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Mountain Bounty Farm: Summer Vegetable and Fruit Subscriptions Available
Author: Carlyle Miller, CSA Manager, Mountain Bounty Farm
Published on Mar 17, 2010 - 10:48:05 AM

NEVADA CITY, Calif. March 17, 2010 - Mountain Bounty Farm, a 10-acre family farm on the San Juan Ridge, is accepting sign-ups for its 2010 vegetable, fruit, and flower share programs. Since 1997, Mountain Bounty Farm has provided fresh, organically-grown produce from May through November to the members of its Community Supported Agriculture program.

"Mountain Bounty Farm is fantastic. The food is fresh, I know where it's from, it tastes great, and it has varieties you just can't get in the supermarket," wrote Tracy Jones, a farm member from Grass Valley. "It's like opening a Christmas present every week!" Farm member Ron Gajar from Truckee adds "Our kids (ages 5 and 2) love the boxes too, they are calling the beets, squashes and other veggies 'candy,' they can be that sweet."

Community Supported Agriculture, or CSA, is a model of growing and eating that creates a direct connection between you and your farm. You invest in the farm at the beginning of the season, and we-your farmers-provide fresh, diverse, and amazingly delicious produce straight from our fields every week. Your share of the harvest.

"The financial investment from our members at the start of the season is what makes family farming on this small scale feasible," said John Tecklin, owner of the farm. "And in exchange, you get the best produce available!"

At Mountain Bounty Farm, each week's delivery yields its own special harvest, picked fresh that day. We put tremendous care into growing over 250 varieties of vegetables, including many heirlooms-if you've never tried a Big Zebra tomato or our luscious sweet corn, you are in for a real treat!

"Spring is such an exciting time of year here," said Tecklin. "The cover crop is lush, the air is warming, and all three of our greenhouses are bursting with baby plants." Over the course of the season, the amount and variety of produce increases, but on average, members receive enough produce to fill a large grocery bag full of their favorite staple veggies, plus a healthy portion of the exotic and unusual.

This year, Mountain Bounty Farm is once again partnering with Filaki Farm to provide a weekly fruit share, including apricots, apples, cherries, nectarines, peaches, pears, plums, table grapes and more. The fruit shares average 7+ pounds per week and vary with the season. This tree-ripened fruit has real flavor and character-it is fruit that you will rarely, if ever, find in the store!

For a full list of all the vegetables that we grow, or to find out more about our CSA programs, please visit http://www.MountainBountyFarm.com or contact us at 292-3776.

Who: Mountain Bounty Farm
What: Summer Vegetable and Fruit Subscriptions Available
Where: www.MountainBountyFarm.com or 292-3776
When: Sign-ups open today, deliveries are for 24 weeks from May 25th through Nov 6th

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