Wind Dance Farm Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)

Wind Dance Farm

Community Supported Agriculture

A Certified Naturally Grown Farm

Berkeley Springs, WV

2010

We welcome you to our seventh year of providing locally grown food through our Community Supported Agriculture, CSA.  Wind Dance Farm CSA is your opportunity to receive food for sixteen weeks in exchange for your monetary support and/or work on the farm.  We carefully tend to the land, the growing of wholesome vegetables and fruits, and preparing numerous value added goods.  It is a simple system benefiting the earth and us.

There are many benefits of a CSA – we benefit by knowing there are committed members who share many of our philosophies – supporting a local farmer, knowing where food comes from, how it is grown, when it is harvested, how far it travels, the nutritional quality of food, and eating local in-season foods.

As a CSA member, you will nourish yourself with fresh hand picked food, that has come from soil tended to carefully, thoughtfully, and lovingly, carrying with it minerals and vitamins often lacking in store bought foods.  You will be directly in touch with the family growing your food, and keep your financial support within the community.  With each bite of our products you are benefiting the earth, a local farm, and yourself.

There are many benefits to the earth as we implement biointensive farming practices:

Composting and growing green manure

Double digging and layered bedding

Companion planting

Hexagonal plant spacing

Use of open pollinated and organic seeds

Use of natural pesticides and fertilizers

Mulching

Soil tests and soil amended with organic material

Minimum use of Fossil Fuels – most of our labor entails elbow grease

Biointensive farming requires time, patience, and physical energy.  We explore and follow the laws of nature – conserving soil, water, and energy, preserving land space, diversifying, and adapting.  We store and use rain water, compost green and brown manures, as well as garden and kitchen leftovers, and we are careful about energy flow – our products travel few miles in a fuel efficient vehicle, while most food in chain stores travels an average of 1300 miles.  We work for the health of the earth and people.

“Thinking globally, acting locally”

We grow food within Certified Naturally Grown guidelines,

utilizing bio-intensive mini-farm methods selling locally.

Each week you will receive quality wholesome food with occasional prepared products – baked goods, soups, jams, pesto, flowers, soap and calendula ointment.  The produce you receive will be in season and vary as the harvest weeks slip by.  Attached is a list of foods we provided last year. Each week there will be a list of the foods in the CSA box, and a newsletter will be written at times, which includes suggestions on food preparations and updates on our farm and efforts. Members often share recipes, which are delightful and fun – we include them in newsletters. A cookbook, Asparagus to Zucchini, A Guide to Farm Fresh Seasonal Produce, compiled by a CSA in Madison, WI, is available for purchase throughout the season.  It is a wonderful book with a simple lay out providing brief historical and nutritional information, ideas for quick preparations, recipes, and storage and preservation tips.

Membership in our CSA is based on a scale, which you feel you can offer. You choose to pledge $30 – $35 a week for a full share – 16 weeks of wholesome food!  Regardless of your pledge you will receive an equal share of the harvest.

We also have a single household option available for $25 a week.  This offer is geared for a single person, is called a single share, and has less food than the full share.

There is also a one-time cost of $40.00 for the entire season, which is $2.50 a week, covering expenses for foods we are not growing yet, or are challenged to grow – expenses include travel time to other farms, harvest hours and payments to other farmer. We have developed nice relationships with other farmers and it is a joy to visit them throughout the season.

We are always working to provide the best for you and the earth!  We hope you consider becoming a member of Wind Dance Farm CSA!  Please visit our website!

