What do Meryl Streep, Vogue magazine and our little CSA have in common? Well, it’s a stretch, but in the January 2012 issue, Meryl is on the cover, Annie Leibovitz was the photographer, and in the opening paragraphs it says Meryl supports and is a shareholder of a local CSA. It seems the term CSA [...]

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Sign up now for your Certified-Organic veggie share for Spring/Summer season. Also available, fruit shares, flower shares and herb shares, plus veggie share members can order additional items a la carte, such as milk, eggs, cheese, bread, meats, etc. Click Join for more details.

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Dan, Erin and Lori Lilly did a meet and greet at the HoCo GreenFest, in support of our 2 new Howard County pickups. Lori is the site host for the pickup at Howard County Conservancy.

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Sandy Spring CSA now has 2 pickup sites in Howard County – on Sunny Spring in Columbia and at the Howard County Conservancy in Woodstock. Also, we’ll be at the Howard County GreenFest 10-4 on Saturday April 2, 2011. Stop by and say hello. It’s a free event for the whole family. View the full [...]

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According to Time.com, these are dark days for the environmental movement. Meanwhile, another movement is rising. Time calls it the food revolution and it’s made up of a variety of constituents, including foodies, pro-family groups, anti-obesity groups, slow food advocates, education adherents, supporters of local economies, and yes, environmentalists. The article talks about CSAs, farmers [...]

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Community Supported Agriculture programs are booming in Howard County and across the country. From Howard County Times: After seven days of accepting reservations, Lydia Liker’s list is completely full. In fact, at 157 sign-ups, she has seven more members than she and her husband, Dave, agreed to allow. The Likers operate Gorman Farm, in North [...]

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We’re reprinting the weekly email from Lancaster Farm Fresh below. Be sure to check out their blog for helpful CSA tips, such as how to store vegetables in a typical suburban home. Wednesday, November 3 Hello CSA Shareholders! The following list is what you should receive in your share today. There might be some slight [...]

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September 15, 2010: This week’s featured fruits and vegetables are: a fruit (either peaches or apples), potatoes, Winter squash, collards, head lettuce, salad mix, onion, eggplant and carrots – a beautiful selection of Fall veggies. Find some great Winter squash soup recipes on the Calvert Farm blog. Sign up for a Fall share Interested in [...]

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Welcome and thank you for participating. All of this information was emailed to you, so if you already read your email, this will be old news to you. You are doing a really good thing. CSA is just about the best way to support independent, local and, in our case, organic farmers. It maximizes their [...]

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Pre-season update from our farmer, Pam Stegall of Calvert Farms: Good morning everyone – hope all is well in your corner of the world. We are so busy – working in the greenhouse, picking up from the winter storms, plowing, tilling. The tree frogs have been singing for a few days – the rhubarb is [...]

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