Thursday, October 9, 2008

Winter veggie shares!

Today was a beautiful day, but soon it will be cold cold cold. What better way to combat winter blues than with a winter veggie share? My farm is sold out of winter shares, but Kate from The Food Project sent everyone an email today about another local winter share. One of the gems in this email is the Belmont CSA News blog. Beautiful pics from their farm.

The New Amsterdam Project is something I'd heard of before in a post about the Harvest Coop in Central Sq. They deliver various products on these neat bicycle carts.

Here's the email about the winter share.

"Buy a Multi-Farm Winter Community Supported Agriculture Share!

Enjoy locally grown vegetables this winter!


Three farms have come together to share their fall and winter harvests with you through this three month Winter CSA. Gretta Anderson, Belmont CSA, manages the Winter CSA and will grow many of the leafy greens you will find in the Winter Share. Bruce and Jenny Wooster, Picadilly Farm, grow and store the bulk of storage vegetables for the Winter Share on their Winchester, NH farm. Chris Yoder, Vanguarden CSA, grows some of the storage onions, popcorn and a variety of root vegetables and leafy greens for the Winter

Share.


These shares will contain many storage vegetables, as well as leafy greens and storage apples. Plans for the winter share include beets, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, celery, celeriac, collard greens,

escarole, hakurei turnips and greens, kale, lettuce, leeks, sweet potatoes, purple top turnips, onioins, parsnips, popcorn, potatoes, radishes, radicchio, shallots, and winter squash. Storage apples from Cider Hill Farm

will also be part of the share.


Winter Shares cost $225. They will be distributed from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Saturdays, October 18, November 8, and December 6. Shares will be distributed at the farm in Belmont (34 Glenn Road). Eco-Friendly Delivery is available through the New Amsterdam Project <http://newamsterdamproject.com/> .


For more information, see the Belmont CSA blog <http://BelmontCSA.blogspot.com> or email BelmontCSA@gmail.com for details and a subscription form."

1 comment:

Mrs. Finch said...

I joined this CSA and my first distribution is coming soon, I'm very excited! I went to chestnut farms this weekend too, but haven't put all my pictures up yet!

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