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Welcome to Six Farms CSA at Silverbrook Farm
BRINGING LOCAL FARMERS TOGETHER WITH LOCAL CONSUMERS
Now Offering Locations in Dartmouth, Cambridge, Chatham and Provincetown, Massachusetts


Six farms collaboratively providing twenty weeks of

FRESH PRODUCE
JUICY FRUITS
CRUNCHY VEGETABLES

AROMATIC HERBS
HEALTHY BREADS

LOCAL JAM & CHEESE
OTHER FARM PRODUCTS


An example of a half share during a week in August
This weeks share

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A family share will feed 3 to 4
A half share will feed 1 to 2
Buy Your Shares Today
to Guarantee a Spot

WHAT IS CSA?
CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture (or Community Sustainable Agriculture).  In other words, buying locally supports local farms.  A CSA is a collection of consumers that agree to purchase products from a local farm (or group of farms) throughout a season.  Our members purchase a “share” of the farm and each week go to the farm to pick-up or, have the product delivered to their town.  It is a creative way to eat locally ,keep farms in your town and reduce your carbon footing !


HOW TO JOIN!

We are accepting new 2008 members throughout the month of June. There are limited spots available, so buy your shares today to guarantee a spot. Gift Certificates are now available

Step 1.
SELECT YOUR DESIRED CSA LOCATION
Step 2.
DECIDE ON PAYMENT METHOD
By Check
By Credit Card or PayPal 

Step 3.
FILL OUT PROVIDED CSA MEMBERSHIP FORM




Cambridge, Massachusetts CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)
Delivering to the communities of Watertown, Somerville and Cambridge by Tricycle Truck!

ABOUT Your share is delivered to your workplace or home by the New Amsterdam Projects Tricycle Trucks.
Going on vacation? We can arrange for your share to be delivered to a different address in Watertown, Somerville or Cambridge.

START & END DATES June 16th till October 27th

DELIVERY DAY Mondays

IMPORTANT You must contact the New Amsterdam Project at: info@NewAmsterdamProject.com to give them delivery instructions ($150 Delivery charge is included in our price)

BUY YOUR 2008 CSA CAMBRIDGE SHARE > 
Please remember to fill out the CSA Cambridge Membership Form for both payment options

No refunds after May 20th. Memberships are fully transferable to anyone for any length of time.

Contact us if you have any questions or problems with our Secure Online Shopping


Cambridge, MA

$500

2008 CSA Half Share

Cambridge, MA

$730

2008 CSA Family Share










 

 

Chatham, Massachusetts CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)

ABOUT We aggregate your share and deliver to The Nantucket Wild Gourmet & Smokehouse.

START & END DATES June 18th until October 29th

PICK UP DAY & TIME Wednesdays, 10AM to 5PM

LOCATION Nantucket Wild Gourmet & Smokehouse, 1223 Main Street, Chatham, Massachusetts

BUY YOUR 2008 CSA CHATHAM SHARE > 
Please remember to fill out the CSA Chatham Membership Form for both payment options

No refunds after May 20th. Memberships are fully transferable to anyone for any length of time.

Contact us if you have any questions or problems with our Secure Online Shopping

Chatham, MA

$350

2008 CSA Half Share

Chatham, MA

$580

2008 CSA Family Share










 

 

Dartmouth, Massachusetts CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)

     

      SORRY, THE DARTMOUTH LOCATION IS FULL FOR 2008!

START & END DATES June 18th until October 29th

PICK UP DAY & TIME Wednesdays from 1PM to 6 PM

LOCATION Silverbrook Farm, 592 Chase Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747

NOTES Please park near the grass next to Chase Road and handicapped members may park next to the barn (Please do not block either driveway) Please bring your own bags to collect your share.

ACTIVITES Come enjoy the scenic 300 year old farm, see the animals, wander the property and chat with the workers. We love having children visit the farm, but we do not love when they stomp through the flower gardens or farm plantings. We politely request that children be attended at all times. No pets please.

BUY YOUR 2008 CSA DARTMOUTH SHARE > 
Please remember to fill out the CSA Dartmouth Membership Form for both payment options

No refunds after May 20th. Memberships are fully transferable to anyone for any length of time.

Contact us if you have any questions or problems with our Secure Online Shopping


Dartmouth, MA

$335

2008 CSA Half Share

Dartmouth, MA

$565

2008 CSA Family Share










 

 

Provincetown, Massachusetts CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)

ABOUT We aggregate your share and deliver to The Bradford Natural Market, where you pick it up. We don't intend to supplant the Provincetown Farmers Market (which we organized) but would like to provide a mid-week venue for those who need additional produce, or cannot make it to the Saturday market.

START & END DATES June 18th until October 29th

PICK UP DAY & TIME Wednesdays after 12PM

LOCATION The Bradford Natural Market, 141 Bradford Street, Provincetown, MA

BUY YOUR 2008 CSA PROVINCETOWN SHARE > 
Please remember to fill out the CSA Provincetown Membership Form for both payment options

No refunds after May 20th. Memberships are fully transferable to anyone for any length of time.

