The spoutwood fairie festival also known as the may day fairie festival, or pennsylvania fairie festival is a music and arts festival currently held annually in glen rock, pennsylvania, the brainchild of rob and lucy wood, owners of spoutwood farm. By purchasing a share at powisset farm, csa members support the farm, create community, and have access to fresh, local, and healthy produce. Cropio provides accurate yield estimations, and provides detailed vegetationmaps on a regular basis 510 days. Spoutwood farm csa is not certified organic now a trademark, as the expense at this time is prohibitive. This is a great opportunity for the fruit lover who wants to ensure reliable and economical access to local organic fruit. A celebration of sustainable living at spoutwood farm. Were compiling a list of csas in all 50 states modern farmer. Amy fae january fairie festival coordinator spoutwood. Let us know if were missing yours, and well add it. With the most complete featureset on the market, agrivi empowers farmers to manage all field activities, finance, inventory, workforce and get insight into overall farming performance with a. Were a community of 45 farms and we have a 97% retention rate. Find out where your nearest community supported agriculture csa farm is or put your own farm on our map. Robin hill organics sarvers hill farm spoutwood farm star cross naturals stone. The spoutwood farm center csa allows members the chances to purchase freshly harvested, naturallygrown vegetables directly from our pa certified.
Easy to use and essential farm management software, farmlogic puts farm records, soil sampling, crop scouting, equipment maintenance records, tank mix calculator and gps field mapping when and where you need it. You can now search by entering postcode and also search for different types of produce. In exchange for your payment, you will receive a variety box of super fresh and chemicalfree produce once a week for 19 weeks in the main season, with the option to join a 6 week winter extension program. Speaker to discuss building a local food system for york. Csa beginners guide here is a link to a great article written by one of full bellys csa members about joining a csa. In addition, you know the farmer growing your vegetables and can visit the farmestablishing a personal connection with your food supply. After 27 years at sproutwood farm, the annual fairie festival will move out of the magical woods in codorus. We strive to provide our community with access to fresh, healthy, and locally grown organic produce through community supported agriculture csa subscriptions, farmers markets, and local grocery stores. Easy to use and powerful farm management software trusted by farmers and ranchers worldwide. Harvesthand building local food communities csa software.
This year swff is moving away from a traditional csa program and will instead be providing an online ordering system. Find a csa or community supported agriculture using sustainable farming and biodynamic farming methods for locally grown produce, or find a buying club in our green resources guide. Main profile images will be resized to a width of 250 px. Becoming an earth haven farm csa member gives you a direct relationship with us, your farmers. Families or individuals join our farm to receive weekly or biweekly deliveries of the fantastic organic produce we grow here at harmony valley farm. This annual event began as just a small group of friends and family. Whether you are new at starting a csa farm, or already have experience, this downloadable tool can help simplify your planning. The may day fairie festival is the brainchild of rob and lucy wood, owners of spoutwood farm, an organic farm in the community supported agriculture movement. The csa began in 1996, now going into its 21st year. Avery heidler csa apprentice spoutwood farm linkedin. Farm stand share is a customizable on demand share an excellent option if you only want apples this year we are pleased to present a full season june november monthly csa program. We are currently accepting registration for our fall csa season.
A last magical day for the may day fairie festival at spoutwood farm after 27 years. Deep roots marketing communications posts facebook. In 2007, we started our csa community supported agriculture operation with 100 members, and are currently growing for 350 summer shares and 100 winter shares. The spoutwood farm center csa allows members the chances to purchase freshly harvested, naturallygrown vegetables directly from our pa certified naturally grown farm. Includes sessions with karla panchow bossy acres on social media, chris brockel csa fairshare on building csa coalitions, rachel armstrong farm commons on legal issues related to csa s, pam dawling twin oaks community on crop planning, and michael kilpatrick kilpatrick family farm on. Sign up for deep harvests farm share program also known as community supported agriculture or csa and receive. Our csa community supported agriculture garden that started twenty years ago, grows enough food organically on just three acres to support 100 families. Jun 10, 20 stoneledge farm in the foothills of the catskills in new york was an early adopter of the csa trend. This not only provides your family with the benefits of eating seasonal produce free from synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, it also allows you to know how your food is grown, and the chance to create friendships with the people who grow it. This fair will not disappoint with workshops and demonstrations on honey and beekeeping, a fresh food farmers market, food preparation and preservation, fall harvest food sampling, farm animals, mule wagon rides, handson harvest, farm tours of the spoutwood csa garden, wine tasting with naylor winery, and apple cider making demonstration and.
Blackberry meadows is a certified organic farm located near pittsburgh, pennsylvania. Were compiling a list of csas in all 50 states modern. Recommended image resolution is 800x600 to 1024x768 pixels. Many other fun programs happen out of rob and lucys commitment to a sustainable planet full of spiritually fulfilled people. This years may day fairie festival will be held at spoutwood farm on may 2nd from 12.
