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  • Island Grown Initiative Winter 2023 CSA Sign Up Now Open

    Make winter a little brighter with a subscription of produce from the Island Grown Initiative Farm. The Martha’s Vineyard Winter CSA starts early November, and will run until mid March. Your CSA membership supports a number of IGI initiatives from the regenerative growing techniques in our fields all the way to feeding the 4,200 registered clients at the Food Pantry and many other islanders in need. The produce only share is $650. When available, farm eggs and local goods can be purchased at pickup. The Winter CSA is split into two groups: Group A and Group B. Group A pickup begins Thursday, November 2 and will be available for pickup every other Thursday until March 14. Group B pickup begins Thursday, November 9 and runs every other Thursday until March 21. Each group has a total of ten pickups, from 1 pm – 5 pm at Island Groun Farm, 80 Stoney Hill Road in Vineyard Haven. Questions, comments, concerns: feel free to reach out to your friendly CSA Manager, Lizzie, at lizzie@igimv.org. For immediate assistance, call the office at 508-687-9062. To sign up, visit https://islandgrown.localfoodmarketplace.com/Subscriptions

  • Summer 2023 CSA Sign Ups

    Martha’s Vineyard:

    Summer is almost here. Sign up now to reserve your weekly share of produce from the Island Grown Initiative Farm. The Summer CSA starts Thursday, June 15, and will run through Thursday, October 26. Your CSA membership supports a number of initiatives at Island Grown, from honing the regenerative growing techniques in our fields to the quality of the produce that we grow and all the way to the volume of food we’re able to donate through local channels. Sign up and get all the details at https://islandgrown.localfoodmarketplace.com/Subscriptions

    Winchester:

    Wright-Locke Farm. Register at https://www.wlfarm.org/csa-sign-up/ Some shares are already sold out. All pickups are “on-farm” at 82 Ridge St, Winchester, MA at the basement door (north side) of our new All Seasons Barn. You can wait in line for contactless pick up, or park and walk down to grab your share.

    • Tuesday: Mini Share; Flower Shares; Once-a-Month Herb/Medicinal/Foraged Share —  pick-up 3-6pm
    • Thursday: Full Share, A/B week Share; Thursday Flower Shares — pick-up 3-6pm
    • There will be NO CSAs the week of July 4th (July 2nd through the 8th)

    Sudbury, Manhattan, and Brooklyn:

    Siena Farms’ Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a collaboration between farmers and their customers. When you purchase a CSA membership, you support Siena Farm’s 75-acre farm through the inherent risks, and delicious rewards, of farming in New England. In return, you share in our harvest with a weekly box — a Farm Share — of the best vegetables our fields have to offer through the season. We are thrilled to be delivering our CSA Farm Shares to New York City year-round for 2023!  Pickup and home delivery is now available throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn, and our Employer Sponsored Farm Share program is available for NYC employers. Complete details are found at https://sienafarms.com/collections

    Chestnut Hill and Dover:

    The Trustees offer CSA memberships through Chestnut Hill Farm and Powisset Farm (Weir River Farm in Hingham is already sold out) All produce is 100% certified organic. For details, visit https://shopthetrustees.org/pages/trustees-farms

    Brookline:

    Allandale Farm is continuing its CSA program in 2023 and adding a Flower Share CSA as well. Registration is now open for returning customers, and you can check out the details at https://allandalefarm.com/csa-farm-bucks

    Concord:

    From their website: The Verrill Farm CSA program is a great way to establish healthy eating habits and broaden your palate by enjoying the vast variety of fresh, high quality produce grown right here on our farm. In line with our mission, we aim to supply the highest quality and best tasting fruits and vegetables to our CSA customers while doing our part to take care of the land on which we farm. To fulfill this pledge, we have and always will continue to practice sustainable agriculture for all of our growing practices! This year we are offering two different Verrill Farm CSA share options and two add-on shares from our local farm friends. Our 2023 CSA program will begin June 28th. Join the Verrill Farm CSA and enjoy fresh, high quality produce always grown right here in our fields in Concord & Sudbury. See what crops we grow. Visit https://verrillfarm.com/farm/csa/

    For even more options, especially in Western and Central Massachusetts, visit https://www.edibleboston.com/csa-guide

