Earth's Promise Farm

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Earth's Promise Farm
A full share will provide you with enough produce for a non-vegetarian family of four for a week. I counted about 200 different types of seeds when I made our order. We'll have about 20 different tomatoes alone. Most are rare or heirloom. You can plan on a couple varieties of those things you'd expect and a few things you may never have seen! A half share is half as much per box per week or a full share every other week .Pick -up is at the farm, in the Highlands in Louisville, and at one of several Farmers' Markets in Louisville ( Heart of St. Matthews Farmers Market (Saturdays), Norton Commons Farmers' Market( Saturdays), Suburban Christian Church Farmers' Market ( Thursdays), and the Rainbow Blossom Farmers' Market (Sundays). We will be adding Uof L( as a pick-up site this year (Thursdays) We will try to fill up the boxes consistently with as much of a variety as we can, but depending on the season we may be lettuce heavy (spring) , or tomato happy(mid summer)... We'll have old standards, heirlooms and new varieties(all certified organic). We like the take-a-penny, leave-a-penny model, so we encourage people who don't like something to leave it for those who do (think of okra, as an example) Certified-organic eggs and certified -organic pastured chicken will be available in addition to the produce boxes, on a pay as you go basis. If you would like to add a standing order (Ex: two dozen eggs a week) we can bill by the month.

We are not among the small farmers that reject organic certification because of the perception that the USDA is trying to close down small family farms. Instead, we believe that The Small Family Farmer Must Seek Organic Certification In Order To Preserve Organics If the small family farmer abandons organics the only organic producers left will be big agribusiness. We've had six years on this farm raising an organic garden for our family but 2006 was our first year that we could call ourselves "farmers". We have a produce CSA for whom we raise certified organic produce. We have a passive solar and active solar building that is our farm office. We hope to add a certified kitchen in the office soon, so that we can produce value-added products that we can sell to restaurants and through retail stores.

CSA Details:
-Season:May through October
-Type:Single farm
-Since:2007
-No of Shares:100
-Full Share:$625/year ( 26 weeks)
-1/2 Share:$325.00/yr
-Work Req?:No

Pick Up/Drop Off Points:
Earth's Promise Farm
Members can pick up their shares from the farm on fridays from 4:00pm to 7:00pm.
-Contact:Sandra Corlett
-Phone:502-647-8929
-Address:    4306 Mt Eden Road,Shelbyville, KY 40065

Highland's Louisville
Members pick up their shares from 4:30 to 6:00 fridays. house in the highlands.
-Address:1120 Everett Avenue,Louisville, KY 40204

Sixth and Main Coffeehouse
Members pick up their shares at the Coffeehouse after 3:30 on Fridays.
-Address:547 Main Street,Shelbyville, KY 40065 

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