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2 About Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) In its purest form, Community Sup

2 About Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) In its purest form, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) consists of a community of individuals who pledge support to a farm operation so that the farmland becomes essentially that community’s farm, with the growers and consumers providing mutual support and sharing the risks and rewards of food production. Members of the farm purchase a share in advance—usually in Spring—committing to the farm for the season, which helps to cover the initial annual costs of the farm operation at a time when farmers have very little farming income. In return, members receive boxes of the farm’s produce or other products throughout the growing season, as well as satisfaction gained from reconnecting to the land and knowing where their food comes from. Typically, once harvesting begins, members receive a weekly box of food— generally vegetables, but some may include or offer separately fruits, cheeses, eggs, meats, poultry, flowers, or herbs. Pick- up sites are often located at a member’s house, local businesses or churches, at a farmers’ market, or at the farm; some farms offer home delivery to some areas. Most farms create a newsletter that accompanies each delivery with notes about farm activities, descriptions of what’s in the box, cooking tips and recipes. Many farms also create opportunities for their members and families to visit the farm and participate in farm events. The usual CSA season in the greater Chicago area runs from June through mid-October, but some CSAs operate nearly year-round. Farms offer a diversity of share options including extended season shares, multiple share types and sizes, and payment plans to accommodate households on a tight budget. CSA farmers tend to be small scale farms that use farming methods that produce high quality while reducing the impact of agriculture on the environment. Your CSA box will change with the seasons. In late spring and early summer, a vegetable CSA will feature cool-weather crops such as kale, Asian greens, lettuce, asparagus, and radishes. As it warms up, the summer veggies come in, such as tomatoes, beans, bell peppers, zucchini, potatoes, and cucumbers. Cooler fall temperatures bring the roots and winter storage veggies such as onions, butternut squash, carrots, and sweet potatoes, as well as broccoli, greens, and more. Many farms list what they grow on their websites. Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food For the Band of Farmers CSA growers and producers, CSA is much more than just a weekly delivery of food; it is a mutually beneficial relationship. They are the growers or producers of all or the vast majority of their box contents. While they might collaborate with other local farmers to add value to their shares by offering occasional specialty items, Band of Farmers members are the primary producers of their CSA members’ food. It means that as a member of a Band of Farmers CSA farm you truly know your farmer. Your dollars are going directly to your farmer for their farm products. Your box is not amassed from throughout the region or country, but rather a delicious box containing the bounty of your farm, picked, washed and prepared by your farmer, for you. 3 About Band of Farmers Band of Farmers: The Chicagoland CSA Coalition is a coalition of CSA farms serving the greater Chicago area. Begun in 2014 and borrowing heavily from the groundbreaking work of FairShare CSA Coalition in Madison, WI, Band of Farmers joined forces primarily to collaborate on educating consumers about local foods in general and the CSA model in particular. As the local foods movement has gained momentum over the last decade, the number of farms serving the Chicago area has grown, and more of them have chosen to market directly to consumers through the CSA model. That’s all to the good, and there are plenty of potential shareholders for CSAs in the region; Band of Farmers is created to collectively reach out to them. What’s in a name? Those operating within the CSA model are small-scale farmers and tend to be both creative and collaborative. That creativity translated into the first annual Farmer Talent Show in 2013 with Julia McDonald of Peasants’ Plot (now Julia On The Farm) and Jody Osmund of Cedar Valley