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CSA Series: Two Creeks Organics
From the Two Creeks Organics Website
Owners: Amie and Mark Sanford
Phone: 734-678-1984
Email: twocreeksorganic@aol.com
Season: Late May-Early October, 20 weeks (also did a 10 week share season)
Pick-up: Thursday at Westside Farmers Market in Ann Arbor, Thursday through Saturday at the farm, Friday at Saline Farmers Market
Cost: $600 for full share, $325 for half share
Cost per week: $30/week (full share), $16.25/week (half share)
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CSA Series: Tantré Farm
Owners: Richard Andres and Deb Lentz
Phone: 734-475-4323
Email: tantrefarm@hotmail.com
Season: Early June-Mid October (20 weeks)
Pick-up: Saturday - Community High in Ann Arbor and Chelsea Farmers Market; Wednesday -Ann Arbor Farmers Market; Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday pickup available at Tantre Farm
Cost: Full share $600 for 20 weeks ($575 for farm pickup).
Cost per week: $30/week
Growing practice:…
CSA Series: Pregitzer Farm Market CSA
From Pregitzer Farm Market website
Owners: Shannon and Wade Pregitzer
Phone: 517-769-2768
Email: shannon@yourfarmmarket.com
Season: July-October, 14 weeks
Pick-up: Thursday afternoon Ann Arbor Westside Farmers Market; Friday at the farm; Tuesday Jackson “duck pond” park and water treatment center on Lansing Ave.; Wednesday Chelsea Hospital Farmers Market and Stockbridge Veteran's Park
Cost: Full share (4-6 person) $395, Half share (2-3 person) $250, Every-other-week share (1-2 person) $155
CSA Series: Portage River Farm
From the Portage River Farm website
Owners: John and Janet Adelman
Phone: 734-648-0244
Email: prfarmstand@yahoo.com
Season: March-January
Pick-up: At the farm in Pinckney - Tuesday and Saturday. In the future planning to go to farmers markets or have drop-off with CSA members.
Cost: Starting out with $350 for a share that feeds 4. $270 for half share.
Growing practice: Organic practice. In process of organic certification.
Website:…
CSA Series: Old Pine Farm Meat CSA
Owner: Kris Hirth
Email: Oldpinefarm123@yahoo.com
Season: Full season one-year shares and half-shares from November-October; and four-month shares and half-shares from March-June, July-October, and November-February.
Pick-up: Once or twice per month at locations in Ann Arbor or at the farm
Cost: 1 year full share: $1290, 1 year half share: $775. 4 month full share: $525, 4 month half share: $325. …
CSA Series: Needle Lane Farm
From the Needle Lane Farm website
Farm Manager: Beverly Ruesink
Phone: 517-263-5912
Email: needlelane@tc3net.com
Season: Full season: May-October (20 weeks); Summer season: July-September (12 weeks)
Pick-up: Tuesdays at Morgan and York after 12pm; also Tuesdays at Needle-Lane Farm in Tipton, Saturday at the Tecumseh Farmers Market, Saturday at the Adrian Farmers Market
Cost: Full Season/Family (20 weeks) for 3-4 people: $620; Summer Season/Single (12 weeks) for 1-2 people: $260
CSA Series: Frog Holler Organic Farm
From the Frog Holler Organic Farm website
Owners: The King Family
Phone: 517-592-8017
Email: kings@froghollerorganic.com
Season: June-October (18 weeks)
Pick-up: Saturday-Ann Arbor Farmers Market, or at the farm Saturday or Sunday
Cost: $450 for 18 weeks ($400 for pickup at the farm)
Cost per week: $25/week (or $22/week)
Growing practice: Organic practice
Website: http://froghollerorganic.com/
When Ken and Cathy King started Frog Holler Organic Farm back in 1972 they lived in a log cabin and cooked on a woodstove. …
CSA Series: Community Farm of Ann Arbor
From the Community Farm website
Farmers: Anne Elder and Paul Bantle
Phone: 734-433-0261
Email: N/A
Season: May-November, about a 26 week season.
Pick-up: Wednesday or Saturday at the farm
Cost: Sliding scale: $700-$1800 (target average $1175)
Cost per week: $27-$69/week
Growing practice: Biodynamic/Demeter Certified
Work requirement: 15 hours/season (or additional $125)
Website: http://www.communityfarmofaa.org
Plus: Honey, flowers, herbs, straw
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CSA Series: Sunseed Farm
From the Sunseed Farm website
Owners: Tomm and Trilby Becker
Phone: 517-980-0893
Farm Location: at the end of Boyden Drive, near the corner of Joy and Maple Roads, just northwest of Ann Arbor.
Email: farm.sunseed@gmail.com
Season: Three 16 week sessions offered throughout the year. Spring share starts January-April (16 weeks). The Summer share May to mid-August (16 weeks). Fall share end of August-December (16 weeks). A total of 48 weeks of CSA distribution through the year.
CSA Series: Carpenter's Greenhouse and Organic Produce
From Carpenter's Local Harvest entry
Owner: Dwight Carpenter
Phone: 517-320-9619
Email: ddcarpenter7@yahoo.
Season: Mid May-mid October, 20 weeks
Pick-up: Wednesday and Saturday at Ann Arbor Farmers Market; Thursday at Northville Farmers Market; Saturday at Farmington Farmers Market. Monday at Carpenter’s Greenhouse in Allen, MI
Cost: Full share $340; Half-share $170.
Cost per week: $17/week
Growing practice: Certified organic
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CSA Series: Capella Farm
From Capella Farm Website
Phone: 734-761-3554
CSA Series 2010: Time to Sign Up
I'm going to try a bit of a challenge for myself here - I want to do a series on the CSA farms in our area. I've been doing some in-depth information gathering on this, and as you know I think there are a million reasons to become a member of a CSA farm. Among which are that once you pay an upfront fee, in exchange you get a box of gorgeous vegetables and the chance to talk every week to the person who grew those vegetables. …
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