Two Creeks Organics

CSA 2012

We now have shares available for the 2012 CSA Season!

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 What is CSA?

CSA stands for community supported agriculture.  CSA is a relationship of support and commitment between a farm and a community.  Participants pay the farmer a membership fee at a reduced rate, which covers some production costs.  In turn, members receive a weekly share of the harvest during the growing season.  Both share the risks and benefits involved.  By supporting your local farmer you are not only receiving healthy naturally grown food, you are helping the environment by eliminating the extra fossil fuel and packaging required to transport your store bought food over long distances.

Local Harvest has summarized the advantages nicely:

Advantages for farmers:

• Get to spend time marketing the food early in the year, before their 16 hour days in the field begin
• Receive payment early in the season, which helps with the farm's cash flow
• Have an opportunity to get to know the people who eat the food they grow

 Advantages for consumers:

• Eat ultra-fresh food, with all the flavor and vitamin benefits
• Get exposed to new vegetables and new ways of cooking
• Get to visit the farm.
• Find that kids typically favor food from "their" farm – even veggies they've never been known to eat
• Develop a relationship with the farmer who grows their food and learn more about how food is grown

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See what some of our members have to say on their blogs about our CSA:

 Megan at Meg.Goes.Nom.Nom

and  Melissa at sewmelly.com -by the way, Melissa has some great hand sewn items on her website and at etsy.com

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What is a share?

A share is approximately a bushel and will feed two people generously or a family of four with small children.  A half share is approximately a 1/2 bushel.  Your share will consist of different quantities and varieties of fresh vegetables and herbs that are ripe each week of the share.  We grow a large variety of crops so you may be able to try something new. 

Our season runs for twenty weeks beginning the first week in June and ending with our "gleaner's share" in mid-October.

Our weekly newsletter will have farm information and recipe ideas for using the weeks share.

Members will also be invited to special Farm Days and festivals. 

Some of the items you may expect:

Early:  mixed greens, carrots, beets, radishes,  broccoli, cabbage,  onions

Mid:  potatoes, beans, assorted peppers, cabbage, cucumber, eggplant, summer squash, assorted tomatoes, melon

Late:  greens, beans, squash, brussel sprouts, carrots, onions, sweet potatoes, turnips

The quantity and variety of a share will vary with the time of year and the weather.  You will receive as much variety and quantitiy as the conditions allow.  As partners we share in the benefits of crops that grow well and the risks of weather or crop failure.  Many times there are crops that do extremely well and others that do not produce as expected.

Contact us for a tour of the farm.

Peppers, Basil and Tomatoes from last years harvest.

How much is a share?

Rising prices have forced us to raise our prices for this season.  A full share is $610.00 and a half share is $335.00.   

How Do I Join?

There are several options to reserve your 2012:

1. Pay in full online at our store.  Please note that online payments include the paypal fee.  Email or mail the membership application to us. 

2. Print out the membership application, fill it in and mail it to us with your full payment.   

If you experience problems with the membership form, please contact us and we will email one to you. 

Please read the membership form carefully before signing.

Where do I pick up my share?

Shares can be picked up:

At the farm Thursday thru Saturday,

Ann Arbor :  Thursday at the Westside Farmer's Market from 3:00-7:00 PM

We may do a distribution in Saline and Ypsilanti this year if there is enough interest.

What should I know as a shareholder?

• Your share will consist of produce that is ripe that week.
• As a shareholder you share the risks and rewards of farming.  There is no guarantee as to the amount or variety of produce that you will receive.  Quantity and variety may vary due to the weather.
• You are purchasing a share in one season's harvest not a share of the farm itself.
• You will not receive a refund after the start of the season in the event of a natural disaster.
• Your share will be donated to a needy family if it is not picked up at the appropriate time.  In case of emergency, a make up share may be available.
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