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NOTE NOTE NOTE: Pickup schedule change: Labor Day pick up is rescheduled for Tuesday, Sept 2, 4-6PM (Thursday pick up on Sept 4 remains the same).
Get yourself a yellow watermelon!
The 2008 season is in full swing with lots of fresh, organic veggies and other
delectable items.
Join us for a celebration of the season!
Harvest Fest 2008 September 14, 2-5PM
CSA members and their friends welcome
Potluck
Hoppin’ hayrides, crazy farm games, swingin’ contra dancing, & sizzlin’ silent auction
Song: "Yellow Watermelon" written and performed by Marianne
Donahue Perchlik, Wellspring CSA member. Click here to
play the song.
Peddle Your Wares to Support More Shares!
Announcing Silent Auction at Wellspring’s Harvest Fest Sunday, Sept 14 from 2-5pm
Harvest Fest is our annual celebration of the season for our CSA members, friends and farmers. This year we are excited to add a Silent Auction to support our subsidized CSA share program (half-priced shares for low income families. For info see http://www.wellspringcsa.com/membership.html). Our goal is to raise $750 which NOFA-VT will match for a total of $1500 to support 10 local families’ CSA shares in 2009. In addition to raising funds, we hope our fundraiser will also build connections between CSA members!
How can I participate?:
1. Donate a service, experience or craft item to be bid on at the auction. We ask that items/services are no less than $15 in value.
2. Bid during Harvest Fest. Forms describing the service and/or items will be displayed at the event.
Examples of Services or Experiences: bike maintenance, music lessons, wild edibles walk, baby sitting, housecleaning, massage. Be creative!
Examples of Craft Items: baked goods, pottery, photographs, paintings, canned salsa.
How do I sign up?: Fill out our sign-up form and return it to us during pick-up hours. Please return forms by September 10.
About Wellspring Farm!
Since 2003, we have been growing five acres of high quality organic vegetables
and flowers on our beautiful farm on the banks of the Winooski River in
Marshfield, Vermont. The majority of our produce is sold via community
supported agriculture, or CSA. Our enthusiastic CSA members pick
up their produce weekly at the farm or in Montpelier from
late June to early October. Both small and large shares include an
abundance of fresh, organic, seasonal vegetables and fruit direct from our
fields. Shares
include pick-your-own crops like peas, beans, cherry tomatoes and flowers
for a hands-on experience. Come on by the farm! (See our map and directions
to the farm on the Contact
Us page.) Notice the changes in the season, cut flowers in the garden
with a friend, munch on cherry tomatoes right off the plants. Wellspring
CSA is perfect for families, city folks seeking a country break, nature
freaks and children of all ages. We are now over 100 member families strong
and growing! Wellspring Farm is managed by farmer Mimi
Arnstein, with a vital staff of apprentices, unsuspecting volunteers
and suspecting ones like Mimi’s husband, Parker Nichols. Wellspring
Farm is conveniently located on Route 2 in Marshfield, 13 miles from Montpelier,
along the beautiful Winooski River.
Directions
Directions to the farm: From the west -- Take Route
2 east past the town of Plainfield. Turn right onto Patty's Crossing immediately
after signs for Meadowcrest Campground (approx. 4 miles beyond Plainfield
village). Go over bridge. Turn right to Lafiria Place. The farm is at the
dead end. From the east -- Take Route 2 west past Marshfield village. Turn
left onto Patty's Crossing (approx. 3 miles from Marshfield village). Go
over bridge. Turn right to Lafiria Place. The farm is at the dead end.
Directions to Montpelier CSA Pickup location: Thursdays
4-6 PM: Located at the Two Rivers Center for Sustainability on Home Farm
Way off Route 2 in Montpelier, just east of the Rt. 2 and Barre-Montpelier
Road junction, next door to Agway.
Farm History
Wellspring Farm has been farmed organically
on and off since the late 1980s. It was the home of one of Vermont's very
first community supported agriculture (CSA) farms, started by Farmer Les
Snow. Prior to that, cows roamed our pasture and
were milked in our historic barn. There has been one famous resident
at the farm (well, so far): Luvia Lefferrier. Luvia was a woman with
clairvoyant visions. Folks throughout central Vermont tell us stories
of getting their fortune told or finding a lost pet with the help of
Luvia. Apparently even the police came to Luvia
for assistance! She claimed to get her powers from a spring on the farm;
hence our chosen moniker, Wellspring Farm. The land here is rich indeed!
Today, the farm is home to Wellspring CSA. Wellspring
Farm CSA is farmed by Mimi Arnstein.
Wellspring Farm CSA
Statement of Integrity
Wellspring Farm CSA is a small scale farm business that produces the
highest quality produce for our community. We provide healthy, fresh
food, strengthen community, and educate about farm sustainability issues.
We teach our apprentices all aspects of small scale farming in order
to create farmers of the future. We create a fine quality of farm life
that provides for our economic, social and emotional well being.
To meet these objectives we:
. Practice ecological responsibility for all living things
. Provide a safe workplace that is financially stable
. Pursue a livelihood in which physical and mental demands are
challenging yet enjoyable, and are balanced with rest and reflection
. Develop a pathway where supporters interact and build upon our sense
of community
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