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Think Spring

By Bridget Salmons

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Farm: Honey Brook Organic Farm
Pickup: At farm, 260 Wargo Road, Pennington, and multiple sites in PA and NJ
Sign up at: Honeybrookorganicfarm.com
Share Length: 24 weeks
Cost: Family share (farm pickup) $604 ($25.17/week); individual share (farm pickup) $358 ($14.92/week); delivered share $600 ($25/week)
Sample Peak-Season Share: Family share: ­Garlic, peppers, summer squash, melon, watermelon, slicing and heirloom tomatoes, grape tomatoes, chard, eggplant, plus choice of cabbage, scallions, onions and beets, or cilantro, basil and parsley. Pick your own: Flowers and ornamental grasses, basil, raspberries, blackberries, okra

Farm: Kimberton CSA
Pick-up: At farm, 415 West Seven Stars Road, Phoenixville
Sign up at: Kimbertoncsa.org
Share Length: 28 weeks
Cost: $780 ($27.86/week)
Sample farm for more information: Contact farm for more information.

Farm: Lancaster Farm Fresh
Pickup: At multiple sites in Philadelphia and Lancaster
Sign up at: Lancasterfarmfresh.com
Share Length: 22 weeks
Cost: Full share (weekly) $575 ($26.14/week); split share (biweekly) $300 ($13.64/week)
Sample Peak-Season Share: Full share: 1 watermelon, 5 lbs. potatoes, 1 pt. grape tomatoes, 2 cubanelle peppers, 3 green bell peppers, 2 large candy onions, 3 yellow squash, 2 cucumbers, 4 heirloom tomatoes

Farm:
Maysie’s Farm Conservation Center
Pickup: At farm, 15 St. Andrew’s Lane, Glenmoore, or at Jenkin’s Arboretum, 631 Berwyn Baptist Road, Devon
Sign up at: Maysiesfarm.org
Share Length: 26 weeks
Cost: Family share $600 ($23.08/week); large family share $1,000 ($38.46/week)
Sample Peak-Season Share: Family share: 1 head lettuce, 1 head cabbage or bok choy, red and white onions, turnips, beets, zucchini and cucumbers (as needed), 1 pepper, 1 eggplant, 14-18 tomatoes, mesclun mix, arugula, basil, kale/­collards/Swiss chard (as needed), 6 large potatoes. Pick your own: Cilantro, parsley, basil, flowers, beans, cherry tomatoes, black berries.

Farm: North Star Orchard
Pickup: At farm, 3226 Limestone Road, Cochranville, or at sites in West Chester, Phoenixville, West Grove and Eagle
Sign up at: Northstarorchard.com
Share Length: 12 weeks
Cost: Fruit share $225 ($18.75/week)
Sample Peak-Season Sale: Yellow peaches, white peaches, plums, European pears, Asian pears, apples


 

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Burlington County, NJ CSA this spring
Posted by | Jan. 23, 2008 at 9:25 AM
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Burlington County in early January approved a five-year lease for operation of a CSA at the County’s Community Agricultural Center on the preserved Winner Farm in Moorestown. A nonprofit cooperative will grow vegetables and herbs organically on a 10-acre area. The products will be distributed weekly to shareholders. The cooperative also will coordinate educational events at the farm. Shareholders will visit the CSA farm from spring through fall to pick up their produce and may become involved in volunteering at the farm or in coordinating events such as harvest festivals. Shares will be available to all Burlington County residents on a first-come, first-serve basis. The CSA operator will determine the number of shares and the price for full and half shares for the season. The Department of Resource Conservation is maintaining a list of interested shareholders that will be given to the CSA operator. Interested shareholders can call Resource Conservation at 856-642-3850.
Winner Farm CSA
Posted by | Jun. 19, 2008 at 10:59 PM
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Hi kids, can I visit the farm w/my grandkids? how wonderful. Was this advertised somewhere? Used to work @Mill Creek organic farm in Medford. Suzanne
Moorestown'sCSA
Posted by | Aug. 31, 2008 at 5:18 PM
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Wish I could say better things, but need to ensure others don't get taken for the same ride...Peak season week, we get 12 corns (taste like horse corn), a few cucumbers, and a handful of potatoes, and a few tomatoes. Been this bad all season. They leased 10 acres, say they planted 3, but my guess is they are working less than 1. A lot of the veggies are "unusual" or "ineddible". I'd be surprised if they had a 25% re-subscription ratio next year.

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