Slow Food Seacoast Announces 2^nd Annual Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Fair

Slow Food Seacoast will be hosting Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Farms from the Seacoast area at the Portsmouth Public Library on Saturday, February 14  from 10am-1pm.  The public will have the opportunity to meet farms, ask questions about Community Supported Agriculture, and get information about buying shares in a farm’s crops for the 2009 season. 

Portsmouth, NH (Slow Food Seacoast) January 26, 2009 -- Slow Food Seacoast will be hosting farms from the Seacoast area at the Levenson Room, Portsmouth Public Library on Saturday, February 14, from 10am-1pm.  The public will have the opportunity to meet farms, ask questions about Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), and get information about buying shares in a local farm’s crops for the 2009 summer/fall season.  This is the 2^nd annual event. 

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) allows customers to buy shares in one season's crops at a local farm.  In return, customers receive fresh, locally grown produce once a week during the growing season.  By providing mutual support, the growers and customers make the farm part of the community.  Share-holders cover anticipated costs of the operation of the farm.  In return they receive a portion of the farm’s crops through the growing season.  Farmers and share-holders share in the risks of farming (such as poor yields due to inclement weather or pests) allowing the farmer greater financial stability. By investing, literally, in local agriculture, consumers can directly support the presence of small, local farms on the Seacoast.  
 

The farms attending the CSA Fair include (but are not limited to): Andy’s Greens of York, ME, Back River Farm of Dover, NH, Heron Pond Farm of So. Hampton, NH, Meadow’s Mirth of Stratham, NH, Newfields’ Own Produce of Newfields, NH, Stone Wall Farm of Madbury, NH, Sustainable Farm Products of Strafford, NH, and Wake Robin Farm of Stratham, NH. 
 

This will be a great event for the public to learn about Community Supported Agriculture, and for farmers to sell shares.  Admission to this event is free.  Light refreshments will be provided by Slow Food Seacoast. 

For additional information, contact Andy Gagnon at andysgreens.com or visit slowfoodseacoast.org. 

About Slow Food Seacoast

We are a non-profit organization of people who love and respect food. We are farmers and gardeners, chefs and home cooks, and food lovers of all ages and backgrounds. We're working together to make sure that good, clean, and fair food is available to everyone on the Seacoast.  We are a local chapter, or convivium of Slow Food USA and Slow Food International.  

Contact:

Andy Gagnon, Slow Food Seacoast

207-475-6945