We are excited to offer several optional additions to your 2024 vegetable CSA share this season. These options are all sourced from other farms in the local community, because while we’d love to do it all, we’d rather focus on the craft of growing great veggies and let our neighbors take care of the rest. These partner farms are not certified organic, but they are farms doing good work and using responsible practices. The easiest thing to do is select the options on your CSA registration form when you sign up. You can also always add something later if you change your mind.
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Eggs:
22 weeks, for $165 ($7.50 per week)
Those who opt for the egg share will have a fresh dozen eggs waiting for them at every pick-up. This year our partner farm is Old Ford Farm in Gardiner. Old Ford’s chickens are out on pasture, where they join the farm’s dairy cows and pigs in searching the ground for tasty morsels to supplement their feed. (FYI, we are charging the price given to us by Old Ford.) These eggs are not certified organic, but they are pasture raised and fed non-GMO feed.
Fruit:
20 weeks, for $200
In 2023 we will once again partner with Glorie Farm in Marlboro for the optional fruit share, and THE FRUIT SHARE THIS YEAR STARTS EARLIER, ON WEEK 3 OF THE CSA. Glorie specializes in tree fruit (think crisp heirloom apples, bosc and bartlett pears, sweet white and yellow peaches and nectarines, etc). The season starts with strawberries for a few weeks, then cherries, before getting into mid-July, the start of the tree fruit harvest season, so starting then means we’ll be getting the freshest just-picked fruit out there. Glorie is not certified organic, but uses IPM practices to manage their sustainably-grown orchard.
Mushrooms:
Bi-weekly (11 weeks), for $82.5
For all you “fun guys” out there, we’ll be offering a mushroom share option from Wiltbank Mushroom Farm in Catskill. Farmer Gary Wiltbank grows Oyster and Shiitake mushrooms, and the 1-quart shares will hopefully alternate. The ten mushroom distributions will be spread out over the CSA season, allowing for some flexibility in production, particularly during the hottest part of the season. We will give mushroom share participants advanced notice of when to expect their mushroom share. These mushrooms are not certified organic, but they are grown without any pesticides or chemicals.
Maple Syrup:
1 delivery, at first CSA pickup, for $35 (half gallon)
We’re excited to be connected with Tree Juice Maple Syrup in Arkville, nestled in the Catskill Mountains. They offer a one-time distribution of maple syrup in the late Spring that we’ll be passing on to any interested CSA members. Pre-ordered syrups will be available for pickup at the first CSA distribution. This product is non certified organic, but it is produced without any chemicals and done in a sustainable way.
Local Honey:
1 delivery, at first CSA pickup, for $20 (2 lb honey)
Similar to the maple syrup, we’ll be offering a one-time distribution of local wildflower honey from Damn Good Honey Farm in Kerhonkson. Local honey has a number of excellent health benefits (including helping with seasonal allergies), on top of being delicious, so we’re excited to be partnering with Keith and Jennifer Duarte of Damn Good Honey to offer this one-time distribution, which will be available for pickup at the first CSA distribution (you must pre-order). This product is non certified organic, but it is produced without any chemicals and done in a sustainable way.
Meat and Dairy Buying Club
This year we’re going to partner with Chaseholm Farm to host their monthly buying club in the Kingston area. Chaseholm is a third-generation organic, grass-fed dairy operation in Pine Plains. Email us for more info!