Swallowtail Farm

What is Community Supported Agriculture?

Community Supported Agriculture at its root is the reconnection of people to their food, and to the farms that grow it. Through the direct support of a local farm, the shareholder enters into a relationship with the farmer of their food that provides profound stability for the farmer, and the freshest possible local, seasonal eating for the shareholder.

As a model for the future of sustainable agriculture, CSA serves to develop healthy and sustainable food sources and a strong local economy; to encourage healthy land stewardship; to create and maintain a stable and balanced relationship between rural and urban communities; and to re-cultivate the sustainable scale of small family farms.  The relationship that is created between farmer and shareholder grants the farmer a fair & appreciative market, and simultaneously provides the consumer with the the highest quality, freshest produce available, along with a personal connection to the land where it is grown and the people who grow it. Operating costs in farming are typically heavily weighted toward the beginning of the season, and include everything from seed to compost to equipment maintenance to infrastructure improvement to farm crew salaries. With an upfront commitment, CSA members provide literal seed money for the farm, which is profoundly helpful in meeting the challenges of beginning a new season.

We are continuing to offer CSA shares in either traditional share and Farm Card formats to best meet your household’s needs.

Our Produce

Our goal every week is to provide our shareholders with the freshest, most nutritious food available. Using biodynamic farming methods we deliver healthy produce with no synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides or any other chemicals in our fields or on our plants. Our food is clean and supremely nourishing.

We will be sharing the following vegetables, herbs and cut flowers from our fields: