field day at Old Ford Farm in New Paltz, NY. Becky and Joe Fuller run several operations together with the goal of maximizing their land and efforts into offering something unique for their…
Read MoreConnecting farmers with under-served communities provides access to healthy food for needy neighborhoods and new avenues of profit for farmers. Danny Morgiewicz of Morgiewicz Farms in Goshen, NY has been raising an impressive assortment of produce that he markets directly to a loyal customer base for the past 15 years. And while some of that…
Read MoreWhat sows local food? Seeds! Most of the seed sown in the Northeast is grown in arid climates, often thousands of miles away. However, a burgeoning awareness that local food starts with local seed has come to the table, with passionate voices joining the conversation. “Food is life,” says Scott Signori, head chef and owner…
Read MoreWhen farmers and organizations work together, feeding underserved residents healthy food can be rewarding for all. Food insecure households – those with limited food dollars and/or difficulty accessing healthy foods because of location or transportation – are typically not served by CSAs. This is understandable, since food insecure households are not a particularly lucrative market.…
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Molly DellaRoman manages a pasture-based flock of 300 laying hens alongside a sizable vegetable CSA, a farm stand, and a regular supply of farm visitors…and this is only year one. Molly DellaRoman is the Farm Manager of Moose Hill Farm in Sharon, Massachusetts, located on land preserved as an open space and historical site by…
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