Brookings (Brookings County)
Good Roots Farm and Gardens CSA [Bill & Julie Ross]
3712 Medary Avenue
605.691.1776
www.goodrootsfarmandgardens.com
Lennox (Lincoln County)
Good Earth Farm [Nancy & Jeff Kirstein]
28318 466th Avenue
605.929.7394
https://www.thegoodearth.us/
www.facebook.com/The-Good-Earth-151870334850661
Sioux Falls (Minnehaha County)
Glory Garden (Anna Maifeld)
47042 258th Street
605.543.6414
https://www.glorygarden.org
Vermillon (Clay County)
Heikes Family Farm LLC (Sam Heikes)
1408 317th Street
605.222.3949
https://www.heikesfamilyfarms.com/
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.
