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What does CSA Really Mean
Eaton's Creek Organics and Hungry Gnome Farm will be combining resources to offer a fantastic CSA season for our shareholders. Eaton's Creek Organics has been certified organic since 2001 and Hungry Gnome Farm uses strict organic growing guidelines. Both farms are located in North Davidson County and grow produce of the highest quality in taste, freshness and nutrition. We will be offering a 26 week CSA season starting in May (whenever the vegetables are ready for prime time picking) and ending around the end of October. We'll have old standard heirlooms and new varieties of vegetables, salad greens, fruits, herbs and flowers. We will roll out the spring season with carrots, strawberries, asparagus, onions, salad, greens, kale, beets and more; move into the heat of summer with herbs, early tomatoes, cucumbers, garlic, squash, lettuces, beans, eggplant, sweet and hot peppers, blackberries, peaches, melons; and flow into the cool of fall with winter squash, sweet potatoes, greens, potatoes, onions, cauliflower and turnips. |
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Community Supportive Agriculture (CSA) consists of a community of
individuals who pledge support to a farm operation - the community's
farm, with the growers and consumers providing mutual support and
sharing the risks and benefits of food production. Members or
shareholders of the farm, or garden, pledge in advance to cover the
anticipated costs of the farm operation. In return, they receive shares
in the farm's bounty throughout the growing season, and also share in
the risks, including poor harvest due to unfavorable weather or pests. 
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