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East Hill CSA registration is open for the 2012 season
Register today!
Register for the 2012 season of our vegetable or bread CSA by clicking above
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2012 Membership
Twenty weeks of fresh, local produce from East Hill Farm in Middlesex, NY. Shares include a wide variety of vegetables, as well as fruit in the later part of the season. Pick up your food at the JCC in Brighton on Fridays from 4-7 pm or on the farm in Middlesex. Shares are enough food for an average omnivorous family or couple, averaging seven to twelve different items every week. All food, including fruit, is grown at East Hill Farm using all organic methods.
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Bread Share
Twenty weeks of sourdough bread homemade on our farm using all organic ingredients. Choose your type of bread every week and pick up your loaf with your produce. Options may include Multigrain, Cinnamon Raisin, East Hill Farm Rye, Classic French Levain, specialty breads, and more. One loaf per week.
Click here to read more about the East Hill CSA Bread Share.
Price: $100
Donation Share
Contribute produce to Herb Haven, a “holistic day program serving women and children who are striving to become self-sufficient. Herb Haven operates on a new paradigm that offers a fluid, responsive, whole system approach to breaking the cycle of poverty and attaining self-sufficiency.” Every week for twenty weeks we will deliver produce to Herb Haven. Provide a healthy diet of fresh fruit and vegetables to a small group of local women.
Click here to learn more about Herb Haven.
Price: $100-$500
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What is East Hill CSA?
CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. It is a partnership between the growers of good food and the people who like to eat it. As a member of our CSA, you support the young farmers of the Folk Art Guild by paying for 5 months of food in the winter. Then, throughout the growing season, you receive a share of our produce once a week and get to experience the joys of fresh, delicious food carefully grown using sustainable and environmentally responsible methods.
Becoming a member of our CSA is a way to share in the bounty and the risks of vegetable growing. It is also a great way to get connected with your food and form nourishing relationships with a community that values the work and careful attention that goes into growing food. You’ll get to know the people who grow your food and care about the health of you and your family, and you’ll have the opportunity to come out to the farm and experience the fun and hard work of growing food for yourself!
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What’s in the share?
Click here to read what’s included in your weekly share.
Each week’s share includes a variety of vegetables (and fruit in the later part of the season). The offering depends on the weather and season. It is enough food for an average omnivorous family or couple, averaging seven to twelve different items. You can choose how much food you take each week!
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Where do I pick up my produce?
The JCC of Greater Rochester
1200 Edgewood Avenue
Rochester, NY 14618
Fridays from 4-7 pm
or
East Hill Farm
1445 Upper Hill Road
Middlesex, NY 14507
Day & Time TBA
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Do I have to work?
Our CSA does not have a work requirement. However, you’ll have the opportunity to come visit the farm for member volunteer days, potlucks and a harvest party in the fall! If you do want to get more involved with the CSA and our farm, we’ll never refuse a helping hand on a harvest day or at the pick-up. Just let us know!
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How long is the season?
The 2012 East Hill CSA season will run for 5 months, from mid June through October. It will be 20 weeks of deliciousness!
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How much does a share cost?
The share costs $500, that’s $25 a week for 20 weeks. Our 2011 shares ranged in value from $25 at the very beginning to over $50 at the height of the season (based on local pricing for organically grown produce). You can pay in installments over the course of the winter and spring or all at once when you register. We offer one share size, but if you want to split a share you can ask a friend or neighbor to embark on a food-adventure with you! We are also happy to help find you a CSA-buddy.
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Do you offer half shares?
We do not offer half shares, but if you would like to split a share, ask a friend or neighbor to split one with you. It is up to you and your friend to decide how you would like to pay and how your single share will be divided. Two great ways to split a share are to come to the pick up together, or come every other week. East Hill CSA will not divide one share into two smaller shares for CSA-buddies nor can we accommodate CSA buddies coming to the CSA pick up separately.
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What are your growing practices?
East Hill Farm focuses on growing the healthiest and tastiest food for your body, your family, and the environment.
We never use pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or any other chemicals in our growing practices. We never grow genetically modified organisms. All of the produce in your share, including fruit, is grown at East Hill Farm in Middlesex, NY using organic methods.
We grow primarily heirloom varieties of produce and purchase organic seed whenever possible. We try to plant delicious varieties that have been passed down for generations.
Our labor comes from the three young farmers living at East Hill Farm (read more about us on the “Farmers” page), plus a summer intern. Additional labor is provided by travelers, artists, gardeners, and other generally interesting people who volunteer through several agricultural networking websites (mostly WWOOF, HelpX, and GrowFood) in exchange for full room and board, as well as the chance to live and learn in our beautiful community.
We have signed NOFA-NY’s Farmer’s Pledge.
