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Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) SUCCESS STORIES

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) SUCCESS STORIES. Nevada Agricultural Summit Fallon Nevada December 1 – 2, 2006. Community Supported Agriculture. What are CSAs? One of the fastest growing niche markets in agriculture Directly serves Communities and Customers/Families

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Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) SUCCESS STORIES

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  1. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)SUCCESS STORIES Nevada Agricultural Summit Fallon Nevada December 1 – 2, 2006

  2. Community Supported Agriculture • What are CSAs? • One of the fastest growing niche markets in agriculture • Directly serves Communities and Customers/Families • Participants purchase “shares” in weekly harvests • Arrangement beneficial to Farmers & the communities they serve

  3. Community Supported Agriculture • Benefits to Farmers • Up front operating funds • Better opportunity for planning, planting & production • Develop personal relationships with “shareholders” • Direct sales to “shareholders” eliminates distribution costs • Allows farming families to continue doing what they do best – FARM!

  4. Community Supported Agriculture • Benefits to “Shareholders” • Receives a diverse supply of fresh produce • Produce supplied with a farmer’s face on it • Involvement in CSA decreases the distance between their food and the person who grows it • Encourages sustainable agriculture and environmental health • Shareholders introduced to special regional foods not available in agri-business

  5. Smith & Smith Farms • Smith & Smith Farms is a diversified, family farm growing produce and fresh cut flowers for a 90 member CSA and local farmer's markets. Their harvest season is June through October, culminating with a Family Farm Day to pick pumpkins. They also proudly offer a Thanskgiving Box including a farm-raised turkey. Broad-breasted bronze and heritage Naragannsett turkeys are available.

  6. Smith & Smith Farms “We grow many different varieties, including heirlooms that have wonderful flavor and beautiful looks. In our farming practices, we use no pesticides. We amend our soil with compost and fish based fertilizers, many of our practices are biodynamic.”

  7. Smith & Smith Farms • Brenda Smith • 305 Comstock • Dayton Nevada 89403 • Phone: (775) 246-9005

  8. Custom Gardens • Custom Gardens farm uses sustainable organic methods, believing that healthy foods begin with healthy soils, water, air and seeds! After growing for market (selling direct at the farm and at area farmer's markets for the first seven years) in 1995 they became the first Nevada farm to offer a Community Supported Agriculture program. In 1998, the farm was the first to be certified organic under the Nevada State program, and are proud to hold certificate #1001-P.

  9. Custom Gardens Located in the high desert near Lake Lahontan, at the crossroads of U.S. 50 and 95A in Silver Springs, our family owned farm, once covered with native plants, became Custom Gardens in 1988.

  10. Custom Gardens Ray and Virginia Johnson (775) 577.2069

  11. Great Basin Basket • The Great Basin Food Basket is a collaboration between you, your fellow citizens within the northern Nevada area and dedicated farmers from around the area that wish to support the market for healthy, fresh and wholesome food. Local farmers include Home Grown Nevada, Lattin Farms, Sierra Valley Farm, and Sodbuster Farm.

  12. Great Basin Basket “Our mission at the Great Basin Basket is to provide northern Nevada families with the best quality of locally grown seasonal produce grown by our local organic farmers”

  13. Great Basin Basket • Summary 2006 • Beginning subscribers: 95 • Ending subscribers: 115 • Total Income: $39,700 • Payments to Farmers: $36,411 • Number of Volunteers: too numerous to calculate due to the efforts of the Great Basin Cooperative & the Local Food System Network in Reno

  14. Great Basin Basket • Plans for 2007 • Subscriber goal: 360 • Income goal: $144,000 • Payments to Farmers: $129,600 • Addition of Basket drop off/pick up sites • Home delivery service • Expansion of delivery days to 2-3 days per week • Develop employee basket programs for local businesses • Find central location for basket preparation and sales • Reno Public Marketspace

  15. Great Basin Basket Produce • Arugala • Baby beets • Basil • Beet Greens • Broccoli • Cabbage • Carrots • Cauliflower • Chard • Corn • Cucumbers • Herbs • Fava Beans • Green Beans • Green Onions • Kale • Lettuce • Melons • Onions • Parsnips • Peas • Pepper • Pickles • Pumpkins • Radishes • Rhubard • Rutabaga • Raspberries • Tomatoes • Tomatillos • Spinach • Strawberries • Wnter Squash • Zucchini

  16. Great Basin Basket Rick Lattin (775) 867-3750 or Tina Smith (775) 465-2549 greatbasinbasket@yahoo.com

  17. Questions Visit the NevadaGrown display for more information on Great Basin Basket Program.

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