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<br /> Community supported agriculture(CSA)is becoming more and more popular.CSA provides a direct link between local farmers and
<br /> consumers.Each season,members purchase a shaze of a farmer's crop before it's planted.This allows the farmer to pay for seed,water,
<br /> equipment,etc,upfront,so they are less reliant on banks and loans.Each week,usually during June through October,the farmer delivers
<br /> great tasting,healthy food to pre-determined locations.In some instances,members pick up the share from the farm directly.The food is
<br /> harvested either the morning of pick up or the day before,ensuring fresh,great-tasting produce.
<br /> CSA members share in the harvest—when there is a good growing season,everyone benefits.When the season is not so good,members
<br /> shoulder the risk.CSA organizers often host farm days,where members are invited to visit the farm and both picnic and help in the fields.
<br /> Many also offer recipes and suggestions on how to cook the unique variety of vegetables that are offered each week.
<br /> Featherstone Farms and Rock Spring Farms have partnered with Lakewinds to have a CSA drop-off at the Minnetonka and Chanhassen
<br /> locations. For more information or share sign ups,visit either www.featherstonefarm.com or www.rsfarm.com.Information is also available
<br /> on our website(www lakewinds.coop)or by calling either Lakewinds location.We encourage you to participate in this unique relationship
<br /> and enjoy all the benefits that a CSA member receives.
<br /> Featherstone Farrns Rocic �pring Farms
<br /> Rushford,Minnesota Spring Grove,Minnesota
<br /> This season will mark the 10 year anniversary oE Featherstone Farm's Rock Spring.Farms is a family-owned farm located just south of
<br /> Community Supported Agriculture(CSA)program,and its second Spring Grove,Minnesota,where farmers Chris and Kim Blanchard
<br /> year delivering share boxes through Lakewinds Co-op.For the first strive to produce healthy,delicious food that people can build a
<br /> time,boxes will also be delivered to the Co-op's Chanhassen location. meal—and a relationship—around.At every turn,they work to
<br /> , Featherstone grows over 50 different certified organic fruit and veg- ensure that this food is of the highest possible quality,and produced
<br /> etable crops for CSA member shares,from spinach and salad mix in in harmony with nature;
<br /> May through broccoli and winter squash in October.A winter share Rock Spring grows produce following strict organic guidelines,
<br /> (four deliveries in November and December)will be available as well. without the use of chemical fertilizers or pesticides.The vegetables,
<br /> Featherstone Farm has the unique opportunity to grow crops in herbs,and flowers are certified organic by the Midwest Organic
<br /> microclimates of the bluff country of Winona County where they Services Association.They take this practice a step further with an
<br /> produce optimal quality leaf lettuce and garlic in the rich,cool soils emphasis on proactively avoiding the problems by using composts,
<br /> of the Zephyr Valley,heirloom tomatoes on the warm,sun drenched beneficial insect habitat,and organic minerals to buffer the effects
<br /> ridge top nearby,and muskmelons on a sandy floodplain of the Root oF pests,diseases and weather.
<br /> River.CSA members are encouraged to visit the farm and to learn This Earth-friendly,socially responsible way of farming permits us
<br /> more about the processes and people that produce their food. to produce nutritious,good tasting food while enhancing the local
<br /> Featherstone Fruits and Vegetables environment and community.
<br /> 30997 Zephyr Valley Lane,Rushford,MN 55971 Rock Spring delivers weekly for nineteen weeks,starting in early
<br /> www.featherstonefarm.com• (507)452-4244 June and ending in mid-October.They also offer a Winter Share,
<br /> •- with five deliveries of stored roots and greenhouse greens from late
<br /> October through December.Rock Spring Farms will drop off at only
<br /> the Chanhassen location.
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