| We purchased our farm in 1975. We operated the farm conventionally for the first 12 years, growing corn and soybeans and raising a few cows, pigs and chickens. In 1986, we ceased farming operations. Then in 1992, we grew some convention sweet corn. This was successful for us and we decided to grow some other vegetables and bedding plants. That same year we built our first two greenhouses. At this time, our operation was not totally organic. We were using organic insect controls but we were using synthetic fertilizers. In 1999 we decided to convert to total organic practices. For the next four years we used no fertilizers to cleanse our soil. Then in 2003 we started our first summer CSA program. Also at this time we applied for organic certification which we received that summer. In 2005, we stopped growing bedding plants so that we could focus on our vegetable production. In the fall of 2006 we offered our first winter CSA followed in the spring of 2007 by our first spring CSA program. Thus we are now operating our CSA every week of the year. In the summer of 2009, we introduced a new program: the work share program. This program allows some of our summer csa members to work off their share. They were required to work a certain number of hours, depending if the were a full bag share or a half bag share, in exchange of payment.This program was a big success for both us the farm amd for the work share members. Fot the farm, it meant extra hands to get certain jobs done in a timely manner. For the work share member, it meant learning and seeing first hand how their vegetables were being grown, taken care of, harvested and processed for members to pick up. |
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