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Join a CSA Farm Now

April 10, 2007

Ensure gastronomic bliss throughout the growing season.

CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture.  To join a CSA, you purchase a “share” of the farm’s harvest.  CSA members enjoy weekly helpings of fresh local produce.  You’ll know you live in a blessed place each week when you collect your share of this incredibly delicious food.

CSA members generally have to pick up their share at either the farm or a designated pick-up location once a week.  Choose a CSA farm with a pick-up location that is easy for you to get to at the designated time.  If picking up at a particular time is hard for you, contact individual farms to see if they can make an allowance for you, or check out The Farm at Miller’s Crossing’s u-pick share.

Some farms have a work requirement.  Contact individual farms for details about their CSA contracts.

The Farm at Miller’s Crossing
Pick up is Tuesday from 4-7 on Roxbury Road in Claverack.  Shares available include a singe share, a family share and a U-pick share.  U-pick members can come to the farm and pick at their convenience.  Contact: 518-851-2331.

Hawthorne Valley Farm
Pick up is Thursdays from 2-6pm in Harlemville.  Members also get 10% off farm products purchased at The Hawthorne Valley Farm Store.  Contact Rachel Schneider at 518.672.7500 ext 105 or .  See also http://hawthornevalleyfarm.org/csa.html .

Little Seed Gardens
Pick up is on Tuesdays from 4-7pm in Chatham.  Call 518-392-0063

Monkshood Nursery
Pick up is on Fridays from 4-7pm near the intersection of 9J and 26A in Stuyvesant.  Call 518-758-7958 or email .

Roxbury Farm
Pick up is Fridays from 3:30-7pm at 2 locations - the farm on Rt 9H in Kinderhook and Mambert Rd in Churchtown.  Call 518-758-8558 or visit http://roxburyfarm.com/ .

Threshold Farm
Members choose a pick up day - either Tuesdays 1-8pm or Friday evening through Saturday morning.  Pick up is on Summit St. in the Village of Philmont.  Members can also drive to the farm on Roxbury Road for items available for u-pick.  Fruit from the farm’s orchards is available to members as an additional purchase.  Call 518-672-5509.

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