Backyard Bounty Box (CSA) – 2012 shares available! : Backyard Bounty

Backyard Bounty Box (CSA) – 2012 shares available!

Members of our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program get a bounty of fresh vegetables every week for 20 weeks by paying in advance. The harvest starts in mid June and ends the last week of October.

Details on 2012 shares:

CSA Share Groups, 2012	Half*	Full**	Note
All returning members before Feb 29th	$295	$495	2011 prices. Difference to be reimbursed if paying online.
New members before Feb 29th	$305	$530	Save $20.
All new and returning members after Feb 29th	$325	$550	Full shares are very close to twice the amount of produce of Half shares.
Land donors	$295	$495	Land donors who sign up before Feb 29th will receive an additional $20 off the share price.
Delivery	$120	$120	Optional, additional
Additional shares purchased	$5 off	$5 off	Off each share under the same name

Sizes

*Half shares - appropriate for one adult.

**Full shares - appropriate for two adults or a family.

Both are really great deals! At the Farmer’s Market, you would pay an additional $5 to $7 on average for the same amount of organic produce! That equates to about $100 to $140 in savings on your grocery bill for the season.

To Register:

To register, please download our Registration form 2012, fill it out and send it with your payment back to 8 Islington Ave, Guelph, On N1E 6K7. Or send the form to tom@backyardbounty.ca if paying by paypal.

Pick-up locations – pick-up times may be subject to change (if this message appears).

At pick-up, the produce will be in bins, and you will select a certain number of each item. If there is something you don’t want, you can trade it for something else in the ‘trading bin’, or leave it. Please let us know which pick-up location you will use. You will need to use the same location all season.

1. Wellington Chiropractic and Wellness Group, 12 Waterloo Ave, on the lawn. (Across from Farmers’ Market) Tuesdays 4:30 to 6:15 pm. Click here for a map. In the past there have been other goods for sale to CSA members and the public.

2. Salvation Army, 1320 Gordon St. (Between Lowes Rd and Arkell Rd). Thursdays 4:00 to 6:00pm. Click here for a map.

Help us get the word out! If you have friends, neighbours or family members who might be interested in their own Backyard Bounty Box, please pass this info along!

Six reasons to try our ‘Backyard Bounty Box’:

A Bounty of Food. Every week you’ll get a variety of vegetables, herbs, fruit and edible flowers – enough to typically last a week.
Fresh: All of our veggies are harvested the day of or at most the day before the CSA pick-up. They are picked at their ripest point, when nutrition and taste are at their peak.
Convenient: It just takes you a few minutes to pick all of your weeks veggies out of the bin. You can also have your box delivered.
Natural Farming Practices: We farm using natural and organic practices without chemicals to build healthy soil and grow healthy food.
Supporting Urban Agriculture: Every dollar you invest supports growing food within walking distance of where you live, building a strong local food system. Be a part of something new and exciting!
Trying new foods. Enjoy your favorites and try new foods you may not have had the opportunity to enjoy before.
Community: Meet and talk to your neighbours at the pickup each week.

What is Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)?

This is a model for distributing fresh produce from farmers to individuals in the community. People opt-in to receiving a basket or ‘share’ of the produce each week by paying at the beginning of the growing season. This way, both the consumers and the farmers share the benefits and risks of growing crops. By paying in advance, we immediately have the resources to purchase our seeds and equipment for the season.

The Backyard Bounty Box

Part of being in a CSA is that you receive a share of produce which is growing and ready each week. This means that you eat with the seasons and that if one vegetable is doing poorly, you will receive another which is fairing better with the current weather conditions. Here is a list of what we provided last year:

Spring: arugula, lettuce, beet greens, radishes, turnips, kohlrabi, kale, broccoli, green onions, corn salad, spinach, snap peas, edible flowers, herbs.
Summer: zucchini, cucumber, tomatoes, onions, lettuce, radish, beets, carrots, Swiss chard, basil, eggplant, herbs, cut flowers, snap beans, peppers.
Fall: cabbage, kale, broccoli, squash, pumpkin, beans, fennel, beets, leeks, onions, arugula, lettuce, radishes, kohlrabi, herbs.

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