Nisa Schweisow, owner of Joy Farm in Farmingdale, is now offering shares of her brand new CSA. Community Supported Agriculture is a group of people who support a farm in advance of the growing season and in turn receive a share of the products. A share for the season costs $360 and will include:

• June: Salad greens, arugula, kale, chard, baby carrots, radishes, and herbs
• July: Peas, beans, tomatoes, summer squash
• August: Cucumbers, beets, radishes, onions, carrots, onions, melons, squash, corn, flowers
• September: pumpkins, potatoes

For an additional price a share can include eggs, goats milk, and cheese.

For more information and to sign up for a share, contact Nisa at joyfarmingdale@gmail.com.

The folks at Battle Creek Gardens in Hermosa are starting their third year of providing CSA boxes to area residents. Community Supported Agriculture allows farmers to sell shares of garden produce at the beginning of the season to people who want fresh produce straight from the farm all summer long.

The 2012 season will be early June, when customers will get a variety of greens, to mid- September, when the boxes will likely be filled with squash, peppers, carrots, and potatoes.

The price for the season is $300 for fifteen weeks. Boxes are delivered on Mondays to the Seventh Day Adventist church on South Canyon Road in west Rapid City.

Anyone interested in subscribing should contact Michelle Lesher at michelle@bhhec.org or 605-255-4101.

Harold Gray
Nisland, SD
(605)499-8840
grayharold@rocketmail.com

Offering CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) subscriptions in the northern Black Hills area, including Belle Fourche, Spearfish, Sturgis and others. 100% natural operation and winner of 1st place/best of show in the Butte/Lawrence Co. fair! Also offering farm-fresh dairy products.

Several Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs have a limited number of available subscriptions for the 2012 growing season. For those of you not familiar with a CSA, it basically requires you to pay in advance or “subscribe” to a local grower for a season. In return, you receive a weekly ‘share’ of fresh, locally grown produce. Your share varies each week depending on a variety of factors including what is coming into season, recent weather events, etc. A CSA assures you of receiving the freshest, tastiest, and most nutritious produce available. The CSA programs listed below currently have shares available. If you are aware of any others, please let us know!

• Battle Creek Gardens will be offering 50 CSA subscriptions this year. This CSA program will most likely fill up so be sure to reserve your share early. For more details on the Battle Creek Gardens CSA program, click here.
• Also delivering weekly to the Rapid City area is Harmony Enterprises of Chadron, NE. There will be at least two (and possibly three) separate CSA seasons. Add-ons to your share might include fresh eggs, poultry and honey. For more details on the Harmony Enterprises CSA program, click on the “Recent Newsletter” tab at the bottom of the website page. (Note: Updated information will be available in March 2012.)
• Cycle Farm in the Spearfish valley will have an informational meeting on their new CSA program. It is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 19th. For more details, click here.
• Another new CSA to be offered in 2012 is located in the Sturgis area. Bear Butte Gardens will be offering only 25 subscriptions so sign up soon. For more details on the Bear Butte Gardens CSA program, click here.
• In the northern Black Hills, Nisland Farm & Garden operated by Harold Gray is accepting subscriptions for his CSA program, including home delivery. For more information, call Harold at (605)499-8840 or send e-mail to haroldgray@rocketmail.com.

Patricia Jenkins & Jeremy Smith
287 Evans Lane, Spearfish, SD 57783

http://cyclefarm.wordpress.com/
cyclefarmer@gmail.com

Selling naturally-grown fresh produce through Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) subscriptions and to the Spearfish Farmers Market in season.