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Be an active part in the endeavor to keep agriculture vibrant and sustaining; join a CSA!

What's Community Supported Agriculture at Horton Road?

Peas, Beets and CarrotsHorton Road’s CSA is back!

Our CSA program is a partnership where local community members and farmers share the agricultural risks and their benefits in support of sustainable land stewardship. Our CSA  provides fresh organically grown vegetables, education and seasonal celebration for its members in order to create a closer relationship to our food, nature, the farm and its seasons. 

We have filled the CSA for the 2010 season!  Box delivery will be weekly, on Thursdays in Eugene from June 10 through October 28.  There are four drop spots available: downtown, Fairgrounds, Westmoreland, and South/U of O.  Click here for the registration form.

Our CSA Goals and Strategies:

Sustainable Land Stewardship

Veggie sketchHealthy Food Production for Community

Farmers and Staff Well Being

Community Development and Education

Financial Viability

Why Join a CSA?

CSA Philosophy

CSA farms represent an innovative new partnership between community members and farmers where members share the agricultural risks and benefits in support of sustainable land stewardship. In exchange for their financial and sometimes moral support, our CSA provides members with fresh organic vegetables weekly for five months of the growing season as well as education about local agriculture and access to the farm. Belonging to a farm is a commitment designed to create a deeper relationship to your food, the seasons of nature and those that are directly involved with caring for the land.

By belonging to a CSA, you share some of the risks of organic agriculture by investing in the farm as a whole and not necessarily each crop whose performance is largely dependent on mother nature. Some years will be good for some crops and not others and you experience the joys and losses through your meals. CSA's vitalize small farms and help assure the survival of the small farm in an often precarious economic environment.