Hello Everyone!
We are excited to offer you an opportunity to be a shareholder in the Fresh Roots CSA community.
What sprouted as a backyard CSA project is growing into a community-engaged organization, with urban farm fields in backyards and schoolyards. In partnership with VSB schools we are establishing schoolyard market gardens, growing food for the neighborhood while stewarding an outdoor hands-on learning classroom for the school community and greater Vancouver community.
With established, fertile soil, our gardens are growing abundantly, and we’re excited to offer mid-season CSA garden green share opportunities to you!
We have ½ shares available, consisting of our Schoolyard Salad Mix, kale greens, collard greens, and potentially more abundance as the season progresses.
A mid season ½ share will provide you with weekly greens that’ll feed 2-3 people.
Each share is $230. That breaks down to:
• $15/ weekly garden green box (for 12 weeks)
• $50 Farm Investment Fund
You can join as soon as this Thursday, August 11. Our harvests continue weekly until October 27. That is 12-13 weeks of fresh, local, affordable and organically grown deliciousness! Throughout the season you will also have the opportunity to purchase back-alley fed bee honey.
With the weekly garden greens we provide a weekly email with a seasonal recipe, stories from the farmers, preserving tips, and local community food happenings. Throughout the season there will be opportunities to visit the gardens, take part in a harvest celebration, and get to know our East Van localvore community at the weekly veggie box pick-up.
CSA pick-up is every Thursday at MOBY Community Garden, between 6-8pm. MOBY sits just under the skytrain on 11th east of Commercial Dr. There may be an opportunity to extend the Garden Greens share into the winter!
If interested, please email info@freshroots.ca subject Garden Greens
With warm regards and a fistful of compost!
The Fresh Roots Farm Team
Find Fresh Roots Urban Farm Field photos on Flickr and on Facebook!
