Saving the Bees, One Hive at a Time
Saving our bees is critically important to our food supply and consumers can help by participating in honey CSAs and Adopt-a-Hive programs.
Saving our bees is critically important to our food supply and consumers can help by participating in honey CSAs and Adopt-a-Hive programs.
Buying a CSA share from Aradia means you have first dibs on some of the dearest cuts that you’d typically have to special order to obtain. Best of all you buy food with great flavor and complete transparency, save money, support a local farm, and conveniently have meat on hand when you need it.
Sun Sprout Farm’s 2016 Summer CSA program runs for 20 weeks, from the beginning of June until the beginning of November, and is open to new subscribers. This season there is one drop off location in CT serving Stamford and New Canaan markets: 56 Broad Brook Lane Stamford, CT. Pick ups are on Wednesdays between 4 pm and 6:30 pm.
Maitri Farm in Amenia, New York (Dutchess County) is offering a 22-week CSA program to Fairfield County that runs from June-October. Kaia Yoga studios in Westport and Greenwich, CT are the locations where members will pick up shares of farm-fresh vegetables grown using organic practices and pasture-raised eggs.
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs are one of the most important ways for consumers to economically purchase fresh, organically grown food while supporting local farms. Consult our guide to find the right program near you.
Sport Hill Farm (SHF) is offering two Harvest to Home programs for the upcoming 2015 growing season. Harvest to Home is a modified CSA (farm share) program offering some flexibility and additional member benefits.
Full and half shares are available for the full 21 week CSA or consider a 7-week spring, summer or fall CSA, also available in full and half shares.
Community Supported Agriculture Programs (CSAs) continue to gain in popularity as consumers discover how economical and fun they are. While summer CSA programs typically run for many months, fall and winter programs are much shorter and therefore ideal for those trying them for the first time.
A series of three pop-up dinners will help raise funds for Lachat Town Farm in Weston. Tickets are on sale for the June 28 “Five Farms and a Barn” dinner.
The Hickories’ farmers will host Farm and Animal Tours on April 26th, May 17th, and May 31st featuring lambs, goat kids, and piglets, to share the joys of spring on the farm. Sign up on the website (www.thehickories.org) for a guided tour and for more information about the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Program. Space is limited. Farm and Animal Tours are free to CSA members, but general admission is $10 per person.
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs are one of the most powerful ways for consumers to support local farms and source fresh, organically grown food more economically.
Assuming you always use reusable bags when shopping, have ditched bottled water for good, and compost your food waste rather than throwing it in the garbage, you’re ready for bigger and tastier challenges. Here are a few to consider:
Almost all the meat you purchase in the grocery store and eat in restaurants and fast food outlets is from factory farms (ditto for school lunch). So is the dairy. Slow down just a minute to ponder the fact that the meat you eat and milk you drink is from animals kept confined, indoors, 24/7 on feedlots instead of being raised on pasture.
Too early to start thinking about buying your Thanksgiving bird? Think again! Farmers and retailers have gotten an early start informing us about their local and heritage turkey offerings this year, so we’ve decided to publish right away and add to the guide as we receive new information. Check back for updates or follow us on Facebook or Twitter for notifications.