We are very excited to officially launch our 2020 CSA season! All the planning, discussions, hard labor, and learning Harvie finally comes together in a box of fresh and delicious vegetables. We have mostly leafy greens and cold-weather crops in this first installment. Back in March the weather was so warm that we even thought about including summer squash in the first CSA box. Then April turned cold and May followed with late frost, and, unfortunately, that was the end of our first crop of summer squash and cucumbers. The next generation of those crops is coming behind but it will probably mature much later than we would have liked. The good news is that our cold-loving crops are thriving. They are sweet and tasty and we would like to invite you to try some of those that are not particularly popular at the store (i.e. kohlrabi, bok choi, salad turnips).
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Here we go!
Posted on May 19th, 2020 by Pedro Aponte
About the farm
We are a small family farm located in Grottoes, Virginia, serving the city of Harrisonburg and the counties of Rockingham, Augusta, and Greene. We produce high-quality food using sustainable practices and ethical principles of care for the common good. Having witnessed the healing power of good food in dealing with family health issues, we started farming in 2015 in an effort to sharing with others the benefits of fresh, nutritionally-dense food, grown in a clean environment, using integrative agricultural methods. We believe that in order for food to be healthful, the environment in which it grows has to be healthy. To that end, we integrate animal and plant systems in ways that, in their natural interactions, they create an ecological balance leading to abundance and quality.
We grow over 50 different vegetable crops, perennial vegetables and fruits, and raise pastured pork, as well as ducks and chickens, for meat and eggs.
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We grow over 50 different vegetable crops, perennial vegetables and fruits, and raise pastured pork, as well as ducks and chickens, for meat and eggs.