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OTHER FARMS THAT OFFER COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE (CSA) PROGRAMS WITH LOCAL DELIVERY Big Horn Ranch Meats’ CSA CSA Pick-up Location: Erie and more. Contact: bighornmeats.net, facebook.com/Big-Horn-Ranch-Grass-Fed-Meats, or 814.563.7348 Savor the flavor! By joining this CSA you are voting with your dollar! You are voting to grow animals on the green grass in fresh air and sunshine. You are voting for happy animals, happy farm families, healthy meals and a healthy Earth. Beef, chicken, pork, lamb and eggs are available. Visit the website of Big Horn Meats’ family farm, located in Pittsfield, for more information on the farm’s CSA for the community. Clarion River Organics’ CSA CSA Pick-up Location: Erie. Visit the website for more details. Contact: clarionriverorganics.com, or 412.589.9276 Farm to table from Clarion River Organics! Clarion River Organics is a cooperative of 15 horse-powered family farms working together near Clarion, PA. All farms are certified organic and strive to maintain healthy soils as their main means of pest and disease control. Offering a wide selection of produce over an extended season. Visit the website for more information on CRO’s CSA program. The Northwest Pennsylvania Growers Cooperative CSA Pick-up Location: Erie Contact: nwpagrowers.com Produce comes from 18 small family farms in northwestern PA that use organic growing practices. This means that they are organic in practice but don’t have certification – an expensive process that makes food with the organic label unaffordable for many – so they can keep their prices low for customers. They are your local source for all-natural/organic produce, meats, honey, eggs, bath products and much more. Offering a CSA and Summer Market Webstore. Visit the website for more information. Peace by Piece Farm CSA CSA Pick-up Locations: Erie and Waterford. Contact: peacebypiecefarm.com, or 814.969.8345 Delivered fresh from down on the farm! The produce for the Peace by Piece Farm CSA is peacefully grown on three partner farms in Waterford, Cambridge Springs, and Mill Village in northwest PA. Their partners have many years of farming experience, use sustainable farming practices and do not use any chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides. The farm grows vegetables and some fruits, free-range laying hens, free-range meat chickens and a limited number of Bourbon Red turkeys. Visit the website for more information. Post Apples CSA and Pick-Your-Own at the Farm Address: 8893 Gulf Road, North East Contact: postapples.com, facebook.com/PostApplesCSA, or 814.725.3330 Agrilicious! Who wouldn’t want to eat a wide selection of fresh fruits and vegetables grown with care from a fourth-generation farmer? Post Apples grows countless varieties of fruits and vegetables and also offers a Pick-Your-Own apples, black currents and raspberries when in season at the farm. Visit the website or Facebook page to learn more about all the CSA program options and when the Pick-Your-Own schedule is open to the public. Toboggan Hill Farm CSA CSA Pick-up Location: Erie and more. Contact: tobogganhillfarm.com Located in Westfield, NY, Toboggan Hill raises produce without artificial fertilizers, herbicides or pesticides. The farm uses use organic seed when available and good agricultural practices such as crop rotation, companion planting and cover crops. It makes every effort to supply you with a bountiful variety of tasty vegetables every week. Visit the website for more information. n Didn’t see your favorite local farmers market or farm? No worries! Let us include it in next year’s farm/farmers market listings. Email [email protected] for more information. Millcreek | Summer 2016 | icmags.com 47