Benefits of Participating:
CSA programs are a system that connects people who live in urban areas to an environmental and socially responsible source of food from a local farm.
People who join the program receive a weekly or biweekly box of farm-fresh foods conveniently delivered to a neighborhood host site. Each week on delivery day the pick up site becomes a community hub for good food and healthy lifestyles as people stop by to pick up their organic groceries.
The program provides a framework for a relationship that allows consumers and farmers to collaborate efforts in order to ensure and sustain a safe and healthy food source in their community.
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 LOCAL ORGANIC PRODUCERS
Watsonia Farms From 1918 to present, Jerrold A. Watson & Sons, using the brand name WATSONIA, has thrived through difficult and prosperous times. The farm is presently owned and operated by brothers Jerry and Joe Watson, and Joe's son, Jeph. Watsonia enjoys the reputation of being forerunners in the industry, using cutting-edge agricultural practices such as trickle irrigation, plastic mulch for vegetable growing, computer technology, IPM (integrated pest management), and consumer product safety programs. Watsonia is certified organic by the U.S.D.A. National Organic Program. Watsonia grows: Peaches, plums, nectarines, tomatoes, yellow squash, zucchini squash, acorn squash, butternut squash, spaghetti squash, slicer cucumbers, pickling cucumbers, bell peppers, eggplant, sweet potatoes, collards and muscadines.
Serenbe Farms is an intensive 5-acre certified organic, diversified farm located in Chattahoochee Hills, GA, just 30 miles south of Atlanta, GA. We grow over 50 different vegetables, fruits, flowers, and herbs in 350+ different varieties. We have laying hens, a shiitake and oyster mushroom operation, honeybees, a blueberry orchard, rabbits, and fruit trees. As a part of the Serenbe agricultural phase, we operate within the principles of biodynamic agriculture, a holistic and spiritual approach to sustainable farming. The farm is strictly organic with an additional emphasis on growing spiritually enlivened food, educating the next generation and building community through food. Our growing techniques focus on soil building and enriching the land and environment encouraging biodiversity on the farm.
Cane Creek Valley Farm is a fourth generation, family owned and operated organic vegetable farm located in Fletcher, NC. The Nesbitt family has been farming in the Cane Creek Community for over 105 years. Tony and his wife, Celia D. Nesbitt, completely took over the responsibility of the family farm in 1986. Over the years, they have grown the dairy operation from a 75 cow herd to a 550 cow herd. T&C Dairy currently sells almost a million gallons of antibiotic free, hormone free milk each year.In August 2005, their daughter, Amanda N. Sizemore, along with her husband Jeremy and their two children Emma and Judson, (pictured) came back home to the family farm. With a desire to diversify the farm and create a more sustainable operation – the certified organic vegetable branch was created and named Cane Creek Valley Farm. Cane Creek Valley Farm grows: lettuce, cabbage, beets, carrots, broccoli, kale, onions, squash, radishes, beans, okra and more.
Walker Organic Farms The farm’s forty acres are part of the land Frank Lafayette Walker bought in 1925, and which Frank Alston Walker farmed for more than sixty years. Now farmed by Relinda C. Walker, Walker Farms is a certified organic farm with forty cultivated acres, growing Vidalia onions, melons, peanuts, various organic vegetables, rye and soybeans, and lots of cover crops.
Sweetwater Growers Brothers James, Scott, and Dennis Dault have been producing fresh culinary herbs and specialty greens since 2003. Sweetwater grows their produce in a sterile, controlled greenhouse environment using an efficient, nature friendly process called hydroponics. Sweetwater’s produce is hand picked daily and packaged on site at their GAP certified facility in Canton, GA. Their specialties include a wide variety of micro-greens, herbs and living basil. In addition to their herbs and greens, Sweetwater produces infused oils created with their fresh herbs.
AnneMarie’s Garden certified naturally grown heirloom variety tomatoes, squash, okra, green beans & and brown eggs from our sweet hens.
Pebble Hill Grove Frank and Teresa Bibin own a 27-acre organic pecan orchard in South Georgia. Georgia is the main pecan producing state in the U.S.A. Conventional pecans are heavily treated with pesticides; most orchards spray six times per year. But Frank and Teresa were determined to grow pecans without chemicals that harm the environment. This was a huge challenge, given the variety of insects that feed on pecans. In the mid-1990’s the Bibins were losing over 30% of their crop to the hickory shuckworm, the most common pest in pecan orchards. By chance, they decided to try attracting bats to the orchard as a means of pest control.
Since that time, the Bibins have created a refuge for over 1,700 bats—many of which are endangered in Georgia. The bat colony protects Pebble Hill Grove’s pecans by consuming as much as 22 pounds of insects in a single night. Using their bat colony, the Bibins also conduct pest control research on other crops, advancing organic agriculture and wildlife conservation in Georgia. Pebble Hill Grove provides delicious organic pecans---and a real resource for sustainable agriculture.
C&B Farms Farmer Chuck Obern has built a very successful organic farm in Clewiston, Florida. Obern was born in Maryland and spent half his life overseas including Brazil and Malaysia. He earned a degree in vegetable crop production at the University of Florida. He started small with his operation at 10 acres and farmed part-time for several years before jumping in full-time in 1992. Obern pioneered the use of composting horticultural waste from urban areas for use as a soil amendment and supplemental fertilizer source for vegetables. C&B Farms now includes a 40-acre composting operation, where yard waste is composted to produce a high quality soil amendment that improves the water and nutrient holding capacity of Florida’s poor, sandy soils.
What C&B Farms Grows: Snap Beans, Baby Bok Choy, Green Cabbage, Cantaloupe, Green Bell Pepper, Squash, Tomatoes, and Watermelon.
Rock Star Farms started its first crops in the Fall of 2009. After surviving such a cold winter, they started their first 10 person CSA in February of this year and are now mostly selling to local restaurants. They pride themselves in hand harvesting and washing their produce less than 24hrs from delivery, all their fertilizer and compost is pesticide free and they farm with organic and biodynamic practices. Rock Star Farms is located in Gainesville, GA www.rockstarfarms.com
Clark and Sons Organics Family farmers Al, John and A.R. Clarkgrow: strawberries, watermelons, sweet corn, peas, butterbeans, squash, okra, and pumpkins.
Peace River Organics What Peace River Organics Grows: Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Grape, Cherry, Roma and Round Tomatoes, Cucumber, Yellow Squash, Zucchini, Green Beans, Green Cabbage
Miles Berry Farm Allen Miles has been farming his family’s farm near Baxley, Georgia since 1992. He started out growing blueberries with his father on 25 acres. After experiencing a crop loss from a hard freeze, Allen decided to add strawberries, becoming the first organic strawberry grower in Georgia. The farm has since diversified to utilize over 400 acres. Allen Miles is committed to organics for the safety and well-being of his family, the land and future generations. What Miles Berry Farm grows: strawberries, blueberries, broccoli, cauliflower, corn, squash
Lady Bird Organics Ladybird Organics is a certified organic 50-acre farm and vineyard featuring Muscadine grapes. Farmer Cynthia Connolly received her Ph.D. in Agricultural Education and Agricultural Engineering in 1980 from Iowa State University, the first woman in the U.S.A. to achieve this degree. She worked internationally with food production in developing countries before starting her own farm in Florida in 1989. Cynthia developed her farm with the vision of producing diversified, organic food in a sustainable system. Her worm operation provides the rich humus-- worm castings--that supports the health and growth of all plants on the farm. Other crops include:
Citrus (Meyer Lemon, Satsuma oranges, Marsh grapefruit, Loquat)
Micro-greens or soil based sprouts: Sunflower, Pea, and Buckwheat, Wheatgrass, Persimmon and Pear. Other fruits and nuts: mulberry, fig, blueberry and pecan.
Uncle Matt’s Organics The real-life uncle to ten nieces and nephews, Matt McLean ventured into the organic juice business in 1999 with a passion for healthy living as well as a long family history of growing citrus in Florida.
What Uncle Matt’s Organics Grows: Valencia, Navel and Hamlin Oranges; Sunburst and Honey Tangerines; Orland tangelos; Ruby Red and White Grapefruit.
Faith Farm We have been farming, bottling artesian water, growing over 30 varieties of antique apples, and running a cow calf operation for over 20 years. In 2008, we stepped out in faith and built two wonderful greenhouses so we could grow year round. We are growing 25 varieties of heirloom tomatoes and various greens underhouse. We have great expectations of growing much more local produce in the near future.
Wolfcreek Wilderness Farm Certified organic blueberries, farm tours and cabins in the Appalachian Mountains, Blairsville, GA
Berry Farms is a bio-intensive organic farm located just outside of Vidalia, Ga. It is owned and operated by Jason and his wife Stacy Berry. Jason is a 4th generation Georgia Farmer (on both sides) and has been certified organic since 2007. We initially became interested in reducing pesticide and fertilizer usage on our conventional vegetable farm and now solely concentrate on organic growing with specific emphasis on managing soil microbiology. Our philosophy has been to build a diverse ecosystem and a balanced soil food web. We believe this is a truly sustainable method of farming and produces higher quality and better tasting food. We have 5 children and it feels good to feed them with such healthy fruit and vegetables.
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