2011 Community Supported Agriculture Program
Poplar Wood Farm’s CSA program is our way of offering our Certified Naturally Grown* vegetables, herbs and flowers to our local community. Our growing methods rely on the use of cover cropping, compost, beneficial insects and other non life threatening ways of growing our crops. All of our transplants are nurtured in our greenhouses prior to going out to the field so that we can insure our growing standards are adhered to and the varietal selection is diverse.
Poplar Wood Farm’s CSA will run for a period of 24 weeks, with our first harvest in mid June. The following items will be grown this season for inclusion in your share: Arugula, Beans, Beets, Broccoli, Cabbage, Cantaloupe, Carrots, Cauliflower, Sweet Corn, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Escarole, Asian Greens, Kale, Kohlrabi, Leeks, Lettuce, Onions, Pac Choi, Peppers- hot & sweet, Potatoes, Radishes, Spinach, Squash- summer & winter, Swiss Chard, Sweet Potatoes, Tomatoes- heirloom, cherry, plum, jersey red, Watermelon, Herbs- basil, parsley & cilantro. An option to add one or more of our beautiful cut flower bouquets to your share is available. Some of the flowers we are growing are : Oriental Lilies, Zinnias, Calla Lilies, Cocks Comb, Gladiolas, Dahlias and Sun Flowers.
Community Supported Agriculture is a way for people to purchase their vegetables & flowers directly from the farm where it is grown. This gives you peace of mind knowing your food is being grown using healthy, sustainable methods and it’s local so it hasn’t traveled a long distance using resources for transportation and losing that fresh picked flavor and nutrition. Farming does come with weather risks that do threaten crops, with a CSA that risk is shared by all participants and there may be some items that do better or worse than others in a given season.
Shares will be available for pick up at our home farm in Port Murray NJ on Friday from 3-6 PM and Saturday from 9AM till Noon.
The cost of a share for the 24 week season is $720.00. The Cut Flower Bouquet option is an additional $300.00. We are offering a limited amount of shares for the 2011 season, pre-registration and payment is necessary. We do offer the option to split the payment with half due at registration and the balance due July 15,2011 this option will incur an additional $20.00 charge.
Please email us at poplarwood.al@comcast.net submit a question, or request a registration form.
Poplar Wood Farm, LLC. Port Murray, N.J.
Certified Naturally Grown Vegetables, Cut Flowers,Plants
