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Rather than aim for a certain tonnage of
vegetables, we provide a diverse assortment of
produce with each weekly delivery, almost
always more than eight different vegetables, in
quantities you can use.
Our members tell us that for a family of
four that eats most of its meals at home, our
share provides a good selection and quantity of
vegetables. We go to special effort to put a
diversity of items in each box, and to not
include too much of any one thing.
Many of our CSA members have been pleasantly
surprised at how many vegetables they eat when
they have access to an abundance of fresh,
delicious produce. Families with small children
especially have found that the children get
excited about the weekly box, and respond to
the difference that truly fresh vegetables
make.
CSA membership involves some risk. Members
and farmers alike join in the pleasures and
pitfalls of a summer in the Upper Midwest. At
Rock Spring Farm, we mitigate the risks with
hoophouse production, successive plantings of
important crops, and utilizing soils both on
the ridges and in the valleys of our hill
country farm. As with all local, organic
production, the price of a Rock Spring Farm CSA
share includes things that have no value in the
industrial agricultural model, like air and
water quality, management of soil minerals,
erosion control, carbon sequestration,
enhancement of biodiversity, and sustainability
for farm families and rural communities.
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Here is a sample of
some typical boxes:
Summer Vegetable
Share (late July)
1½ lbs Carrots
2 Red Onions
¾ lbs petite French Green Beans
Red Greenhouse Tomatoes
1 pint Sungold Cherry Tomatoes
6 oz Salad Mix
1 Dutch Greenhouse Cucumber
1 head Celery
1½ lbs Red Beets
Spring Green
Share (mid-May)
1 bunch Chives
8 oz Spinach
1 bunch Lovage
4 oz Nettles
2 Baby Bok Choi
1 bunch Russian Kale
1 lb Asparagus
1 bunch Spring Turnips
1 bunch Garlic Greens
Winter Vegetable
Share (November)
8 oz Salad Mix
8 oz Spinach
2 lbs Beets
½ lb Brussels Sprouts
1 bunch Thyme
2 lbs Carrots
1 Celeriac
1 Red Onion
½ lb Shallots
2 lbs Turnips
2 Beauty Heart Winter Radish
2 heads Broccoli
2 Acorn Squash
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