Ester (near Fairbanks)
Calypso Farm & Ecology Center CSA [Susan Willsrud]
Mile 5 Old Nenana Highway
907.451.0691
Pickup sites also in Ester Park and downtown Fairbanks
www.calypsofarm.org
North Pole (Fairbanks North Star Borough)
Alaskan Farm [Jerri & Nathan Sapp]
2855 Hurst Road
907.385.7766
https://alaskanfarm.com/
Palmer (Matanuska-Susitna Borough, 42 miles NE of Anchorage)
Arctic Organics [Sarah & River Bean]
1305 N. Smith Road
907.746.1087
Pickup sites also in downtown Anchorage and Eagle River
www.arcticorganics.com
Sun Circle Farm [Anne-Corrine Kell & family]
5605 Farm Loop Road
907.745.7406
Pickup sites also in Palmer, Wasilla and Anchorage
www.suncirclefarm.com
The Alaska Community Agriculture Association is an association of more than 100 farmers and gardeners “who grow and sell our produce in Alaska,” including 20 CSA growers.
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.