There are 3 vegetable share sizes to choose from, and we deliver to 5 pickup locations on tuesdays and thursdays in the greater boston area as well as to the millstone farm market in sunderland, ma. Agrivi is a knowledgebased farm management software that helps farmers in datadriven decision making for improving productivity and profitability. The building has a rubble trench foundation that drains to daylight. Fairie festival will return just not at spoutwood farm. As farmers ourselves, were passionate about supporting farms with csa s to become more profitable using harvesthand csa software, helping communities eat better through the harvesthand community, creating good jobs in rural communities. Best freight forwarding software solutions csa software. Csa shares for 2020 sold out email us to be on the waiting list.
Now is the time to get your csa community supported agriculture share from spoutwood farm. Every farm is different and every csa is reflection of that farm and its supporting community. It also promotes the nondestructive and the protection of all living things both vegetation and animal. Csa membership commitment i wish to strengthen the local food system in boulder county by becoming a member of the red wagon farm csa.
The term csa is also used to refer to an individual farms csa program. We plan virtually all crops around the 20 week csa season. Across new york city and connecticut, for almost 18 years, the face that many families have associated with their food is deb kavakos, who runs the farm with her husband. Csa payments must be made by electronic check or regular paper check. The csa began in 1996, now going into its 24th year. With only 2 acres in production, we can achieve a level of quality, taste, and freshness that larger farms cannot match. They have a wonderful fairy festival with crafts and local produce, cheeses and other foods and fun every may. Identify areas of need and opportunities for growth for the festival. Each year, the fairie festival benefits the spoutwood farm center csa, which in turn provides organically produced food to. Some involvement with festivals and other activities will also be included. Csa interns to assist with all aspects of csa operations, without the level of. Flower shares are still available, click the blue button below to sign up. We are offering shares to the community for the 20 growing season that include 40 different pesticide free vegetables and fragrant herbs, fresh flowers, and hormone free eggs. With farmbrite youll find all the features you need to get better organized, keep better records, manage your resources, track production, identify trends, gain valuable insights and increase efficiency and profits.
Choice csa is web based software that allows customers of csa farms to choose what will be in their csa box each week. Spoutwood farm csa attra sustainable agriculture program. I can truly recommend everyone to try cropio and experience the future of farming. We are proud to be partnered with so many excellent local small businesses and we ask you, our friends and our neighbors, to please show your support and give them your business as well. Youll be amazed at the diversity of selection from week to week. While it began with just 100 people over the years it grew to 10,000 attending the 3 day event. Spoutwood farm is dedicated to sustainable living, running an education program and two festivals, the may day fairie festival since 1991first weekend in may, attracting over 15,000 people, and the mother earth harvest fair since 2004 first sunday in october, a cel. Spoutwood farm csa is a local csa farm in glen rock, pennsylvania. The csa began in 1996, now going into its 18th year.
Farmlogic is a webbased farm record keeping system. The 2011 festival is scheduled to take place on april 29 to may 1 at spoutwood farm center in glen rock, pennsylvania, york county on 26 acres of land. Spoutwood farm attra sustainable agriculture program. Mother earth harvest fair 2009 in glen rock, pa oct 4. Rogue farm is a family run csa dedicated to raising nutrient dense vegetables, flowers, herbs and healthy happy chickens. Table of contents tips and ideas to build better csa farms. Archive of the second day of sessions from the 2014 csa expert exchange held march 7, 2014. Our csa began in 2009 when the organization itself was merely a seed. It is sometimes described as a vegetable coop, a weekly box delivery, a vegetable of the week club, or a produce subscription program, but we refer to it as community supported agriculture, csa. Building a local food system for york county is the topic when rob wood of spoutwood farms in glen rock, pa.
If you didnt find a csa near you here, try heading over to local. Our csa families are treated to the very best of our farm, not the leftovers. Communitysupported agriculture csa is a food production and distribution system that directly connects farmers and consumers. You can read about rob and lucy wood and their farm if you follow this link. For the last four years, adobe house farm has been a member of the southwest farm fresh csa. Spoutwood fairie festival contributors hippie wiki fandom. The fairie festival, originally at spoutwood farm, will be on june 22 and june 23 at a nature center in baltimore county. Nestled in the rolling landscape of york county, pa close to the maryland line are spoutwood farm s 26 acres. How farm farm csa works our farm is not usda certified organic, but we follow all of their guidelines. Organic certification is not a guarantee of quality or purity of the product. This will allow you, the customer, to order exactly which vegetables, cheeses, eggs, and meats you would like every week. Please consider shopping at our farm market or ordering curbside pickup as an alternative. Cement fortified earth stucco was applied inside and out. Unlike a simple retail transaction, a csa is a partnership that shares not only the bounty but also the challenges the farmer may experience related to weather, pests and disease.
