Community Supported Agriculture

If you are a current member, Register Now for the Community Supported Agriculture [CSA] group.

New! Grass-Fed Meat & Raw Dairy Buying Club

Direct from the Amish farmer to you. Meat and dairy that goes beyond organic-- back to the way it used to be before industrial farming took over. Food that’s…real food! G

Miller’s Farm meats are not only raised organically (with a pesticide-free diet, no hormones, steroids, antibiotics…), but raised with a biologically correct diet—grass for cows and goats, milk for calves, insects and some grain for chickens. This means a better nutritional profile* and a phenominal taste.

Also available to club members only—unprocessed, raw dairy products from cows and goats. Raw dairy products contain all the enzymes, antimicrobial components, and undamaged fats and proteins that occur naturally in raw dairy products.*

Available:
· Chicken, Veal, Beef, Pork, Turkey
· Raw cheeses (cow and goat), butter, cream, kefir, yogurt, ice cream
· Bones for stocks, stock
· Organ meats
· Lard—a whole, undamaged fat
· Fertile eggs
· Raw cultured vegetables, raw pickles, raw cider, kombucha--alkaline, probiotic superfoods
· Regionally-produced honey and maple syrup
· Potato chips cooked in lard
· Breads made with soaked flours (removes enzyme inhibitors)
· Open-pollinated popcorn
· And more! Contact us for a price list.

Membership fee is $25 per year, payable by check with your first order to Amos Miller. Amos Miller’s RAWSOME club membership agreement required at time of first order. Deliveries are made every other Saturday to St. Bartholomew’s Church at 82 Prospect St, White Plains, NY 10606. There is no minimum order. Orders are placed by calling farmer directly no later than the Wednesday previous to delivery. Additional shipping charge applies, divided among recipients. Orders must be picked up between 4-6pm on the date of delivery.

Club members are welcome to visit the farm anytime.

For a price list and more information, contact White Plains club coordinator at moonrises[at]hotmail[dot]com

Regarding the CSA:

In 2004, a group of 25 families got together to organize the first CSA of White Plains, sponsored by St. Bartholomew's. We are nearly 50 families interested in closing the gap between the farmer and consumer.

We purchase food from Stoneledge Farm, LLC, which grows produce in South Cairo, NY. They are organic farmers, accredited by NOFA-NY.

Beginning the third week of every June for 24 weeks, on Wednesday, late afternoon from 3:30pm-6:30pm , they bring bags of food, picked the previous day, to St. Bartholomew's.

The cost of a share for 2010 has not been set, but it will probably be $575. This comes to a little more than $25 per week for the best vegetables you can buy. You are also supporting local agriculture, committing to a farmer.

This allows us to pay for some administrative and janitorial work at the request of the members (which costs about $70 a week, not including building costs). If you would like a fruit share, the cost is an additional $215. The fruit share includes 5-8 lbs of fruits, including berries, plums, peaches, pears, nectarines and apples. These are "low spray" and not organic. The church offers subsidies for up to 3 persons who can not normally afford to join.

We need volunteers who will

1) be the contact person
2) print out the sign up sheets and list of vegetables
3) help with set up
4) distribute the remaining food, if necessary
5) distributing recipes

We may also purchase meat from local distributors.

You may contact

Pete & Debbie Kavakos
359 Ross Ruland Rd., South Cairo 12482
Phone: (518) 622-3003

stoneledge [at] surferz [dot] net

Also include your name, address, email, and phone so we can reach you.

We will send a contract.

The Harvest Calendar 2009

Beans- Summer- Green, Roma Flat, Soy Beans (Edamame)
Beans- Fall Jacob’s Cattle Dry-we will be thinking about this item-the dry beans take up a large amount of space in the field, it took three days of 4 workers to harvest them and we only get about a pound for each member.
Beets-Spring through Fall Red Ace, Chiogga, Golden(if seed is available)
Broccoli-Fall
Brussels Sprouts-Fall
Cabbage-Spring Early Jersey Wakefield, Chinese
Cabbage-Fall Green, Red
Carrots-Fall Yellow, Sugar Snax Orange, Cosmic Purple
Celariac-Fall
Corn-Fall Pop Corn
Cucumbers-Summer Slicing, Northern Pickling, Boothby Blonde
Eggplant-Summer Black Bell, Orient Express, Louisiana Long Green
Fennel-Summer
Garlic-Fall
Greens-Spring Mizuna, Tatsoi, Yakosai, Mibuna, Pak Choi
Kale-Fall Winterbor Green, Red Russian, Siberian Kale
Collards-Fall
Kohlrabi-Summer
Leeks-Fall
Lettuce-Spring, Fall Red Sail, New Red Fire, Buttercrunch, Romaine
Melons -Summer Cantaloupe
Onions- Ailsa Craig -Summer, Storage-Fall
Peas-Spring Sugar Snap
Peppers-Summer Green, Purple, Biscayne, Lipstick, Jalapeno, Chili, Habanero
Potatoes-Fall Gold, Red, Russet, White
Pumpkins-Fall Pie Pumpkin
Radish-Spring Rat Tail -Fall Diakon
Rutabaga-Fall
Spinach-Spring though Summer Perpetual
Summer Squash-Summer Zucchini, Zephyr, Sunburst
Winter Squash-Fall Carnival, Acorn, Delicata, Butternut
Swiss Chard-Summer Bright Lights
Tomatoes-Summer Heirlooms-Flora Lee, Gold Queen Slicing Tomatoes,
Sun Gold Cherry Tomatoes
Tomatillo-Summer
Turnips-Spring Hakeuri, Fall Purple Top
Herbs-Spring though Fall Chives, Mint, Oregano, Parsley, Genovese Basil, Opal Basil, Cilantro, Sage, Sorrel, Rosemary

Gawain de Leeuw, gawaind[at]gmail[dot] com

St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church

Welcome

Blogs