Wind Dance Farm Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)

Wind Dance Farm & Earth Education Center

A Certified Naturally Grown Farm

Berkeley Springs, WV

CSA 2012

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

There are many benefits of a CSA – we benefit by knowing there are committed members of our community 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 you keep 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 layout providing brief historical and nutritional information, ideas for quick preparations, recipes, and storage and preservation tips.

Membership in our CSA is based on a pledge of $35 a week for a full share – 14 weeks of wholesome food!

We also have a partial share option available for $30 a week.  This offer is perfect for a single person.

There is a one-time cost of $40.00 for the entire season, which is $2.85 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 farmers. 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

Wind Dance Farm & Earth Education Center

649 Virginia Line Rd

Berkeley Springs, WV 25411

304 258 4672   wind.dance@frontier.com

windancefarm.org

CSA Food List 2011

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                                                                              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:

Peaches

Bread & Butter pickles

Applesauce

Tomato Sauce

Wind Dance Calendula Ointment

Wind Dance Goat Milk Soap

Wind Dance Farm

Member-Farmer Commitment Page – 2011

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’s CSA members!  We are offering 20 shares.  Call or email with questions!   304 258 4672   wind.dance@frontier.com

1.     Each member will receive a CSA Box of produce weekly from late April through mid September.  There will be a few breaks, as we have camp obligations, and we will inform you of the off dates.  Produce will be provided for a total of 14 weeks.

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

3.     Members pledge $35 for a full share per week – $490 for the season.

An option for a partial share is $30 per week, with a total of $420.

All shares have a one time cost of $40.00 for the entire season for items

harvested and purchased from other farms.  This amounts to $2.85 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 12:30 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.

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 – 2012

Name(s) ___________________________________________

Address  __________________________________________

Phone ____________________________

email ___________________________

 

Pledge Amount per week for full share – $35 – check here for this option _____

Total for the season – $490  plus $40 for other farmers      Total:  $530

 

Pledge for a partial share  – $30 – check here for this option ______

Total for season – $420  plus $40 for other farmers      Total:  $460

 

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

Payment in full is due at the first delivery.  Please call/email about other payment options.

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

649 Virginia Line Road                                    phone 304 258 4672

Berkeley Springs, WV 25411                                    email wind.dance@frontier.com

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

Please let others know about us!