Most farms deliver shares to a common pick-up site, but a few will deliver your share to your door, while others require you to pick up your share at the farm or help with deliveries. Pick-up site/Delivery Day: The CSA farms listed have various delivery or pick-up dates.You should keep in mind the driving distance to the pick-up site or the farm when considering your level of involvement and the involvement expectations of the farm. Location: The CSA farms listed in this directory are located throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin.You may want to refer to this list* when choosing a farm: While membership in a CSA farm includes a weekly share of fresh produce (and increasingly, meat and other products), other factors may vary from farm-to-farm. It is often difficult to choose which CSA farm to join. Good luck as you take that first step into an exciting sector of our food system! Selecting a CSA We recommend reading the “Selecting a CSA Farm” and “Questions to Ask a CSA Farmer” guides below before beginning your search for a CSA operation that fits you best. We encourage you to contact the farms directly and ask questions to determine what best fits with your needs, lifestyle and schedule. At times, raising food in the Upper Midwest can be made quite challenging by inclement weather, pest infestations and other factors beyond the farmers’ control. Please keep in mind that while membership in a CSA farm means sharing in the bounty of the season, it also means sharing in the risks. The Land Stewardship Project is not a certification agency for Community Supported Agriculture farms and does not guarantee customer satisfaction. The farms listed in this directory have paid a fee to the Land Stewardship Project to be included. CSA operations provide more than just food they offer ways for eaters to become involved in the ecological and human community that supports the farm. But CSA consumers don’t so much “buy” food from particular farms as become “members” of those farms. Those consumers, in turn, pay a subscription fee. At their most fundamental level, CSA farms provide a weekly delivery of sustainably produced food to consumers during the growing season (approximately June to October).
0 kommentar(er)
