Tag: CSA

Our Produce is Now Certified Naturally Grown

Our Produce is Now Certified Naturally Grown

We are looking forward to the beginning of our CSA season with anxious excitement.  Our Saturday pick-up day is SOLD OUT, as are all of the egg shares.  We still have shares available for Wednesday pick-up at GrowMemphis  (on Southern by the U of M),…

Winter Update, CSA News and Internship Opportunities

Winter Update, CSA News and Internship Opportunities

It may only be January 15th, but it is already January 15th and the greenhouse planting has already begun. We have spent many a cold day planning out 2014 with new additions to our farm including American Guinea Hogs, internship opportunities (info here)and expanding our…

Last week of the CSA

Last week of the CSA

The calendar may say it is still fall but these cold nights are telling me it is winter.  Winter on the farm is a time of introspection, reflection and planning.  It is time to get our household in order, literally and figuratively.  The field is…

Whole diet CSA, Maybe One Day

Whole diet CSA, Maybe One Day

On Friday of last week I gave a presentation on Community Supported Agriculture at the Mississippi Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association Conference in Philadelphia, Mississippi.  I talked with a group of growers and extension agents about the CSA concept of sharing the risks and rewards…

Cultivating Patience

Cultivating Patience

This is the LAST WEEK of the Spring Share.   A big thank you to all our Spring members!  We love being a CSA farm.  Sure, there are downsides – it is stressful to have vegetables sold before they are even in the ground, what with…

December update and 2013 CSA Sign Up

December update and 2013 CSA Sign Up

Our CSA season ended with November, and since then I have been sleeping in and lounging all day with a cup of coffee and a crossword puzzle book.  Wait, that isn’t right…As a good friend said, winter is when you really get things done on…

Our Final CSA of the Year

Our Final CSA of the Year

Woo hoo!  We made it to the final week on the 2012 CSA!  Good timing, too, because the garden is starting to look a little sparse.  We just want to say “thank you” one more time to all of you for supporting us in our…

Summer Visitors

Summer Visitors

  Time to spruce up the brooder; baby chicks are on the way!  This week we ordered 60 Cornish Cross chickens to raise for meat.  Thirty of them should be arriving next week and the others a month later.  With the risk of literally counting…