Coker (Tuscaloosa County)
Snow’s Bend Farm [Margaret Ann Toohey & David Snow]
14900 Commerce Road
205.394.3561
Pickup sites in Tuscaloosa and Birmingham
www.snowsbendfarm.com
Huntsville and Madison
Doe Run Farm [John & Judy McGary] (included in our Tennessee directory of CSA farms under Petersburg in Lincoln County)
Also makes deliveries to its farm share customers in Huntsville & Madison
www.doerunfarms.com
Talladega (Talladega County)
Hepzibah Farm [Frannie & Charlie Griffin, Jacob Rogers, Bre & Bryant Saxon, Evan & Rachel Rowe]
432 Hepzibah Road
256.344.4769
Pickup site in Birmingham
www.hepzibahfarms.com
Woodland (Randolph County)
Moore Farms & Friends [Will & Laurie Moore & 30 other farm producers]
239 County Road 561
256.449.9417
www.moorefarmsandfriends.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.