Contact us if you have any questions or problems with our Secure Online Shopping

Provincetown, MA

$350

2008 CSA Half Share

Provincetown, MA

$580

2008 CSA Family Share















ABOUT CSA & BENEFITS OF JOINING
CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture (or Community Sustainable Agriculture). In other words, buying locally supports local farms.  A CSA is a collection of consumers that agree to purchase products from a local farm (or group of farms) throughout a season.  For the 20 weeks of the CSA you know the farmer that is producing your fruits CSAand vegetables, and how they are being farmed.

Silverbrook Farm is coordinating the Six Farms CSA. We partner with other farms to help provide the freshest, most delicious and diverse products available in our area. At Silverbrook Farm you will find a unique variety of vegetables that are not usually available in any supermarket. We will be providing fruit, flowers, local cheeses, eggs, honey, jams, breads, baked goods and other treats. All produce is freshly harvested on the pick-up day or the day before and displayed in the barn at Silverbrook Farm for your selection. (Provincetown, Cambridge and Chatham shareholders receive their shares carefully boxed in reuseable bins.)

Food is political (a great discussion for your next dinner party). Where you spend your food dollars makes a big difference to our environment and the local scenery. Spending your food dollars at Shaw's and Sid Wainers supports farms in California and Mexico. Spending just a fraction of those dollars locally, you support local farms AND keep them from becoming housing developments or strip malls.

Michael Pollen states in his wonderful book, The Omnivores Dilemma, that five calories of petroleum are spent to produce one calorie of food. Most of this expense comes from trucking food long distances, to your table: strawberries from Argentina? Other petro-calories come from pesticides and fertilizers used in conventional agriculture. Buying local and organically grown produce means that you are not only saving local farms but also reducing the effects of excessive petroleum use in agriculture (20% of our nations energy use!). If everyone ate one local meal a week, the USA would save 1.1 million barrels of oil a WEEK!

We promise to share your dollars with other local farms, to label products with the names of the farms they come from and to introduce the farmers to you as the season progresses. The Europeans say “Eat your view” meaning if you want local farms, you need to buy from them. Supporting local farmers means that farms and the means to produce food, will exist in your community. Coming to a farm connects old and young to the concepts of where food comes from, not just from the mega food chains.

Events at the Dartmouth CSA
During the 20 weeks the CSA takes place, there will be special events such as hatching chicks, cooking demonstrations, wine tasting, honey extracting, cider pressing, guest speakers, children's garden and educational, fun times. Members are encouraged to (carefully and respectfully) wander and experience farm life.




FARMS THAT ARE INVOLVED
The Farms are in Dartmouth and Westport an are in a 6 mile radius from Silverbrook Farm:
  • Allen's Neck Farm - Certified Organic
  • Hillside Farm - Conventional Corn Grower
  • The King Farm - Non-Certified Organic
  • Silverbrook Farm - Non-Certified Organic
  • Shy Brothers Cheese
  • Sylvan's Nursery - Non-Certified Organic
  • Matte's Orchards - Conventional Fruits and Veggies



TYPES OF PRODUCTS YOU CAN EXPECT

We guarantee products that are local, fresh, and unique. You will experience the seasonal harvest of New England. Each week there will be a new mix of vegetables, fruits and herbs that are harvested that day or the day before. You will have the opportunity to try some new and unusually tasty varieties of produce as well as many old favorites. We are very flexible, please ask to exchange something that your family does not enjoy with something that they do. (At the discretion of the manager)

Depending on the month, you may receive multiple (varieties) of:
Salad Greens (5) Tomatoes (3) Heirloom Tomatoes (8) String Beans (3) Beets (3)
Peas (2) Basil (9) Cucumbers (2) Peppers (5) Squash (8)
Pea Tendrils Leeks Garlic Corn Flowers
Raspberries Blueberries Grapes (2) Herbs Spinach

Later in the season your share may also include several (varieties) of:
Fingerling Potatoes (3-5) Onions (2-3) Winter Squash (3-5) Asian Pears (3) Turnips
Macomber Turnips Broccoli Carrots Apples (3) Parsnips
Melons Eggplant Kale & Chard Peaches Currants

Other Products
Local cheeses, eggs, honey, jams, breads, baked goods, herbs, potted plants and other treats are also available and are occasionally included in the share.

Meat
This year we are introducing hormone & nitrate free, locally raised, vacum packed, free range meat. It will be available every week by special order.  (Sorry, unavailable in Cambridge this year.)




GIFT CERTIFICATES
Give the gift of fresh, locally grown food. We have certificates for family shares, half shares or a one time gift basket. The baskets contain everything included in that weeks share and are priced at $17.50 and $30.00. They can be redeemed on any Wednesday with a one day notice.

Introduce friends and family to your farmers market!
We sell gift certificates at all the farmers markets we attend, redeemable at any of those markets or at Silverbrook Farm on Wednesdays. Just ask us.

For More Information - Email: Silverbrook.Farm@comcast.net

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