Community Supported Agriculture
particularly around something as wholesome and healthy as real food.
Join us this year.
Membership Information
2010 Membership
Information - Our 13th Season!
Join our Harvest Box by sending your name, address, telephone number, and email address along with a check for the membership fee to Denison Farms, 1835 NE Steele Ave., Corvallis, OR 97330. Please indicate to which pick-up location you would like us to deliver your box, and whether you prefer to recieve a confirmation of registration by email or USPS. If you are sharing a box, please include name and address information for all families.
2010 Season
Our Harvest Box season is 26 weeks in length, beginning in June and lasting through November. There will be no separate Early Winter Box this year. We are happy to add members during the season. Call or email the farm for information about our pro rated membership fee.
Membership: Our membership fee is $546.00 (no change from last year) for the full 26 weeks. You can make two payments of $273 each (second payment is due August 1st). If you join and pay your membership fee in full by April 1st, you can pay a discounted membership fee of $520. Call the farm for a pro rated membership fee if joining after the start of the season.
Pick Up Sites: Upon registering we ask that you indicate from the following options where you would like to pick up your Harvest Box:
- South Corvallis: Tuesday,
4:00 - 6:00 p.m. SE Chester (Address
to be disclosed in confirmation letter)
- North Corvallis: Tuesday, 4:15 - 6:00 p.m. Northwest 17th St. near Circle (Address to be disclosed in confirmation)
- North Corvallis: Tuesday,
4:30 - 6:00 p.m. near NW 29th &
Circle (Address to be disclosed in confirmation)
- Corvallis Wednesday Market: Wednesday 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Downtown Corvallis at 2nd & B
-
Hewlett
Packard Corvallis Tuesday 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. (HP
Campus Employees only)
- Albany: Tuesdays, 3:30 - 6:00 p.m. Broadalbin Street, downtown (Address to be disclosed in confirmation)
- SE Salem: Tuesdays, 4:00 - 6:30 p.m. Ewald Ave SE (Address to be disclosed in confirmation)
- Central Salem: Tuesdays, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Court Street NE (Address to be disclosed in confirmation)
Confirmation
After recieving your membership, we will mail you a confirmation letter. Please indicate your preference (email or USPS).
What will be in the harvest box?
Take a look at last year's newsletters for examples of what you'll be getting in your box this year.
Vacation Credit
If you're planning to be out of town for vacation, tell us at least 10
days in advance and we will give you credit for up to two boxes during
the season.
If you have any additional questions, please call us (541-752-4156) or email denisont@peak.org.
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is an opportunity for people who like to eat fruits and vegetables (that would be you) and people who grow the same (that would be us) to join in partnership so that all can benefit.
What it means to you:
- Your weekly Harvest Box will be filled with fresh-picked, top-quality organic produce every week June through November.
- Each box comes with a newsletter with recipes and news from the farm.
- Tour the farm in early summer at our member’s potluck.
- Save shopping time because your produce is already gathered and ready to pick-up; and you save money compared with buying the same produce at a Farmers' Market.
- Feel a closer connection to nature as you see the progression of the seasons in your Harvest Boxes.
- Your membership helps keep our family farm contributing to a vibrant local economy.
How the farm benefits from your membership
- As we share our produce with you, we receive respect and appreciation directly from you. That feels good!
- Your membership fee paid in the spring reduces the amount of money we need to borrow to pay for soil amendments, seeds, and labor.
- Your support encourages us to continue sustainable land stewardship. We use certified organic practices including crop-specific nutrition, beneficial insects, crop rotation, and cover crops to maintain and preserve soil tilth and productivity.
What you can expect in your Harvest Box
Our 2010 Harvest Box should look very similar to
last year’s box. Our box relies heavily on familiar items. You can
expect tomatoes, carrots, potatoes, garlic or onions, and fruit nearly
every
week. Salad mix, lettuce, or other salad greens will generally be in
each box. Salad mix appears regularly in all boxes at no extra charge.
The balance of the box will be a carefully selected seasonal assortment
of vegetables, fruits, greens, roots, and herbs. Recipes
are provided for less familiar vegetables.
During 2009, we purchased
some additional land adjacent to our farm. Although we have already
started farming this new piece by all the same methods we use on our
home place, the new land will not be Certified Organic until spring
2012. For the next two seasons, crops grown on this new land will be
identified as transitional.
We may enhance the variety of organic fruits and vegetables in your
box by collaborating with a few of our friends who grow high quality
organic produce.
If you
want to know more specifically what was in each box last year, check
our Harvest Box Newsletters to see the
items and quantities for each box.
Early Winter Harvest Box
There will be no Early Winter Box this year. Our regular membership season is June through November. You can join at any time during the season. Call the farm for pro rated membership information.