City Pages | The miracle of Finland: What a tiny northern Minnesota town can teach America City Pages Meyer was living in the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis when a local nonprofit asked him to run a CSA above a vacant lot awaiting redevelopment. “I'm pretty good at taking on impossible project startups,” he says. Meyer, 44, is a fifth-generation ... |
Channel3000.com - WISC-TV3 | Local blooms abound in Madison area Channel3000.com - WISC-TV3 The easiest way to get the couple's flowers is through a Bouquet CSA, which takes inspiration from the Community Supported Agriculture model, now common throughout Madison for purchasing locally grown produce. The idea is the same as with traditional ... |
Middletown Press | Couple offering CSA shares at organic vegetable, flower farm in Middlefield Middletown Press Each week, customers will receive a bouquet of cut flowers, which will change throughout the growing season; vegetables, a half-dozen eggs, maple syrup or honey. The cost weekly for a half share is $30 and the couple will offer home delivery or farm ... |
The Australian | A growing circle for local farmers The Australian “Local, seasonal, organic” isn't the mantra only of hipster chefs. Just about everything the Lavelles eat is bought at markets or direct from farmers. Not surprisingly, they are strong advocates of community-supported agriculture. The Lavelles are part ... |
Civil Eats | I am the Daughter of a Conventional Farmer—and a Sustainable Ag Advocate Civil Eats And in his eyes, the less I understood about farming, the easier it would be for me to fit into the professional world. My father encouraged me to pursue a stable career in corporate America. Instead, I started working for conservation and agriculture ... |
'I grew up on the urban-rural divide. I live it every day. And I've come to see how we collectively suffer when we see it as a debate, rather than an opportunity for ...
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in the Capay Valley Winters Express Farm Fresh To You (www.farmfreshtoyou.com), a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and home delivery service that provides fresh, local, organic produce and artisanal farm products to consumers' doorsteps, invites the public to its farm, Capay Organic ... |
The Register-Guard | Farmers' market state of mind The Register-Guard As part of the membership, the farm also sends recipe ideas for using up all that delicious produce and invitations to farm tours and events, providing a way for participants to meet their local farmers. Pick up is easy, too; head out to one of five ... |
Wisconsin Gazette | Slice of country life: A twist on farm-to-table brings diners to 'pizza farms' Wisconsin Gazette The farm produces the organic spring wheat that's ground to make the pizza crust, as well as the vegetables, herbs and meats that top the pies and go into the sauce. The cheeses are locally sourced. The farm also grows hops and barley for the beer ... |
The Almanac | Community-supported agriculture explained at Upper St. Clair event The Almanac She and Peditto attended an April 26 event at the Porch at Siena in Upper St. Clair, one of the customer restaurants, to provide information about Penn's Corner and its community-supported agriculture subscription program. “You sign up in advance and ... |
Community News Service | Farmers markets, stands, and CSAs: the many ways to freshen your ... Community News Service The miracle of supply chains allows us to enjoy fresh fruit and vegetables year round. But this is the Garden State, after all, and in the Garden State May is the month when hungry, healthy eaters regain the privilege of enjoying area farmers' bounties ... and more » |
Paying a seasonal fee for a weekly cache of greens and root veggies from a local farm remains popular in Vermont; however, the model of community ...
Austin American-Statesman | Austin farmers plant new roots in Western Bastrop County Austin American-Statesman Ten of those members live in Bastrop, and the farm's latest push is to further enter the Bastrop market. Farm Manager Matt Simon has led that push, mainly through weekly events at The 602 On Main. On Thursdays, the downtown Bastrop restaurant becomes a ... |
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in the Capay Valley Winters Express Farm Fresh To You (www.farmfreshtoyou.com), a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and home delivery service that provides fresh, local, organic produce and artisanal farm products to consumers' doorsteps, invites the public to its farm, Capay Organic ... and more » |
Area CSAs prepare for summer season Commons BRATTLEBORO—With the snowpack finally fully receded and the cold weather slowly releasing its grip on Windham County, the farmers at local CSAs find themselves preparing for the peak growing season. Jesse Kayan of Wild Carrot Farm in Brattleboro is ... |
Montreal Gazette | West Islander wants to protect land, 'seed all of Quebec with new farmers' Montreal Gazette Ramzy Kassouf left a lucrative job as a stockbroker to become a farmer and co-founder of the organic vegetable farm Les Jardins Carya in Senneville. He hasn't looked back. “I knew nothing about farming,” Kassouf said. “I'm a city boy. But I love what I ... |
Loveland Reporter-Herald | Community Supported Agriculture comes with farm fresh memories Loveland Reporter-Herald Those days came flooding back to my mind just a few days ago when the CEO and I visited a local farm. This wasn't just any farm. This was a farm in which we owned a tiny share. The event was an open house for ourselves and hundreds of other ... |
On a chilly spring afternoon, Zhao Wenjuan throws one more layer of soil around the green seedling with her bare hands, and bursts out a big smile.
Allentown Morning Call | Grow round tomatoes, and other lessons St. Luke's chefs and farmers learned by working together Allentown Morning Call Trizna and Meola have spent the last four years working out the kinks of farm-to-cafeteria dining at St. Luke's. The hospital administration partnered with the Rodale Institute, Trizna's employer, in 2014 to plant the St. Luke's Rodale Institute ... |
How a farmer and chef learned to work together to stock a St. Luke's hospital cafeteria.
