For three years now, we have wrestled with the finding the best possible box to deliver your produce. We originally set with two different size waxed cardboard boxes, which worked relatively well. The problem with the boxes we were using was that they were either too big (1 1/9 bushel) or too small (1/2 bushel) for the average CSA share. For all this time we were just not able to find an adequate size box that was also relatively friendly to the environment. Finally, this year we found a distributor that sells 3/4 bushel-size boxes made of recycled cardboard. They are beautiful, easy to handle, and very convenient for us to stack in the cooler and the van. This size box fits most of our CSA sizes and we don’t feel like we are packing your produce too tight or too loose anymore! The downside is that they are not as sturdy as the waxed ones we were using before. They are also almost twice as expensive as the previous ones. So, we would like to kindly ask two things from you: 1) please handle the boxes with care and 2) make sure to return them to us so that we can reuse them. Blessings from the homestead.
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.