Spring Sale Open to the Public April 1st 10am-1pm
Hello friends and neighbors,
Our Spring Market is Saturday the 1st! We will have 1 lb bags of delicious red russian kale for sale for $8 bag or $15 for two bags. The red russian kale is so sweet, tender, and delicious from growing in the greenhouse in cold temperatures. If you missed the Greens Giveaway you can get a free bag of kale for signing up for the Summer CSA this Saturday. Please share this event and tell your friends and neighbors about the CSA!
We have about 100 shares left!
We will also have our dry Red Rose wine for sale at the market for $15/ bottle and we will have our bottle conditioned Sun Gold cider for sale for $15/ bottle.
We will also have 5lb bags of potatoes for sale for $10. Great for french fries! And 5lb bags of the sweetest Carrots for $10.
We will take check, cash, or you can Paypal us when you get home at sweetlandfarmcsa@gmail.com. We can also take credit cards for the wine and cider.
This may be the last time we have anything for sale until the Summer CSA starts in June. We will be open 10am to 1pm, and here are our listed items:
Items for sale with no limits on ordering:
Red Russian Kale 1 lb bags $8.00
Two bags of kale for $15
Potatoes 5lb bags $10
Carrots 5lb bags $10
Watermelon Radishes/ Purple Daikon $8
Garlic 2 for $1
Onions 2 for $1
Wine and Cider $15/ bottle
Did you miss our Great Greens Event?
We are offering a free bag of greens at our event this Saturday if you sign up for the Summer CSA and haven't yet got your free bag of greens. Sign up online or bring a check with your name and email.
See you Saturday!
Farmer Paul
2023 Summer CSA Shares are now for sale!! Check out the Summer CSA Page
CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)
This model of farming is designed to provide a close connection between the farmers, the land and a community of shareholders. The farmers feed the shareholders by providing weekly produce. The shareholders financially support the farm and become an integral part of small scale, local agriculture. CSA is a life-affirming movement that redeems our interaction with the earth by providing a structure within which we can personally determine the way we want our food to be grown and distributed. The community farm is a place to rekindle our vital connection to our food and the land on which it is grown.
The Farm
Sweet Land Farm is located in Trumansburg, NY, an area rich in farming history and now enjoying an agricultural revival. The native soil here is deep, dark, and luscious. Sweet Land Farm shares property boundaries, a spirit of cooperation, and pleasant neighborliness with a certified organic grain farm.
A third of Sweet Land’s acreage is in annual vegetables, with an acre or so in perennial and bi-annual fruit, and the balance is in cover crops. We believe that the backbone of a healthy, thriving farm is healthy, thriving soil. To accomplish this, we rotate annual crops with cover crops. The cover crops are grown, chopped, and tilled back into the soil to add organic matter back to our soil and capture and recycle nutrients for the crops we harvest and eat.
SHAREHOLDERS
At the beginning of the season, shareholders pay a predetermined rate, and receive fresh locally grown vegetables and fruit weekly. As CSA members, you will know exactly where your food comes from, who grows it and how it is grown. Members can come out any time and pick flowers and tomatoes with their children, or show them carrot tops sticking out of the ground. The shareholder has the satisfaction of taking an active role in preserving farmland and supporting the rare breed of family farmers.
FARMERS
A CSA is a farmer-friendly model. The farmer develops a stable, long-term relationship with reliable customers. This economic model benefits both the consumer and producer in its’ stability. This makes it easier for the farmers to plan yearly crops because they know what, and how much product their customers want. Additionally it allows the consumer to plan their food budget. The CSA model also enables farmers to do most of their marketing in the slow winter months, so that when the growing season rolls around they can spend more time producing excellent produce. It provides the farmers with a viable business, an essential element in sustainability.
SOIL
Don’t forget the soil that’s growing all this bounty! Healthy soil grows healthy plants, and healthy plants grow healthy people. Just as plants grown on rich soil have fewer diseases, pest and growth problems, people who eat this nutritious food experience radiant health. At Sweet Land Farm we rotate our crops into land that has been cover cropped, allowing pest and disease cycles to be interrupted and to allow roots, earthworms and soil microbes to create a rich crumbling soil structure.
