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Wednesday, July 14th, 2010


A CSA share from July with lettuce, chard, zucchini, cabbage, garlic, onions, granola, and fresh bread

You have probably heard about the farm’s CSA (community supported agriculture) shares. CSA is a “farm share” and a way for farmers and customers in the community to share the risks and benefits of growing local sustainable food. It provides a fresh, authentically-grown bag of food once a week for $25 (full share) or $15 (half share).

For the farm, it is a way to make sure we have customers to buy the food we grow.

The production on a small, sustainable farm is limited. And our CSA customers always get the first priority of whatever we harvest each week because they have “reserved” their order in advance.

We usually also have a variety of produce and baked good for our non-CSA customers at the farm stand every Sat. from 10am to noon (AZ time). However, if you visit the farm stand and don’t find the produce you want, you might consider CSA in the future. The farm’s next CSA round will start  Saturday, August 7th.

Another option is pre-ordering. If there is produce you want, just drop us an email or call us and let us know. Pre-orders are next in priority after CSA.

Hope you’re all having a great summer and enjoying lots of great produce from your own garden as well!

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We’re back!

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

It’s been a while since we’ve been blogging, but we’re back and will be including a lot of information here about the farm, what’s available, what we’re cooking, and much more.

This year is the start of our third year in the community as your local, sustainable, family farm. We appreciate all of you who have supported us in our first two years. This is an important year for La Buena Vida Farm and one that we’re excited about.

Our success this year will mean that we will be able to plant again next year. We strive to support local economic sustainability, as well as to be a valuable local food source for our community.

In 2010, we will be offering some different buying options and adding some new products. We are raising heritage breed Navajo Churro sheep, Black Spanish turkeys, and Barred Rock chickens. Our natural, pasture raised meats will be available soon.

Our farm stand in Portal will be open every Saturday beginning in March, and we will continue to offer Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) baskets. If you are not familiar with CSA, it is one way for community members to participate in a small farm like ours by paying at the beginning of the growing season for weekly baskets of freshly harvested produce. This provides farmers like us with some predictable revenue so that we can concentrate on providing a valuable local food source.

This year we are offering full shares and half shares (both weekly) and are offering a new 6 week subscription at a LOWER cost.

This card tells more about CSA, what you might expect from it, and how you can participate. Note that the deadline for this round is March 19.

We appreciate your continued interest in the viability of La Buena Vida Farm. You can reach us at 520-558-0036 or info@labuenavidafarm.com.

We hope to see you at the Portal farm stand beginning Saturdays in March.

Thank you for your time and support.

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