Before harvest, the software aggregates a harvest list for the farmer as well as prints out order labels for the csa boxes. Each year, the fairie festival benefits the spoutwood farm center csa, which in turn provides organically produced food to over 150 families in the community. Click these links to learn more about the fantastic farm and garden calculator and our grow your own csa. The 2019 spoutwood farm center csa offers members the same freshharvested organic vegetables you love and a large variety of new share. The 22nd year of our csa program is approaching fast and we need a few hands. Csa apprentices to work fullseason with the farm manager to ensure the smooth running of our csa program. Spoutwood farm is a community supported agriculture csa farm, growing and educating individuals for the natural farming of crops. If you use windows vista, windows 7, or windows 8, you may need to open and run csa as an administrator. This year we will also continue to work on expanding our sales to local buyers. For over 25 years the spoutwood farm may day festival has heralded in the spring. Where to find our coffee below is a list of the outstanding local vendors and companies that work with the new freedom roasting company. Use cs connect to download and apply any available software updates for the csa programs for which your firm is licensed.
To help you find one near you, were compiling a list of farms that offer csas in all fifty. Harvesthand is a website software platform dedicated to helping farmers grow and manage their community supported agriculture csa memberships. The hermitage at spoutwood farm csa, in glen rock, pa. The bloomfieldmontclair csa is a group of over 200 members who support the sustainable farming activities of local farmers.
More for your money than fresh vegetables research. It streamlines the office so you can focus on farming. The festivals primary theme is celebrate the beginning of spring and all of the faerie and nature spirits return to the warm world. At warner farm, we offer a 20week csa from midjune through october. As farmers ourselves, were passionate about supporting farms with csa s to become more profitable using harvesthand csa software, helping communities eat better through the harvesthand community, creating good jobs in rural communities, and building. The free program, sponsored by the penn state york agricultural science club, is in the community room of the joe and rosie ruhl student community center and is open to the public.
Csa farms engage their members in agriculture through newsletters, farm celebrations, and youpick days. Spoutwood farm is dedicated to sustainable living, running an education program and festivals, the may day fairie festival since 1991first weekend in may, attracting around 15,000 people annually. To do so, rightclick the csa icon and choose run as administrator. Spoutwood farm 4255 pierceville rd glen rock, pa food. It began as a tea party for about 100 friends and their children, and attendance has grown to over 16,000 friends annually. Community supported agriculture csa farms provide their members with more than fresh produce. Signup and pay online, increase weekly sales with online shopping, automate to build your farm business harvesthand csa software was built by farmers for farmers. Each season we accept up to 2 full season apprentices, and 12 shorter term interns to participate in all aspects of the csa, as well as other programs that take place on the farm. Abbondanza organic seeds and produce offers the front ranges most diverse csa program. If youre worried about having access to fresh food in the months ahead, become a member of a community supported agriculture program. Spoutwood grows everything using organic methods as perscribed by the usda for compliance with the national organic program and international organization for standardization iso guide 65. Buy from our farm view all chemical free vegetables cows milk cream and butter fermented items free range eggs fruit goats milk grannies canned goods grass feed beef grass feed lamb home delivery home made bread low sugar jellies and jams nuts and dryed beans and grain pasture raised chicken take and bake items wild caught ferel hog. Spoutwood farm center is first and foremost dedicated to providing our members with quality local produce for 24 weeks. Avery heidler csa apprentice at spoutwood farm york, pennsylvania area farming.
Spoutwood farm csa 4255 pierceville rd, glen rock, pa. We are so grateful for the huge response to our csa this season. Combining the charm of an oldfashioned country fair, timeless traditional arts and crafts, and cuttingedge advance in green building and renewable energy, the mother earth harvest fair is a celebration and showcase of healthy, sustainable, and balanced living in the chesapeake bioregion. Oversee all aspects of 3day spring festival at a 501c3 csa farm in pennsylvania that is attended by over 12,000 people. It enables you continually monitor your crop status and identify problem areas on your farm sooner. Rather, it is evidence of the operations adherence to a prescribed system of agriculture and food production that involves the building and enhancing. The hermitage at spoutwood is a circular straw bale structure that will serve as guest lodging and as meeting space for a local astronomy group. It may answer some of your questions, or help you decide which farm csa will work best for you. We do not take credit cards due to the additional fee to the farm. Spoutwood farm promotes sustainable stewardship of the land and is home to a threeacre community supported agriculture csa garden that uses organic methods to grow produce for 100 families. We really hate to disappoint anyone, but we provided as many shares as we could. This june 20th and 21st, come play in the marsh with the greenman, lady lucy, and our family of fae.
Spoutwood farm is dedicated to sustainable living, running an education program and festivals, the may day fairie festival since 1991first. To help you find one near you, were compiling a list of farms that offer csa s in all fifty states as well as in washington, dc. Our csa provides you with a means of purchasing fresh food from your friendly farm family at miller plant farm. Bloomfieldmontclair csa eat organic, eat local, eat well. Spoutwood farm center jubilantly invites you to share in our second summer solstice faerie festival in partnership with marshy point nature center. Dont miss out on getting a generous portion of fresh, locally grown, organic vegetables for 24 weeks by signing up before the first share arrives in late may.
Localharvest helps you find local, organic, farmfresh food near you. Find community supported agriculture, csas and buying clubs. Our csa program provides 24 weeks of freshpicked, inseason. Please view the link below to learn more about our csa program.