Why We Grow the Way We Do
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Our CSA is not just about providing a box of fresh vegetables. We are trying to provide nutrient dense food grown in a sustainable way to our local community - nourishing them, ourselves and the earth throughout.
We have identified several sustainability indicators which we are trying to achieve on our farm:
- Providing local food security
- Conserving the natural resource base
- Being socially responsible
We are trying to achieve these goals through:
- Respecting all life on the farm - human, animal, plant and mineral;
- Providing nutrient dense food to the local community at a price which reflects its true cost to produce;
- Building soil life and soil humus;
- Protecting soil life, our clean water supply and our ecosystem by not using chemicals;
- Using energy efficient farming practices;
- Trying to reduce our farm inputs and sourcing those that we do need locally;
- Involving the community, through conversation and work share programs, in the story of how their food is grown;
- Building relationships with the community based around the produce they are eating and we are growing in order to better provide for each other;
- Using soil blocks (which are pressed seedling blocks that use no plastic) for our seedlings;
- Using many recycled products on the farm such as recycled wood, recycled plastic seed trays, old farm machinery;
- Reusing plastics that we need for several seasons.
- Offering a fair wage and/or fair exchange to all those who work on the farm;
We are so happy to have our CSA members alongside us in this.
