Our CSA 2011 is almost here!

There is still room to join the Svetec Farms CSA! 

 

As promised, here is some news to keep you informed about the exciting farm season ahead of us at Svetec Farms.  This past winter has been a very busy one here at Svetec Farms.  Two new greenhouses have been erected in order to produce an eartlier crop of vegetables for our CSA customers.  A new cooler is being built (thanks Empire Farms!) for better post-harvest handling, and we are still searching for a cu...

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Paul and I met the Coopers yesterday.  What lovely people!  Steve and Lisa are well-known in the industry for both their expertise in CSA’s and for being tremendously kind people.  They just won the Ontario Best Farmers award and are facing the nationals in BC in November.

 Given their solid reputation, Paul and I had contacted the Coopers, hoping for some advice on planting, harvest systems, and weed control. Steve and Lisa, with their great capacity for kindness, agreed to meet with us ...

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    Last January, when Paul and I decided to try organic farming, one of our concerns was how to get the produce into the hands of our customers. After all, 20 acres of produce was literally hundreds of tonnes of produce.  At the time, we certainly didn't have thousands of customers last January (more like a few hundred).
    That same week, (serendipitous, really) one of my kind and wonderful vegan customers asked me if we would be running a CSA as part of our summer business.  Without a paus...
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