Our “Farm Table” CSA program
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Get to know the farmer who grows the food for your table. A CSA is an opportunity to eat the freshest food you can find for your family—unless it’s in your own backyard. You’ll enjoy commonly loved and seasonably available favorites as well as foods you’ve never tried before. Food grown on our farm is nutritious and organically grown.
Many of our vegetables are varieties not usually found in the grocer’s produce aisle. We choose them for taste, pest and disease resistance, or other unique characteristics that make them superior to those grown commercially.
Buying a share in the farm’s harvest brings your family’s table closer to the farm. Each share day the farmers pick all that is ready for harvest. Most produce is harvested and washed the same day you come to the farm. Then the total amount of the harvest is divided among the members picking up for that day to determine how much each share will take home.
“FARM TABLE” CSA FEATURES
- Over 50 varieties of vegetables and fruits
- Apples, grapes and other fruits by shared stewardship or by barter with other local farmers
- “Rows to Grow:” children plant their own vegetables and learn where their food comes from
- Cottage flowers to pick and take home
- “Mulberry Sheet Shakes” to gather your own berries under the trees
- Free-range eggs and farm honey for purchase
- CSA canning equipment and dehydrator for member use
- Large cider press for members’ apple and pear ciders and grape juices
- Farm events with horse-drawn wagon and buggy rides and bonfires in the Gathering Grove
Members may support the farm with garden work for produce or pay.
Further planning includes arrangements for local meat and poultry orders delivered to the farm; and classes on foraging for organic food, making baby foods, wild edibles, post harvest food care and preservation. These plans may or may not be realized.
A SHARE OF THE FARM
Share season is 24 weeks: May through November
Full share: $450 (families)
Half or partial share: $240 (usually two adults)
Administrative and packaging fees of $14 for full shares and $10 for half shares included
A limited number of work shares may be arranged
Plan is to limit to only 60 members for 2010
To reserve membership, complete the membership form and return with $50 deposit to:
Karbaumer Farm, 12200 Missouri 92 Highway, Platte City Missouri 64079.
A 5% discount will be applied to full payments made by January 15, 2010. After deposit, full payment is expected by May 1. Members may make their own payment plans to meet this obligation. Willing to work with circumstances of hardship.
The deposit is non-refundable in most situations. If the program is full, the deposit will be returned in full.
Members will be asked to assure they have read and understand the 2010 “Farm Table” CSA Guide.