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A Community Supported Agriculture program (CSA) is your chance to interact with and support a
local farm. It is your opportunity to eat the freshest, tastiest produce outside of your own garden. It's helping to make
small farms viable in your neighborhood, so that we all feel self-sufficient in our community.
You pay the farm a lump sum in April, then starting in May you will get a box each week filled with what's in season on
the farm. You get the best tasting, most beautiful crops we can grow. A CSA is a unique investment in a farm. Like any
investment, there's risk involved. The farmers will try their hardest, of course, but you're investing in A farm. We only give
you produce we grow on THIS land. We believe in giving our customers a true farm experience which includes occasional
poor crops or outright failures. It also includes overwhelming bounty and beauty at times. By being a part of Circle h
Farm, you have a personal connection with the land and the farmers.
2012 CSA season: There are four pick-up options for the 2012 season
20 weekly boxes picked up at the farm each Monday 4-6:30pm, May 21 – October 1. This option allows you to
fill your own box with your choice of the week's available crops, see the farm as it changes throughout the season,
and visit with your neighbors.
$425 for a full share (8 items per week)
$350 for 3/4 share (6 items per week)
$265 for a half share (4 items per week)
Or choose from 3 other pick-up sites for the 20 week-long season, with 6 items/week in each pre-packed box. $360/share
New Day Bakery, 449 Blair Blvd Eugene, Thursday afternoons May 24 - October 4
Oakridge every Thursday May 24 - October 4
Springfield Farmers’ Market, 5th and A St, Friday afternoons during the market (3-7pm), May 25 – October 5
SNAP benefits (an Oregon Trail Card) can be used to buy into these CSA's. You commit to a season-long membership, and
your card will be charged $36 every two weeks.
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Typically, if you pick up your items at the farm, you will have about 15 things to choose from, and you take 8. If we deliver
your box, we will provide a variety from week to week, along with a recipe which uses one or more of the items in your
box.
There are some challenges to being CSA members. You are limited to what is in season in your local growing conditions.
There won't be any bananas in your CSA box, but you'll know the joy of eating a truly ripe strawberry after waiting 6
months for it! You may be faced with a turnip on your kitchen counter and have no idea what to do with it. It will take a
while to get into the routine of filling your refrigerator with veggies early in the week and using them up by the next
week when it will get filled again! But you'll get to walk right past the produce section of the grocery store or the "super-
store" knowing you have fresher produce at home. We think you'll be happy to adjust to the CSA schedule. For a little
extra effort, a CSA can be a fulfilling way to create health for yourself and family, reduce global energy consumption,
support small-scale farming as a viable career in our modern culture, and promote a safe, reliable, local food system.
local farm. It is your opportunity to eat the freshest, tastiest produce outside of your own garden. It's helping to make
small farms viable in your neighborhood, so that we all feel self-sufficient in our community.
You pay the farm a lump sum in April, then starting in May you will get a box each week filled with what's in season on
the farm. You get the best tasting, most beautiful crops we can grow. A CSA is a unique investment in a farm. Like any
investment, there's risk involved. The farmers will try their hardest, of course, but you're investing in A farm. We only give
you produce we grow on THIS land. We believe in giving our customers a true farm experience which includes occasional
poor crops or outright failures. It also includes overwhelming bounty and beauty at times. By being a part of Circle h
Farm, you have a personal connection with the land and the farmers.
2012 CSA season: There are four pick-up options for the 2012 season
20 weekly boxes picked up at the farm each Monday 4-6:30pm, May 21 – October 1. This option allows you to
fill your own box with your choice of the week's available crops, see the farm as it changes throughout the season,
and visit with your neighbors.
$425 for a full share (8 items per week)
$350 for 3/4 share (6 items per week)
$265 for a half share (4 items per week)
Or choose from 3 other pick-up sites for the 20 week-long season, with 6 items/week in each pre-packed box. $360/share
New Day Bakery, 449 Blair Blvd Eugene, Thursday afternoons May 24 - October 4
Oakridge every Thursday May 24 - October 4
Springfield Farmers’ Market, 5th and A St, Friday afternoons during the market (3-7pm), May 25 – October 5
SNAP benefits (an Oregon Trail Card) can be used to buy into these CSA's. You commit to a season-long membership, and
your card will be charged $36 every two weeks.
.
Typically, if you pick up your items at the farm, you will have about 15 things to choose from, and you take 8. If we deliver
your box, we will provide a variety from week to week, along with a recipe which uses one or more of the items in your
box.
There are some challenges to being CSA members. You are limited to what is in season in your local growing conditions.
There won't be any bananas in your CSA box, but you'll know the joy of eating a truly ripe strawberry after waiting 6
months for it! You may be faced with a turnip on your kitchen counter and have no idea what to do with it. It will take a
while to get into the routine of filling your refrigerator with veggies early in the week and using them up by the next
week when it will get filled again! But you'll get to walk right past the produce section of the grocery store or the "super-
store" knowing you have fresher produce at home. We think you'll be happy to adjust to the CSA schedule. For a little
extra effort, a CSA can be a fulfilling way to create health for yourself and family, reduce global energy consumption,
support small-scale farming as a viable career in our modern culture, and promote a safe, reliable, local food system.
| What to expect - three typical CSA boxes: |
| Contact the farm with any questions, directions to the farm, or for a brochure. We'd love to have you visit - feel free to arrange a time to tour the farm. |
Here are some reasons you'll be happy with the CSA choice:
 | Flavor. The varieties of each vegetable you get at your local farm have been bred for flavor | |
| and nutrition, not to keep in yourrefrigerator indefinitely. The first few weeks you may feel some pressure to use up what you received in your CSA box, but we suspect that in the next few weeks you'll start to look forward to using those fresh, tasty items! |
| Education. you can teach your kids how cauliflower grows, or teach yourself how to cook with | |
| fresh fennel. You'll learn to appreciate each flavor as it ripens throughout the season. We'll help you! We'll provide great recipes for the produce in your box. |
| Keeping farmland in your community. Isn't it nice to drive by blossoming cherry trees, or new- | |
| born lambs on your way home? By investing in a local farm, you're ensuring the economic viability of that view. |
| Knowing where your money goes. Your money will go to your neighbor rather than a | |
| corporation. Who wants to see the money they pay for strawberries help pay for Walmart's legal fees, or for petroleum-derived fertilizers? |
Circle h Farm's CSA isn't the only great CSA available. Look at www.lanefood.org for more CSA
programs in the Eugene area. Together, we can change the structure of agriculture!
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| If you need to miss a week: there are a couple options for customers picking up at the farm..... If you want to pick your produce at the farm the next day, call me and we'll arrange it. If you'll be gone most of the week and don't want the produce right then, you can exchange the value of that box for a week of the fall CSA. Keep track of how many weeks you missed, and we'll make it up in the fall season. For boxes delivered to Eugene, Oakridge, or Springfield, you'll get farmers' market credit for pre-scheduled missed boxes. Un-scheduled missed boxes get donated to Food for Lane County. |
The best [farmers] can hope for is a marketing tactic known as friendship.
- Barbar Kingsolver, "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle"
- Barbar Kingsolver, "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle"