CSA stands for Community        
                                                        Supported Agriculture.  It truly
                                                        is a community that forms
                                                        around a farm and the produce
                                                        it bears.  People buy shares of
                                                        the harvest in the winter and
                                                        then, when harvesting begins in the summer, members come to the farm every week to pick up a variety of what is being harvested that week.  It is a great way to be connected to the land where your food is grown and the person, or people, who grow it.  Additionally, members enjoy the community they gain through meeting other members.  
   Every year is unique.  Being part of a CSA brings you closer to the physical place where you live and the cycles of the weather and seasons; you are eating the foods that grow best in your place and season.  Every year there are abundances of some crops, and less abundance of other crops.  The wide variety of crops planted ensures good harvests.  Part of the fun of CSA is enjoying the surprise of the weather and crop variation and coming up with new ways to plan your meals; around what is in season and growing well right then.  
 
 
 
What is CSA?
 
 Pick-your-own Crops cherry tomatoes, husk cherries, tomatillos, hot peppers, string beans, sugar snap peas Contact Frequent Recipe Letters and Newsletters Opportunities to Participate Member Volunteer Days, Core Members, Core Volunteers, CSA Work Hours Local Sustainably-Produced Products at CSA Pick-up *grass-fed, pastured beef from Aquidneck Farm *chocolate, coffee and cocoa powder from Equal Exchange *frozen pizzas and pizza crusts made with organic ingredients from Spruce Pond Creamery *eggs and goat cheese from Rosasharn Farm *cheese from Narragansett Creamery *honey from Sweetness and Light *homemade herbal salves and creams from member Deb of Black Toad Herbals *we’d like to add bread, chicken, pork and potentially other items you request in 2009! Extra CSA Shares *Shellfish from Matunuck Oyster Farm *Fruit from Cook’s Valley Farm *Milk from Greener Acres Farm *possibly wine from local RI vineyard Is CSA for me? Joining CSA is making a commitment to planning your meals around what you receive at the farm, and experimenting with new foods. Join with an open mind and a positive attitude and you’re bound to have a great time!
Contact Kristin, kristin@rabbitsdancefarm.com