[SusDet Announce] Farm Shares

[Greg Vendena]

Charles (and others interested in Detroit CSA),

That Zen center / Tantre Farm CSA is in its second year right now, my 
family has been getting a 1/2 share for both years... its really good 
stuff. They now have an organic store and cafe where you pick up the 
share so you can also purchase other items you may need; I am pretty 
sure they are booked for this year, but you will want to contact them 
about next year so you can get on the list. For this year, you can find 
their booth at Eastern Market - still all organic from Tantre Farm. Here 
is an old email from Myung Ju (aka Hillary):

Dear CSA members,

Thank you for joining CSA this year with the Zen Center and Tantre Farm.

This year, we plan to travel to the farm every Thursday afternoon,
work a bit that day, wake up early Friday, and harvest the shares.

In addition, we will be harvesting and bringing back additional produce 
to sell at EAstern Market
and for temple use. 

Please join us throughout the season as you are able.

CSA shares will be available for pick up at the Zen Center on Saturdays 
between 9am-5pm.
Pickup on Friday will be available, when we arrive back from our work 
day...probably after 2pm.

Balances on the shares are due May 1.
Please bring the cash or check to the Zen Center by then.

Feel free to contact me with any questions.

Myung ju 313 779 8574 or 313 366 7738

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best wishes,
Greg Vendena

Jacob Stevens Corvidae wrote:
> Hi Charles,
>
> Yes, it's a great concept -- commonly called a CSA or Community 
> Supported Agriculture. The primary CSA serving Detroit and the northern 
> subs in Maple Creek Farm. They're great and please tell them I sent you. 
> Danny and Michelle are the farmers and my house was their drop off site 
> in Detroit for years. They're great. You can find them at 
> www.maplecreekfarm.com
>
> I believe Tantre Farm from Ann Arbor also has a drop off site nearby at 
> the Zen Temple in Hamtramck. You can contact them for details at 
> http://www.detroitzencenter.org/contact.htm
>
> I hope you don't mind, but I'm copying this to the Sus. Det. listserv so 
> others can followup on this too, if they're interested.
>
> Jacob
>
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> Tropical Green wrote:
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>> Hi Jacob,
>>
>> Recently I was reading about buying shares in local farms for $800 and they deliver produce to your door for the rest of the year.  They were saying not having to sell their produce frees them up to spend more time on farming.  I can not remember where I saw the information on it.  Was it in one of the Sustainable Announce listings?  If not do you know of any family/local farms that are doing this?  (I think they were in Capac)  
>> Thanks
>> Charles  
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