  • The Trustees CSA Offers Now Available

    Purchase Trustees Grown certified organic vegetables and pastured meat and poultry. In addition to being the largest private owner of farmland in Massachusetts, the Trustees operate multiple production farms where visitors can learn about the land and the natural cycles we depend on, share experiences, and enjoy farm fresh products. Partial payment options are available.
    Please Note: Our CSAs are only open to Trustees members. If you are not yet a member sign-up here. There are options from Appleton Farms in Ipswich, including a fruit CSA share, Chestnut Hill Farm in Southborough, Powisset Farm in Dover, Weir River Farm in Hingham, and more. Read all about it at https://shopthetrustees.org/pages/trustees-farms

  • Summer CSA Share at Boston Nature Center

    You can still register for a 2020 Summer CSA share! Boston Nature Center is once again teaming up with Moose Hill, its sister wildlife sanctuary in Sharon, to offer Mass Audubon members the opportunity to get approximately 18 weeks of fresh, organic vegetables.

    With weekly pick-ups at the BNC on Friday afternoons, summer just couldn’t be any sweeter. Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary partners with Ward’s Berry Farm to grow certified organic produce on 17 acres of sustainably farmed land. Moose Hill oversees the management, harvesting, and distribution of the crops, and also maintains the organic standards for annual certification.

    Please Note: Mass Audubon is actively monitoring the COVID-19 situation. Should it extend into the CSA season, we will make changes to our pick-up process that ensure the safety and health of our shareholders and staff.

    For complete information on how it works, and variety of pricing options, visit www.massaudubon.org.

  • Wednesday, August 7, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm – Farm to Table: Renditions of Ratatouille

    This annual Highfield Hall and Gardens series focuses on produce available at our local  farmers’ markets. This year our culinary director, Gail Blakely, has joined a CSA and she will be bringing her box of fresh produce to the class on August 7 (1:30 – 3:30) so that you can join her in learning how to “cook local”! Highfield Hall is located at 56 Highfield Drive in Falmouth

    August 15th is Julia Child’s birthday, so we will honor her with a couple of different renditions of ratatouille: eggplant, peppers, squash, onions, garlic, tomatoes and fresh herbs. There are so many variations on this dish, we may never stop! Recipes and tastes are provided and subject to change depending on availability. $50 for Highfield Hall members, $60 for nonmembers.

    Register early at www.highfieldhallandgardens.org or call, 508-495-1878, ext. 2

    Please contact us before registering if you have food allergies or concerns, email or call, 508-495-1878, ext. 2.

  • Friday, February 15 – Early Bird Deadline for 2019 Allandale Farm CSA Registration

    Sign up for a CSA share with Allandale Farm before February 15th and save. Take advantage of their Early Bird Special: Get 20 weeks of Allandale veggies for the price of 19! Plus, all CSA members receive 10% off in the store on their pick-up days. The store is located at 259 Allandale Road in Brookline. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a great way to support the farm and get a share of the coming season’s harvest. You receive a good value for fresh, local vegetables and in turn, the farm receives income in the winter months when the seed, plant and supply bills are piling up and other farm income is minimal or non-existent. Vegetable CSA: One share is at least one half-bushel of Allandale Farm grown produce per week for 20 weeks beginning in mid June. In your box, you will find a full representation of the crops we are harvesting at that point in the season. You will also receive a weekly CSA newsletter with crop and farm information, recipes and more.

    Each week, you’ll receive a diverse array of fresh vegetables representative of what we are harvesting from our fields. Your share might include seasonal combinations of…

    Arugula, beans, beets, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, cucumbers, eggplant, fennel, garlic and garlic scapes, greens, herbs, leeks, lettuce, new potatoes, onions, sweet and hot peppers, radishes, scallions, spinach, spring lettuce mix, summer squash, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, turnips, watermelon, winter squash, and zucchini.

    See something you can’t stand? This season, we’ll have a Swap Box so you can drop it and swap it. Leave behind those veggies you’ve had enough of, and grab something extra that you absolutely love. To sign up, and for more information, visit https://allandalefarm.com/csa-farm-bucks/

  • Sunday, September 23 – Ride for Food

    Is your summer just kicking into gear? You can turn your love of bicycling into support for The Food Project. Join The Food Project’s team on Sunday, September 23 for the Ride for Food, a bicycle ride to raise money for hunger relief in Greater Boston. This event brings together 21 food pantries, community farms, and food justice organizations—including The Food Project—with a goal of raising $600,000! Riding for The Food Project supports our farms, diverse youth leaders, and a vision of a world in which everyone has access to fresh, healthy, affordable food.

