2012 Vegetables

2012 CSA Vegetable Package Registration Form

The Food

We focus on providing staple vegetables. Our quest to provide a wide selection of produce all season long brings a few new and tasty vegetables into the mix. We offer members some choice between veggies each week as well as an opportunity to trade unwanted items. Here are some examples of what we grow:

Some of the Vegetables We Grow

Seasonal Examples

Early Spring Early Summer Late Summer Fall
Spinach, Beet greens, Lettuce, Snow peas, Swiss chard, Choi, Rapini Carrots, Spinach, Lettuce, New potatoes, Beets, Broccoli, Beans, Cauliflower, Cabbage, Swiss Chard, Zucchini, Cucumber, Spring Garlic, Kohlrabi, Green onions Most Early Summer
Veggies + Winter Squash, Tomatoes, Sweet peppers, Onions, Corn, Fennel
Carrots, Spinach, Lettuce, Broccoli, Potatoes, Swiss Chard, Leeks, Beets, Cabbage, Kale, Kohlrabi, Pumpkin, Parsnips,Chinese Cabbage, Rutabaga, Onions, Winter Squash, Brussels Sprouts

How Does it Work?

Members commit to a package and pick up their food at a central market style pick-up every week during summer and every other week in late fall.

Missed a Pick-Up?

Members are welcome to have somebody else pick up their produce if they are away. If this is not possible, you are welcome to come during the last 30 minutes of another pick-up to collect your share. Unclaimed produce is donated to the food bank.

What You Need to Decide:

First. Choose a Season and Size. 

  Duration Half Share Early Registration Full Share Early Registration 
Main Season 19  Jun – 22 Dec 2012 $390  $770
Fall 9 Oct – 22 Dec 2012 $150 $290
Student 11 Sept – 8 Dec 2012 $200 $390
     
 Trial  Jul to Dec 2012 (any 6 consecutive weeks) Season dependent (+/-$16 / wk / half share)

Typically a half share suits a couple of people or one active vegetable lover and a full share often feeds a family of four.

Let us know if these dates don’t work for you or if you would like change share size throughout the season. We will do our best to meet your needs.

See our order form for payment options.  Contact us to discuss making other arrangements. 

Second.  Choose a Pick-up Day

    Time Location
Tuesday Sackville 4:15 – 6:00pm Behind post office
Thursday Sackville 4:15 – 6:00pm Behind post office
Saturday Sackville 9 – 11:00 am Farmers’ Market
       

Third.  Send us your Order Form  

Please print our order form and mail it to us with your payment.

2012 CSA Vegetable Package Registration Form

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Some of the Vegetables We Grow

 

To learn more about how important our livestock is to our vegetable production along with our lamb click http://naturesroutefarm.ca/our-animals/ .

Our Food Safety practices ensure safe and high quality produce. For more details click Nature’s_Route_Farm_Food_Safety_Policy .

3 Responses to 2012 Vegetables

  1. Chrystal McNutt says:

    I would like to place an order for the 2010 season. I would be interested in a half share and would be doing the pick-up on Thursdays in Amherst.

  2. joe smith says:

    that is sow dirty washing your veggies on a old dirty rusty bed frame

    • kentcoates says:

      Thank you for your comments about our vegetable washing system. Lets straighten things out a little:

      We use food grade water hose, tested well water and wash on a steel bedspring that is outside. Being outside, it is exposed to the sun (the world’s greatest disinfectant). Our bins are washed and never touch the ground between harvest and delivery to our pick-up location. Our vegetables are very safe and the only thing dirty about them might be a bit of our great soil that is left on through the wash process.

      If you think that our system is less safe than any of the vegetables available in the stores, do some research and visit some of the big wholesale farms/factories. Check out our Safety Policy on the website too (http://naturesroutefarm.ca/4-our-seasons/7-our-safety-policies-for-you-and-us/).

      While we are working towards a concrete floor in our wash area and bigger and more “professional” wash table, we are confident in the safety of our products; in fact, our livelihood depends on it. Please let us know if you have any concerns and thanks again for your comments.

      Kent Coates

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