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2008 Season
Thank you to our farmshare community for choosing our CSA for their fresh locally grown organic foods and for sustaining local agriculture! Check back here at this website in January 2009 for a new application and updated information. |
Fresh, organic produce from NH farms direct to you
CSAs reconnect people to their food, helping to grow healthy communities and ecosystems
18 weeks of farm fresh certified organic vegetables
Weekly pick up
Wednesdays in Concord
2:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Fresh, organic, and local ... what could be better?
Welcome to Local Harvest Community Supported Agriculture!We are a cooperative of New Hampshire organic farmers and producers entering our sixth year of providing our share-members with organic foods fresh from our New Hampshire farms.
With Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), you pay the farmer in advance of the growing season for a share in the farm's harvest. This gives local farmers additional resources to pay for seeds, greenhouse supplies, heat & labor early in the season.
In return, you receive a steady supply of high-quality, locally grown, seasonally fresh food from June through October, at an affordable price. You know where your food comes from, you know who grows it, and you may visit our farms
But more happens:
There are about 1,000 CSAs in the United States, with over a dozen New Hampshire communities already participating.
Our farmers have a combined 100 years of farming experience. We think you'll find that Local Harvest CSA supports your own wishes for seasonally ripe, delicious, and nutritionally sound foods.
At times throughout the growing season, farmers from Local Harvest CSA will be at the pick up site to answer questions or for conversation.
Also, at the end of the summer season, we hold our annual potluck dinner at the pick up site, to celebrate our community.
The produce will be ready for easy pick up each Wednesday from 2:30-6:00 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Concord, located at 274 Pleasant St. You'll receive your share for 18 weeks, from mid-June until mid-October. The variety of vegetables will increase as the season reaches its peak. Please refer to the vegetable chart for type of produce and times of availability. Unclaimed shares will be donated to the Friendly Kitchen.
Optional Fall Share Plan will be available for five additional weeks, immediately following the summer program, from mid-October to mid-November. Information on the Fall Share will be available in late August.
All the produce we provide to you is certified organic. That means instead of relying on chemicals, our farmers work with the cycles and forces of nature to grow our food. We use sustainable practices which build the health of the soil and promote biodiversity, leaving a legacy of true wealth for the future. Organic certification is your assurance that your food has been grown and handled with the strict standards and procedures of the USDA's National Organic Program.
To join our CSA, please complete the membership form, make your check out to "Local Harvest CSA" and mail both to:
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Local Harvest CSA c/o NOFA-NH 4 Park Street, Suite 208 Concord, NH 03301 |
Our mailing address, NOFA-NH, is the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Hampshire, an organization of farmers, gardeners and consumers working to promote healthy food, organic farming and gardening and a cleaner environment. NOFA-NH supported the formation of Local Harvest CSA. Check out their website at www.nofanh.org.
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Gift Certificates available
Give the gift of fresh foods while supporting your local organic farms. |
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Bob Bower & Jennifer Ohler Kearsarge Gore Farm Warner, NH |
Steve Fulton Blue Ox Farm Enfield, NH |
Beth Gamache Sign of the Horse Farm Concord, NH |
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Roger and Lori Noonan Middle Branch Farm New Boston, NH |
Elizabeth Obelenus Serenity Garden Meredith, NH |
Larry Pletcher The Vegetable Ranch Warner, NH |
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Dave Trumble Good Earth Farm Weare, NH |
Jenny Chartier Abigail's Bakery Weare, NH |
Doug & Carol Troy Stoneridge Farm Bradford, NH |