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Monday, April 12, 2010

Green Talk: Buying a Weekly Farm Harvest

By Monique Bosch

As a fellow eater, you might be interested to know that over $20 billion in food is thrown out every year in this country. Most food in our fridge has traveled over 1,500 miles to get there.

Eighty-five cents of every dollar we spend on food goes to the processors, marketers, and transporters.

There is a way, however, to make sure 100 cents of every dollar we spend goes to the actual food we eat and to the farmer who grows our food. The idea is called CSA, Community Supported Agriculture. 

This more sustainable way of eating is catching on across America, revitalizing local farms and building community between neighbors and farmers. 

Here’s how it works:

You buy an annual share of a farm’s harvest. That entitles you to a box of fresh, just harvested food directly from your farm every week.

You might have heard about the new Wakeman Town Farm (the old Wakeman Farm on Cross Highway). Our town farm will have demonstration gardens for learning how to grow your own food at home, with workshops in starting, growing, harvesting and storing your own food. 

The town farm will also act as a CSA pickup location. 

Farmers Stacia and Fred Monahan from Stone Gardens Farm in Shelton will be delivering CSA shares to the Wakeman Town Farm in Westport every week, starting June 3. 

When you pick up your share, you can also purchase other offerings such as bread, flowers and fruit. The types of food in your share changes each week, depending on what is in season. 

Your share may include a wide assortment of seasonal vegetables, farm fresh eggs, fruit and herbs. Chicken and pasture raised beef are also available.

The program runs from the first week of June to the end of October: 22 weeks. One share for the season costs $600 and feeds a family of four (that’s less than $28 a week). Half shares are also available for $350.

For more information, or to sign up for the 2010 season, visit the Stone Gardens Farm Web site at http://www.stonegardensfarm.com See you at the farm.

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