2012 Farm Share Fair | March 1st in Union Sq

[thedawid.livejournal.com]

::  2012 FARM SHARE FAIR!  ::
Thursday March 1st @ 5:30-8PM  |  Free Admission
The Argenziano School in Union Sq @ 290 Washington St / Somerville

Come meet the folks who grow your food!  We're bringing 20 local farms to the city to help folks sign up for local, fresh, weekly farm shares.

A farm share (CSA share) is a weekly box of fresh/delicious/natural veggies (and sometimes meat/fish) delivered by local farms to convenient pickup spots within our community.

* FREE ADMISSION
* Presented by theMOVE  |  more info @ http://www.farmsharefair.org
* Special kids activities and delicious/responsible pizza for sale
* Sponsored by Rafiki Bistro + Craigie on Main + Stone Hearth Pizza
* Co-sponsored by Somerville Climate Action + NOFA/Mass + Groundwork Somerville + Somerville Community Health Agenda + Union Square Main Streets

Comments

[slinkr.livejournal.com]

Do you have a list of participating farms and where they drop off? I'm shopping for a CSA, but sadly not living in Somerville anymore.

[notnatalie.livejournal.com]

For the record, a CSA share is NOT defined as a weekly box of veggies delivered by local farms to convenient pickup spots.....that just happens to be a feature that some farms offer for their particular CSA shares.

CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture, and purchasing a share means you are giving the farmer cash up front when s/he needs it most, at the beginning of the season to purchase supplies, then receiving a share of the farm's bounty as it ripens throughout the course of the season. Generally speaking the CSA shareholder travels to the farm weekly for their share. Many farms in this area have seen an opportunity to bring the shares in to where population density gives them a better chance at selling to interested customers.
:-) Just sayin'.....