Working for a healthy planet and people,

Leslie, John & Chenaya

CSA Food List 2009

Strawberries                                                                        Herbs:

Apples                                                                                         Dill

Peaches                                                                                     Basil

Blueberries                                                                               Mint

Cantaloupe                                                                              Arugula

Cherries                                                                                   Cilantro

Pears                                                                                        Chives

Watermelon                                                                            Parsley

Oregano

Garlic

Onion                                                                                    Eggs

Radishes

Lettuces – a variety                                                            Flowers – an assortment

Greens:

Spinach                                                            Prepared Goods:

Chard                                                                           Potato Soup

Beet Tops                                                                    Roasted Lemon Potatoes

Kale                                                                              Chenaya’s Chocolate Chip Cookies

Mustard                                                                       Zucchini Bread

Green Beans                                                               Chocolate Zucchini Bread

Cucumbers                                                                   Oat Cookies

Eggplant                                                                       Day Lilly Muffins

Tomatoes                                                                      Potato & Rosemary Soup

Beets                                                                               Beet & Carrot Salads

Sugar Snap Peas                                                          Pumpkin Bread

Squashes – summer & winter                                   Pickled Potato Salad

Peppers                                                                          Dill Soup

Turnips                                                                           Eggplant & Zucchini Toss

Potatoes                                                                          Tomato-Squash Soup

Sweet Potatoes                                                               Zucchini-Elderberry Biscuits

Rhubarb                                                                            Potato Salad

Kohlrabi                                                                           Bean & Green Soup

Cabbage

Canned goods at end of  season:

tomato sauce

peaches

Bread & Butter pickles

applesauce

Wind Dance Calendula Ointment

Wind Dance Goat Milk Soap

Wind Dance Farm

Member-Farmer Commitment Page – 2010

Joining our CSA is easy!   After reading the commitment page, fill out the attached member registration form – return it to us with a deposit, and you will be one of Wind Dance Farm CSA members!  We are offering 12 -15 shares.  Call or email with questions!   304 258 4672   wind.dance@earthlink.net   website winddancefarm.org

1.     Each member will receive a CSA Box of produce weekly from mid May through October.  There will be a few breaks, as we have camp obligations – and will inform you of the off dates.  Produce will be provided for a total of 16 weeks.

2.     Produce you receive is grown bio-intensively – beyond growing organic, under the parameters of Certified Naturally Grown.

3.     Members choose to pledge between $30 – $35 for a share per week -  which ranges from $480 to $560 for the season.  An option for a single person is to pledge for a single share – $25 per week, with a total of $400.  All shares have the additional cost of $40.00 for the entire season for items harvested and purchased from other farms.  This amounts to $2.50 per week.  If you would like to consider work on our farm in exchange for goods we can arrange that with you.

4.     A deposit of $50.00 is made at the time of registration with full payment by the first harvest.  However, we are flexible!  We understand paying in full by the first harvest can be a challenge.  Payment options can be arranged – don’t hesitate to inquire.

5.     Pick up and delivery!  You can pick up your share at our farm on Wednesday afternoons between 12:00 and 6:00, or meet us for a delivery in town between 12:00 and 1:00 at the library.  Other arrangements can be made if needed.

6.     Members are responsible for picking up produce weekly.  If you are going to be away please inform us at least three days in advance so we do not harvest for you that week.  If you would like someone else to pick up your CSA box please let us know. Unclaimed shares will be donated.

7.     Wind Dance Farm welcomes visitors.  You are welcome to visit the farm and see how your food is grown!

Wind Dance Farm

CSA Membership Registration Form – 2010

Name(s) ___________________________________________

Address  __________________________________________

Phone ____________________________   email ___________________________

Pledge Amount per week for full share – between $30 and $35 ______________________

Seasonal Amount – your pledge times 16weeks  __________________________

(this amount will be between $480 and $560)

Optional Pledge for a single person household share  – check here for this option ______

Single person share – $25.00 per week.   Total for season is $400.

Cost for items harvested at other farms  $40.00 for 16 weeks at  $2.50  per week   _____

Payment enclosed:    _____ Full Payment    _____  $100 deposit     ______ $50 deposit

Please make checks payable to Wind Dance Farm and send to:

649 Virginia Line Road

Berkeley Springs, WV 25411

Thank you for supporting our CSA.  We look forward to providing wholesome food for you soon!

Please let others know about us!