Join the Farm - Summer 2012
Thank you for your interest in our 2012 Summer CSA!
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We're excited to be providing fresh, organic, and locally-grown vegetables and fruit to our members this year, and we're as excited as you are for the bountiful harvest that Pennsylvania gives us during the growing season. Please check out the information below before registering through the links on the bottom of this page.
The Summer CSA at Village Acres is made up primarily of our own certified-organic produce, supplemented occasionally with produce from nearby farmers who are either also certified organic or use natural methods but are not certified. Last year our summer CSA members received approximately 55 different types of produce throughout the season.
Spring is greens season in every CSA, and we're no exception: spring shares include plenty of salad items, including lettuce heads, mesclun mix, arugula, and spinach, as well as scallions, cooking greens like swiss chard and collards, and two of our favorite perennial crops, asparagus and rhubarb. June generally heralds the start of strawberry season, an eagerly anticipated event on our farm marked by our first festival of the year. As the days warm up, other summer crops such as cucumbers and zucchini arrive, as do peas, new potatoes, and the first beets and carrots of the year. July replaces strawberries with blueberries, and by August summer is in full swing with tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, garlic, and melons all arriving on our plates. August also marks the peak of sweet corn and green bean season - and as the blueberries fade the raspberries are ready to take their place. September looks much the same as August in our box, but at the farm fall greens - kale, spinach, and bok choy, as well as broccoli and cauliflower - are starting to develop, and by October they'll be on the menu along with winter squash and sweet potatoes. By November, with snow starting to arrive, root crops, cabbages, and the start of our winter greenhouse salad will make up most of your box.
Share Size & Splitting: We offer two share sizes: full and medium. Full shares aim to provide enough food for two vegetable-loving adults or a family that eats one or two vegetable side dishes a day. Medium shares are about 60% of the size of fulls (due to both smaller portions and fewer items) and are designed for one vegetable-loving adult or a couple that doesn't cook quite as much. Full shares have priority when it comes to produce that might be rare that week (i.e., melons that are just starting to ripen, or those times we only have a hundred mature heads of broccoli) although we try our best to make sure everyone gets a taste of everything throughout the year.
Members are also welcome to split shares among households however they'd like. This is a great way to build community and to customize your share, too (especially if you can find someone who loves what you hate and hates what you love!). Please note that the responsibility of managing the split shares lies with the persons splitting, not the farm. We also appreciate a single person to be the payer to simplify our bookkeeping. On the "Member Signup" page you will have the option of entering an additional 2 parties that you may be splitting with. Entering their information there will join them to our mailing list and assign them as "splitting" with you. Please note the first name entered should be the primary member. If you cannot find a share partner, please contact the farm.
Our Egg Share consists of a dozen eggs each week from our own chickens. Our hens are pasture-raised during most of the year; in the winter they are free to roam our barnyard in all but the coldest weather or to take shelter in our barn. They are not certified organic (due to the price of organic feed) but eat plenty of organically-grown bugs, seeds, and compost-ready produce and you're welcome to stop by any time and check on them!
We also offer a Flower Share: 16 or more country bouquets, hand-picked and arranged by Hope Brubaker and delivered to you at distribution. Flower shares make a great way to brighten up your house or cheer up your friends and family.
Our Community Fund exists to make sure that good, local, organic produce is available to everyone, regardless of economic means. Our Community Fund provides reduced cost shares for those on limited budgets who want to be a part of the CSA. If you would like to contribute to the Community Fund as part of your signup, you'll be given the opportunity to do so. All donations made during registration are matched by the farm. If you are interested in receiving financial assistance from the Community Fund, please sign up online as usual, and then contact the farm with "Community Fund Request" in the subject line, or call us at (717) 436-9477.
Summer CSA distributions in State College, Burnham, and Mifflintown are held every Tuesday from May 15, 2012 to November 20, 2012, for 28 weeks of produce. Selinsgrove and Harrisburg distributions are the Friday prior to those dates.
2012 Summer CSA Prices
Share Size ____ Amount
Full Share $680
Medium Share $450
Farm Pickup Only: Full Share $605
Farm Pickup Only: Medium Share $390
Egg Share $84
Flower Share $125
Pickup Locations:
1. State College: Friends Meeting House, 611 E. Prospect Ave., State College, PA 16801
2. At the farm: 229 Cuba Mills Rd., Mifflintown, PA 17059
3. Burnham: The Healthy Food Store, 135 Nolan Dr., Lewistown, PA 17044
4. Selinsgrove: In Winfield (at a member's house) and at Emma's Food for Life in Selinsgrove.
5. Harrisburg: We are starting a Harrisburg distribution up this year, with deliveries every Friday morning. We'll be working on determining the exact dropoff location as members sign up and we see where they're located.
Please send a $100 deposit, up to the full amount to the farm's address, payable to "Village Acres." In the memo field, please write "Summer Share '12" and your member #, which will be in your confirmation email. Finally, if your name is not on the check, please write it in the memo field. Please note that your deposit is the only way to hold your spot. (We are not set up to accept online or credit card payments.)
Farm's Address:
Village Acres
229 Cuba Mills Rd.
Mifflintown, PA 17059
If you have previously been a member of any Village Acres CSA since 2008, click here to sign up for the '12 Summer CSA.
If you're a new member, click here to sign up for the '12 Summer CSA.
Thank you for your interest and support. If you have any questions/comments, please call (717-436-9477) or email us (villageacres@gmail.com).
Saturday, March 3rd, 6pm -11pm Dave Lefever Singer/Songwriter, Musician will perform.
Tuesday, March 13 Transition to Organic Vegetable Production Workshop
