Current CSA Pick Up LocationsChicago, IL (Lakeview) Evanston, IL Chicago, IL (Hyde Park) "Oak Park" (Chicago, but blocks to Oak Park) - This location is pending waiting for 7 more members email if you want to pick up in Oak Park .
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Contact Us
Rich Horbaczewski and Jackie Gennett
W8473 Smock Valley Road
Monroe, Wisconsin 53566
608-966-1128
Our CSA |
We offer a different kind of CSA ! Our CSA includes meat, poultry, eggs and yogurt. Know your farmer, know your food! 2008 CSA Spring/Summer starts in MAY. If you missed the May sign up, email to see if we can sneak you in. Sign up information is detailed below. If you prefer a word document, send us an email. The links below will open a PDF file. The current pick up times and dates are: Lakeview near Belmont/Southport, Second and Last Mondays. Evanston, near Main/Dodge, First Thursdays, Hyde Park near U of C, Second Tuesdays All pick ups are made between 5:30 and 6:45pm Click here for the sign up information! Meat and Poultry CSA - Spring/Summer 2008 Click here for an example of what is included. For poultry only shares, your share will include 4 to 6 chickens, depending on weight. We will mix whole, half and cut up in the rotation. If you do not eat pork, just let us know and we can substitute other products. For a price list, visit the farm page. Want to join? Send us an email or fill out the form and mail it to us. If you're Excel savy, download the form here and fill it out and email it back. What is a CSA? In a CSA, you purchase a "share" in a local farm and receive periodic deliveries of local, delicious, fresh products. Why is the CSA model important to farmers and consumers? A CSA, or subcription model provides farmers with a predictable understanding of how much product to produce, and consumers have the confidence that the product will be available every month. Many times at farmers markets we have disappointed customers by telling them we're out of chicken or eggs or steak. As a subscriber, we raise products just for you, and reserve it! This is particularly important with meat products, for several reasons. The cycle to produce meat is much longer than produce, so we know what to know well in advance. Also, distributing all of our meat can be done when we rotate our cuts through the CSA package. What will my family receive? Each delivery you will receive a generous variety of seasonal meat and poultry products. We will include the equivalent dollar value of season appropriate products. The most common question is exactly what you will get....We mix it up with seasonal products. Besides meat, what other products can I order ? We offer eggs from our farm (as long as we have enough. At this time, we do not have to limit egg orders, but we are close.) We also offer yogurt from Sugar River Dairy, a small batch yogurt maker and honey from Ranum's 1887 Brand Honey or Double D's Bees. How are products delivered? All products are delivered frozen in a cooler according to USDA safe handling requirements for perishable foods. We are licensed as meat distributors and products are processed at local, family run USDA inspected facilities. What is the frequency? Each subscription is for a six-month period. 2008 spring and summer deliveries begin in May and occur once monthly. Participation requires a 20% deposit for the entire six-month subscription, and payment is expected on or before delivery each month. You will also be able to place special orders for other varieties of meats and local products throughout the season, based on availability.
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Producer Line Up
Grass Is Greener Gardens is a 130-acre farm nestled in the valleys of Southwestern Wisconsin. Using sustainable and organic methods, we raise lamb, chicken, eggs, produce and cut flowers. We sell our products directly to consumers at farmer’s markets, through a CSA and directly from the farm.
Marr’s Valley View Farms is a 580-acre Black Angus Beef Farm that has been in the Marr family since 1874. Located south of Mineral Point, Wisconsin, we proudly celebrated 133 years in 2007! We are the fourth generation, second consecutive brother-sister team to own and operate the family business. In 1999 we began marketing our flavorful, tender beef cuts directly to consumers at farmers’ markets, restaurants, retails stores and from the farm.
Seapford Valley Farm is a pictoresque farm located in South Wayne, Wisconsin. Jim Dahl and family have owned and operated the farm for many years , and make their entry into the world of consumer direct sales, offering pork for the 2008 season.
Honey comes from either the Ranum Family Farm in Darlington, or Double D's Bees in Beloit.
Sugar River Dairy. With a Grade A dairy plant 10 steps away from their house in Green County, Ron and Chris Paris produce low fat, cream top yogurt . Milk for their small batch production of less than 1500 cups comes from Blue Marble Farms - great milk makes a great tasting yogurt.
There are more farmers and producers with interest in participating! We growing every year!
Your producers believe in providing wholesome, local products. Animals are grass fed and receive grain as youngsters. They are always free to roam about as they wish.
We do not feed animal byproducts nor use growth hormones. Antibiotics are used only when necessary to maintain the health of the animal.