Community Supported Agriculture

What is a CSA?

Community Supported Agriculture is a partnership of mutual commitment between a farm and a community of supporters providing, (alas!), a direct link between the production and consumption of food. This spring and summer (and one year round), area gardens and farms, here in southwest Colorado will be full of vegetables, herbs, fruits, and flowers.

Farmers select many rare varieties of plants due to their adaptability to the Colorado climate, their natural pest and disease resistance, and their uniqueness.

By joining a locals CSA, you become a shareholder of a farm and a member of a community. In exchange, each week, you will be given a basket full of your share of the harvest.

Local CSA’s

BUCKHORN GARDENS – Breigh Peterson Colona, CO 970-240-8715

Website:  www.buckhorngardens.blogspot.com  Email: gardens@buckhornmountain.com

Shares include wide assortment of self-grown heirloom, open pollinated vegetables, other items available separately

Late April through October/November

Full and half shares

CIRCLE A FARM – Betsy Austin Montrose, CO 970-240-9725 Email: circlea@ocinet.net.

Website:  www.circleagarden.com

Shares include in-season organic vegetables, herb and some fruit

April 4 – mid-December.

INDIAN RIDGE FARM – Tony & Barclay Daranyi Norwood, CO 970- 327-0336 Email: daranyi@rmi.net

Website:  www.indianridgefarm.org
June 2- Oct 6

Shares include vegetables, poultry, eggs, granola and bread. Additional fruit shares available from off-site farm.

KINIKIN RAWMA – Jeff Downs and Scott Freeman Montrose, CO 970-901-9959

Local beyond organic farmers co-op providing, but not limited to, raw milk, raw cream, raw kefir, raw yogurt, raw meats, raw honey, raw veggie juice, raw produce, natural soaps and cosmetics, and more. Weekly delivery to Telluride. Kinikin Rawma is owned by local farmers, and all products are produced by local farmers. Also working with Buckhorn Gardens for CSA shares.

WHITE BUFFALO FARM – Wayne Talmage Paonia, CO Email: whitebuffalofarm@gmail.com.  Colorado’s oldest organic orchard. You’ve never had a real nectarine until you’ve tasted theirs!

Year round Weekly delivery  www.whitebuffalofarm.org

GRATITUDE GARDENS & GREENHOUSE – Heidi Comstock  Ridgway, CO  970-249-3316.  Not a CSA, but an educational farm:

email: thc@ridgway.us