What is it, and how does it work?
Prior to the start of the season, our members invest in a “share” of the harvest. Once the harvest begins, as a member, you’ll receive a weekly bag of fresh vegetables that you’ve chosen in our easy online portal, or that you’ve let us choose for you. You’ll receive information about the vegetables, including storage tips and recipe ideas, as well as news from the farm, and invitations to the farm for special events and tours.
Who is Granite Springs Farm, and why join our CSA?
Stick with us here, because the who and the why are important…
Granite Springs Farm is an ecosystem within the larger bioregion of the Haw River watershed, and the larger Cape Fear watershed. Within this bioregion, are the flora and fauna, rocks, minerals, and microbiota who inhabit the space. Humans are included of course, as are measurable energetic forces driven in large part by our sun, as well as paramagnetic forces, magnetic forces, and potential energies between the elements. There is our ever changing climate which affects everything. And there are the currently (mostly) unmeasurable spiritual forces animating everything.
” Whoa. I thought we were just talking about food!”
We are. But context is important. Read on, please!
There are so many reasons why joining a CSA is a good idea. At its root, our community functions best when all members of the community are in good health and have their needs met. We want everyone to be who they were created to be, so that our community as a whole benefits from the gifts and talents of each. Eating nutritional and delicious food is foundational to good health for body, mind and spirit. Properly fed beings do amazing things! There is much truth in the maxims “we are what we eat” and “let your food be your medicine.” And that’s where Granite Springs Farm can help.
Participating in a CSA allows members to invest, support, and benefit from a mutual relationship with the farmers and the farm. Investing in the farm allows us to purchase the items we need, to do what we do. We take great care to enhance our soil, the source of all good food, by using regenerative and symbiotic methods. We welcome your questions about our practices, and assure you we never use any synthetic chemicals or gmo’s. The result is healthy plants with all the nutrition necessary for growing healthy people. When you support us, you’ll become connected to your food source through seasonal eating and receive the first and best of everything the farm has to offer. CSA works well for people who like to shop at the farmers markets, but may not be able to arrive early enough to choose from everything available. It also works for people who would like to support the farmers markets, but who forget to go, or find the markets aren’t convenient. CSA works well for people who want to change the way they’ve been eating, and need a little help to get started. Joining a CSA helps people who want to achieve optimal health, and it builds community while supporting our shared local economy.
Who does our CSA serve?
Sometimes the organic local food movement can be seen as elitist, and we’re firmly against this idea. We think everyone should have access to delicious, locally, and regeneratively grown produce. Our CSA has members from all walks of life and income levels– from families with kids, to retirees, students, professionals, laborers, and artists. Some of our members can afford to pay for the whole session upfront. Some of our members need to split the payment into installments, and some of our members receive shares partially sponsored from our community supported Pay It Forward Fund. Whatever your situation is, if our philosophy resonates with you, or you’ve become interested and want to explore this way of eating, our CSA is probably a good fit for you, and you are a good fit for a supporter of Granite Springs Farm. We’ll do our best to find a spot for you!
We embrace HOPE.
We practice RESILIENCE.
We believe in the POWER OF COMMUNITY.
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