Ferguson (St. Louis County)
Earth Dance Farm [Monica Pless & Matt Lebon]
233 S. Dade Avenue
314.521.1006
www.earthdancefarms.org
Jamestown (Moniteau County)
Happy Hollow Farm [Liz Graznak]
17199 Happy Hollow Road
660.849.2430
www.happyhollowfarm-mo.com
Kearney (Clay County)
Fair Share Farm [Rebecca Graff & Tom Ruggieri]
18613 Downing Road
816.320.3763
www.fairsharefarm.com
Kirksville (Adair County)
Green Valley Farm [Steve & Velda Salt]
28461 Linderville Trail
660.332.7217
www.localharvest.org/green-valley-farm-M3314
Peculiar (Cass County)
Wolf Creek Family Farm [Karin Nead Velez]
7708 E 235th Street
816.779.5059
http://wolfcreekfamilyfarm.com
Platte City (Platte County)
Karbaumer Farm [Klaus & LeAnn Karbaumer]
12200 Missouri 92 Highway
816.270.2177
www.karbaumerfarm.com
St. Louis (St. Louis County)
Fair Shares- A Combined CSA [Sara Hale]
5021 Northrup Avenue
314.852.5743
www.fairshares.org
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a growing movement in America, which has provided economic support and predictability to farmers, practicing traditional family farming, that they will be able to continue to farm, and that communities will be able to enjoy fresh, local farm products. Partnering with local farms by purchasing a “share” in the season’s harvest, consumers can know where their food is coming from and have the satisfaction of supporting local agriculture.
Participants, who purchase their shares early in the season, provide the farmer with a stable income, and in return they receive a weekly supply of fresh local farm products. This concept of Community Supported Agriculture was introduced into the United States in 1985 by Robyn Van En, who farmed in South Egremont, Massachusetts. She learned of the concept from a Swiss friend, Jan Vander Tuin, and within 4 years her farm’s original membership of 30 shares grew to 150.
Wilson College in Chambersberg, Pennsylvania has established the Robyn Van En Center in honor of Ms. Van En who died in 1997.
