Community Supported Agriculture and Rolling Fork Organic Farm
Our CSA farm share program is where we have chosen to focus our efforts after nearly 20 years of growing organic produce for market. We know that communities can come together to provide their own fundamental needs. One way to begin this process is to grow your own food and if that is not practical, to bring your food in from local farms. Joining a CSA farm is a way to make that connection between the feeding our bodies and keeping the community alive and healthy.
What is Rolling Fork Farm’s Organic CSA?
Families and individuals in central Kentucky can become members of our CSA farm share program. Once you join our farm you can pick up your fresh organically grown produce each week from either the farm in Forkland or our convenient meeting spot in Danville. Our CSA season begins in mid May. The first eleven weeks of the spring/summerbegin with lots of spinach, our unique spring salad mixes, baby beets and super sweet carrots, and more..as the season warms, tomatoes, basil and crisp cuccumbers come in. All the summer produce starts pouring from the fields and into your basket! We take a one month break from the summer heat in August then the eleven week Summer/Fall season begins in earnest right through October and into early Novermber. Sign on for the spring season with us, then in August you have the option of joining us for another 11 weeks of bountiful late summer and fall harvest. In all our CSA goes for 22 weeks or 5 full months of fresh certified organic produce on your table. We grow 40 to 50 types of vegetables on the farm for our CSA members, and we try to include as much variety in your basket as we possibly can. Each week our goal is to have about 8 different types of produce available for the members. Often, in the fullness of the season, we offer some additional choice between the many kinds of vegetables.
What we grow for our CSA members
Filet Green Beans Okra Cherry Toms Eggplant Watermelon
Pole Beans Cuccumbers Turnips Fresh Shell Beans Onions
Butterbeans Fennel Peppers Basil Sweet Potatoes
Beets Arugula Potatoes Cilantro
Beet Greens Bok Choi Pie Pumpkins Dill
Mustard Greens Salad Greens Radishes Parsley
Broccoli Kales Rutebegas Oregano
Brussel Sprouts Collard Greens Spinach Sage
Green Cabbage Leeks Zucchini Thyme
Red Cabbage Lettuce Pattypan Squash Swiss Chard
Napa Cabbage Melons Butternut Squash Carrots
Cauliflower Scallions Vine Ripe Tomatoes Peas
Two Seasons and Two Levels of Basic CSA Membership (The 2/2 plan)
Spring to Summer Season: 11 weeks Mid May to Late July 25 member limit Open for sign up now
Summer to Fall Season: 11 weeks Late August to early November 25 member limit Sign up in August
Full Share Members
Larger families may wish to become Full Share members, receiving about a bushel of produce each week. Membership fee at the Full Share level is $400.00 for each of the 11 week seasons.
Half Share Members
Individuals or couples often join at the Half Share level, receiving a half bushel of produce each week for only $200.00 for each 11 week season.
Additonal Options:
Egg Shares: Our flock of pastured laying hens are busy producing delicious eggs all season and many of our members take full advantage by opting for an egg share along with their fresh produce. The Egg Share is an additional $33.00 for each of the 22- week seasons.
Click on the link to find our 2011 sign up form:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rolling-Fork-Farm/232129314730#!/note.php?note_id=10150346813395596