Sustainable Farm, at the helm. Together with a dozen or so farms who had met at farmers’ markets or in beginning farmer classes dubbed “Band of Farmers,” they set out with the mission to spread the word about supporting small farms through CSA. This collaboration led to plans for a CSA coalition. Working with FamilyFarmed, they created a CSA Pavilion at the 2014 Good Food Festival held in March at the UIC Forum. The participating farms capped off a long day by performing that night in the second annual Band of Farmers Talent Show at The Hideout in Chicago. With the realization that these labor-intensive events were too difficult for even a dedicated troupe of farmers, it was decided to formalize a relationship with Illinois Stewardship Alliance to create a coalition of CSA farms that serve the greater Chicago area. That coalition—which retains the Band of Farmers name—became operational just in time for marketing the 2015 season. Table of Contents What is Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)? 2 About Band of Farmers 3 How to Use This Guide 4 Quick Find Product and Farm Guide 4 CSA Delivery Zones 5 Seasons of CSA Shares 5 CSA Farm Listings 6 Factors to Consider When Choosing a CSA Farm 10 Create a CSA Pick-Up Site 12 CSA Farm Locations Map 12 Our Supporting Members and Media Partners 24 Band of Farmers Member Farms (By Number) 24 Credits and Acknowledgments Cover Art: Julia McDonald ~ Design/Layout/Interior Art: John Beske ~ Coordinator: Robin Schirmer Band of Farmers 2017 Governing Board Members: Holly Hughes, Donna Lehrer, Cliff McConville, Jen Miller, Jody Osmund, James Pirovano, Chris Prchal, Renee Randall, Lindsay Record, Tom Rosenfeld Band of Farmers: The Chicagoland CSA Coalition ~ www.bandoffarmers.org ~ info@bandoffarmers.org ~ 872.239.4CSA (4272) 4 Quick Find Product and Farm Guide How to Use This Guide Find a Farm. Band of Farmers member CSA farms are listed (and numbered) alphabetically beginning on page 6. An alphabetical/numeric list is also on the back cover, and you’ll find the farms’ locations on the Map on pages 12- 13. Each farm’s listing shows the colored symbols (right) that correspond to the Products, Seasons, and Delivery Areas pertaining to that farm. Find a Product. Use the Quick Find Guide below. The Green symbols represent products available in the farm’s CSA box, while the Orange symbols represent products offered for purchase as add-ons to CSA members. Find a Delivery Area. Use the Purple symbols and the map on page 5 to identify the general areas where the farms deliver their CSA shares. Find CSA Seasons. On page 5, the Blue symbols represent the seasons that each farm offers CSA shares. Once you’ve used these aids to hone in on the CSA farms that interest you, go to each farm’s website for specific information. Products Available in CSA Box Vegetables Fruits Meat includes pork, beef, lamb, goat Eggs Honey Grains, Beans Product Symbol Farm Number Flowers 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51 Additional Produce Fruits Meat includes pork, beef, lamb, goat Poultry includes chicken, turkey, duck Eggs Dairy includes milk, cheese, yogurt Honey Maple Syrup Grains, Beans Fish, Seafood Flowers Value-added Items incl. jam, salsa, etc. 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 16, 17, 18, 26, 28, 31, 33, 35, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50 1, 2, 5, 14, 16, 18, 19, 23, 24, 26, 28, 29, 34, 35, 36, 41, 44, 45, 46, 50, 51 1, 6, 10, 11, 13, 33, 37, 39, 42, 47, 48 1, 10, 11, 33, 37, 39, 42, 47, 48 1, 3, 10, 11, 28, 31, 33, 35, 36, 39, 42, 46, 47, 48 1 1, 6, 12, 15, 36 4, 16, 22, 27, 36, 41, 44, 46 9, 18, 44, 51 12, 15, 29, 46 Bulk Quantities for canning, preserving, freezing 10, 16, 36, 38, 43, 44, 45 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 18, 26, 28, 31, 35, 40, 44, 45, 47, 51 6, 10, 13, 26, 38, 41, 44, 45, 47, 48 18, 28, 44, 45, 48 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 16, 18, 26, 28, 32, 35, 36, 37, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48 33, 45 1, 5, 6, 12, 16, 17, 25, 26, 27, 28, 33, 37, 43, 44, 45, 48, 50 10, 17, 30, 43, 44, 45, 48, 50 5, 7, 10, 16, 44 1, 7, 44 44, 45 10, 12, 28, 29, 35, 43, 45, 47 CL Green: CSA product Orange: Add-on product Purple: Delivery zone Blue: Season This symbol in a farm listing indicates that some or all of that farm's products are USDA Certified Organic. 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