    They’re looking for 7 more riders to join the team and collectively raise $10,000 to build community gardens, operate 70 acres of farmland, and employ 120 teens each year. At it’s core, The Food Project is about working together “for love of land and people.” Each year, they grow over 200,000 pounds of food for the community. That fresh, high-quality food is distributed through donations to soup kitchens, sold affordably at farmers markets, and provided to hundreds of families through a CSA. Volunteers build 100 gardens annually for local schools and neighbors and manage a 10,000 sqft greenhouse for residents to access gardening space and support. The race starts and ends at the Noble & Greenough School in Dedham.

    Whether you choose to ride 10, 25, or 50 miles, your efforts make a huge difference. Your participation supports work with diverse youth and communities, working together to create a just, sustainable food system, one where everyone has access to the fresh, healthy food they need to thrive. The team is fun, friendly, and inclusive to all levels of riders. Each rider aims to raise $1,000 ($300 minimum) towards the team goal. Registration is $75 and is easy to do.

    Click the button “Join Team” at https://ride.threesquaresne.org/team/166476 and search for “The Food Project” to begin registering.

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  • Holiday Gift Idea – Food Project Metro Boston Summer 2015 Box Share

    All of The Food Project’s vegetables, herbs, and flowers are grown using sustainable growing methods. They do not use chemical fertilizers or pesticides and distribute  food within the local communities where they work.

    Youth in the summer Seed Crews help grow and harvest the produce. Their mission is to create a thoughtful and productive community of youth and adults from diverse backgrounds who work together to build a sustainable food system.

    The summer shares run from June through October and members receive 8-24 pounds of produce a week, with poundage increasing as the harvest grows. Certain sites are on-farm pickups with pick-your-own herbs, flowers and berries.

    Metro Boston Summer 2015 Box Share
    475.00 (regularly 500.00)

    The summer box share runs for 20 weeks from June through October and consists of a weekly box of produce. Shareholders receive 4-18 pounds of produce each week.

    Pick-up site: Choose from many options in and around Boston when you purchase.

    Early-bird 5% discount through December 15, 2014, equivalent to one free week! To learn more, and to order, visit https://thefoodproject.squarespace.com/csa-farm-shares.

  • Sunday, September 21, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm – Cooking Class with Jody Adams: Early Autumn Harvest

    Join Rialto for one of its 2014 Cooking Classes led by Chef Jody Adams. The day begins at with coffee & scones at 11am in the bar & lounge at Rialto in Harvard Square. Guests move into the main dining room, as they sit back, relax and enjoy cooking instruction and demonstration led by Chef Jody Adams. Guests receive a packet of recipes to follow along and take notes. The demonstration is followed by a multi-course lunch with expertly paired wines.

    Some of the best produce from local farms makes it’s way into our CSA’s during September, when late summer harvests are at their peak. For this Sunday, September 21 cooking class we are joined by one of our favorite farmers, working with the best of the  harvest and bringing these flavors to life with simple preparation and technique.

    Photo below by Jody Adams’ husband Ken Rivard from their wonderful blog The Garum Factory, which we highly recommend.

    The cost is $125 per person and you may register online at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/cooking-class-with-jody-adams-early-autumn-harvest-tickets-11063237441.

  • Sunday, January 12 – Friday, January 17 – Seed School

    Join Bill McDorman (NS/S Executive Director), Joy Hought, MSc (Director of National Seed School), Hampshire College alum Rowen White (co-founder of Sierra Seed Cooperative) and special guests for a 6-day Seed School session at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Seed School is for gardeners, farmers, herbalists, nurseries, CSAs, non-profits, government agencies and everyone concerned with regional, sustainable and diverse agriculture. Click here to learn more about this groundbreaking course.

    Native Seeds/SEARCH is proud to partner with Hampshire College, Massachusetts for its January Term program, January 12th through the 17th. College credit will be available and 12 Hampshire College students will get priority placement for this Seed School session.

    January 12-17, 2014
    Hampshire College
    Amherst, MA

    Tuition: $700
    Deposit to reserve a spot: $200
    Payment can  be made by mailing a check payable to Native Seeds/SEARCH, 3584 E. River Road, Tucson AZ 85718. Indicate “Seed School – January 2014” on your check and include contact information and phone number. For complete information, and to complete your registration following payment, visit http://www.nativeseeds.org/index.php?option=com_rsform&formId=3.

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