Think Spring

By Bridget Salmons

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Farm: Pennypack Farm Education Center
Pickup: At farm, 683 Mann Road, Horsham
Sign up at: Pennypackfarm.org
Share Length: 26 weeks
Cost: Large share $635 ($24.42/week); small share $425 ($16.35/week)
Sample Peak-Season Share: Large share: Onions, beets, carrots, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, squash, cucumbers, melons, lettuce, cilantro, basil. Pick your own: Cherry tomatoes, beans, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries

Farm: Red Earth Farm
Pickup: At farm, 1025 Red Dale Road, Orwigsburg, or at 18 sites in Philadelphia, Berks and Lehigh counties
Sign up at: Redearthfarm@enter.net
Share Length: 23 weeks
Cost: Full share $540 ($23.48/week); partial share $385 ($16.74/week)
Sample Peak-Season Sale: Full share: Tomatoes, cucumbers, green beans, variety of cooking greens (kale, Swiss chard), Asian greens, beets,
carrots, 2 colors of lettuce, zucchini, pattypan squash, herbs

Farm: Red Oak Ranch
Pickup: At farm, 3315 Dutch Mill Road, Newfield, NJ, or Philadelphia delivery service
Sign up at: Redoakranch229@aol.com
Share Length: 16 weeks
Cost: Mini share $190 ($11.88/week); small share $295 ($18.43/week); large share $495 ($30.94/week)
Sample Peak-Season Share: Green beans, onions, tomatoes, corn, potatoes

Farm: Seasons’ Harvest Farms
Pickup: At multiple sites in Doylestown, the Lehigh Valley and Berks County
Sign up at: Seasonsharvestfarm.com
Share Length: 24 weeks
Cost: Full share $525 ($21.88/week); half share $360 ($15/week)
Sample Peak-Season Share: Full share: 1 lb. green beans, 1 qt. slicing tomatoes, 2 pts. cherry tomatoes, 2 or 3 cucumbers, 1 pt. jalapeños, 2 or 3 eggplants, 5 Walla Walla onions, 4 bell peppers, 1 bunch Swiss chard, 1 bunch purple basil

Farm: Vollmecke Orchards
Pickup: At farm, 155 Cedar Knoll Road, West Brandywine Township, and 5 other PA locations
Sign up at: Csachestercounty.com
Share Length: 23 weeks
Cost: $650, with discounted “working” shares available ($28.26/week)
Sample Peak-Season Share: Sweet corn, onions, carrots, beets, zucchini, yellow squash, cucumbers, red tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, green peppers, assorted hot peppers, cantaloupe, watermelon, peaches

Originally published in Philadelphia magazine, January 2008

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Burlington County, NJ CSA this spring
Posted by Loretta O'Donnell | 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 Suz Wolf | 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 Anonymous | 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.