CSA Products

We sell most of our products on the principle of community supported agriculture.  This model is intended to foster a direct relationship between producers and consumers.  It benefits both by providing the producer some income at the beginning of the growing season in exchange for more affordable fresh produce throughout the year.  There are also many more esoteric benefits, like understanding how and where your families food is being grown.  We try to do our part for the wider community also, by donating produce to local food banks and by offering a 10% discount for families of teachers and child-care providers. Sign up for a share here.

Produce Share

We grow a wide variety of fruits and vegetables using organic and biodynamic techniques.  This includes using only organic sources (mostly manure, leaf litter, and wood chips produced at the farm) for soil amendment and fertilizer.  Biodegradable cornstarch “biofilm” weed barrier minimizes weeding and warms the soil for early plantings.  We grow cover crops like clover, annual rye grass and soybeans when plots aren’t planted to food crops.  We use techniques like rotating plantings to break pest life cycles, maintenance of habitat for beneficial insects, and rotational or seasonal grazing of paddocks to enhance soil productivity.  As well, drip irrigation provides for precise watering and cold frames (high tunnels) give us season extension of summer crops that need high temperatures. We keep about one hundred laying hens and press apple and pear ciders from our little heirloom orchard.  We also provide pasture for friends in the sheep and goat ranching business and harvest honey from bee hives we keep to help with pollination of all the plants.

In all, we see the farm as an integrated system in which plants, animals and microorganisms in the soil work together to harvest the energy of the sun and the earth.  A bit (let’s be honest, a lot) of hard work allows us to share a bountiful harvest with you.  This allows us to do what is most important around this farm, which is to connect with the people in our community. 

Pick up

Wednesday at the Farm (1020 NE Granger, in Lewisburg)
Wednesday in NW Corvallis
Saturday at Corvallis Farmers Market
Thursday in NE Portland
Friday at HMSC in Newport

Egg Share

Our eggs come from a disease free mixed flock of white and brown laying hens.  They are free ranging during the day and provided with plenty of space to lay and roost comfortably.  We sell eggs in the form of shares, redeemable for one  half year (26 weeks) of 1 doz eggs/week.  Pickup is at the farm.  Cost of one egg share is $80.

Produce Calendar 2010

June

Beets, Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Chard, Cherries, Cilantro, Dill, Greens, Kale, Lettuce, Peas, Potatoes, Onions, Radish, Spinach, Strawberries

July

Basil, Beans(several varieties), Beets (early), Blackberries, Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Chard, Cucumbers, Dill, Greens, Lettuce, Onions, Potatoes, Radishes, Spinach, Summer Squashes, Tomatoes

August

Apples, Basil, Beans, Blackberries, Carrots, Corn, Cucumbers, Dill, Eggplant, Garlic, Greens, Lettuce, Melons, Onions, Peppers, Potatoes, Summer Squashes, Tomatoes

September

Apples, Basil, Beans, Carrots, Corn, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Garlic, Greens, Leeks, Lettuce, Melons, Onions, Peppers, Potatoes, Summer Squash, Tomatoes

October

Apples, Beets, Carrots, Chard, Corn, Eggplant, Garlic, Gourds, Greens, Kale, Leeks, Lettuce, Onions, Peppers, Potatoes, Pumpkins, Winter Squash, Tomatoes