OUR SPRING/SUMMER 2024 SEASON IS SOLD-OUT!
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SIGNED UP!
As many of you may know, we are in-between farm managers. However, we have been so excited to be able to continue our CSA by working with our wonderful farm partner, Love is Love Cooperative Farm. Read on to learn more!
What is a CSA
CSA – Community Supported Agriculture - is a member model whereby local farmers and local eaters make a dedicated commitment to one another through a shared-risk model and active engagement. Members support the whole farm through subscribing to seasonal shares. Some or all of this payment is upfront, much like a farm’s costs of production. Membership provides better planning for the farms, maximizing potential and minimizing risk and waste. The farmers work hard to provide the best, freshest, seasonal variety of produce each week and commit to building a deeper relationship with their members. Together every week, we elevate and enjoy healthy food, resilient community, and successful, viable farm systems while caring for the planet. In addition to offering our primary CSA share of vegetables, we offer a variety of add-on shares for those looking to source milk, eggs, meat and other items from local farms.
Our Farmers from Love is Love Cooperative Farms
The Martin family (owners of Martin’s Garden) have known the Love is Love principal farmers for nearly a decade now. During our early beginnings when we initially bought our land and were trying to figure “this whole farming thing” out, we attended our first Georgia Organics conference and met the humble and legendary Joe Reynolds, who was both the board chair and the preeminent organic CSA farmer in the Atlanta area. In 2021, Joe and his team spread the love to include other farmers and purchased more acreage (70 acres) in Mansfield , Georgia. We have an incredible amount of respect for Love is Love Cooperative, the quality of their vegetables and the heart and soul they bring each and every day to the world of agriculture and those they feed and care for.
What Can I Expect
Love is Love Cooperative Farm grows a wide range of delicious produce each week for our members. Now in their 16th year of CSA farming, Love is Love excels at growing with organic practices to deliver incredibly delicious vegetables that are picked at the peak of freshness and harvested within days of your pick-up. Each week, for a 15 week period beginning April 24, 2024, your CSA share includes approximately 7 items in quantities that should be appropriate for a family of four. In addition, we work with and source produce from other local farmer friends as a way to expand the CSA share offering and collaborate with other farmers.
During the 15 week session typical vegetables you might expect will include: Arugula, Asian greens, beans, carrots, chard, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, fennel, figs, green garlic, herbs, kale, lettuces, melons, okra, pac choy, potatoes, radishes, shiitake mushrooms, strawberries, summer squash, sweet basil, spicy greens mix, spring onions, sweet onions, sweet peppers, sweet potato greens, sunflower shoots, sweet turnips, and tomatoes.
ADD-ON SUBSCRIPTIONS: In addition to their wonderful vegetables, we are pleased to offer the following options for subscription add-ons:
Riverview Farms Meats (two options): Riverview Farms in Ranger, GA raises grass-fed beef and pastured pork. Deliveries will occur on a bi-weekly basis (8 deliveries) and two options exist for products which are included. All meat comes frozen.
The Good Meat Share includes a rotation of ground beef, ground pork sausage, and pork chops.
The Premium Cuts Meat Share will include the delicious bi-weekly Good Meat Share plus premium cuts bacon, pork roasts, pork chops, and artisanal sausage links.
Eggs from Pasture Raised Hens: Bi-weekly (8 weeks) delivery of a full dozen eggs from partner farms, Rise n’ Shine Farm in Calhoun, GA and No Mad Hens in Mansfield, GA. Chickens are pastured and fed a non-GMO feed.
Rock House Creamery Milk: Bi-weekly deliveries (8 weeks) featuring Grade A whole milk from Rock House Creamery in Newborn, Georgia. This is creamline whole milk, which means the milk is produced with no homogenization, using low-temp pasteurization resulting in rich milk packed full of flavor and nutrition.
Calyroad Creamery Cheese (two options):
Chevre Only: Bi-weekly deliveries (8 weeks) featuring chevre (goat) cheeses
Full Cheese Share: Weekly deliveries (15 weeks) alternating between chevre cheeses and cows milk cheeses (tomme, gouda, feta)
Cafe Campesino Las Diosas Coffee: Bi-weekly deliveries (8 weeks) of fresh roasted, certified organic specialty coffee from the woman-owned and managed Las Diosas (The Goddesses) cooperative in Esteli, Nicaragua. Coffee bags are 1 lb and can be ordered whole bean or ground. Coffee is fair-trade and ethically sourced by Georgia roasters and cooperative coffee supporters, Cafe Campesino, in Americus, GA.
ADDITIONAL ITEMS AVAILABLE AT PICK-UP
In addition to subscriptions listed above, we anticipate continuing to offer certain items on a one-off basis that are available at pick-up times such as mushrooms from Ellijay Mushrooms and specialty items from Martin’s Garden such as honey, figs and extra eggs from Martin’s Garden hens.
SESSION DATES/PICK-UP:
This CSA session runs from April 24th until July 31st. Pick-up is on Wednesdays either at the farm (410 Coleman Road, Roswell, GA) between 4:30 pm - 6 pm or at From the Earth Brewery from 5 pm - 8 pm.
CSA MEMBERSHIP COST
The season subscription cost for the 15-week Spring/Summer session is $525, which is approximately, $35 per week. Because this season is longer than we have historically been able to offer, we recognize this is more of an upfront cost than previously. If you’d prefer to spread out payments in two installments, we are now offering that option. The total cost of $600 would be split into $300 due at sign-up and the remaining $300 balance due on June 15th.
JOIN THE COMMUNITY
As always, we'll also continue to have our private Facebook page where we can share recipes and ideas.
The Martin’s Garden Team
Typical Spring Session Produce
Arugula
Salad Turnips
Collards
Radishes
Leaf Lettuce
Head Lettuce
Tat Soi
Bok Choy
Kohlrabi
Kale
Cilantro
Dill
Parsley
Snow Peas
Snap Peas
Onions
Garlic
Carrots
Beets
Sunflower Shoots
Pea Shoots
Microgreens
Spinach
Typical Fall Session Produce
Salad Turnips
Arugula
Collards
Radishes
Leaf Lettuce
Head Lettuce
Tat Soi
Bok Choy
Kohlrabi
Swiss Chard
Kale
Cilantro
Dill
Parsley
Snow Peas
Snap Peas
Onions
Garlic
Carrots
Beets
Sunflower Shoots
Pea Shoots
Microgreens
Spinach
Winter Squash
Summer Squash