Blog entries tagged Community Supported Agriculture

BagItAgain! at Bialas Farms' Open House November 22

John Allegro — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:41:04 +0100

We'll be joining Bialas Farms again at their annual pre-Thanksgiving open house in their barn on Celery Avenue in New Hampton, NY. The Bialas' are kind enough to open their Winter CSA pick-up days to some other local farmers and vendors twice each season.

The Thanksgiving open house will be held on Sunday, November 22 from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm. We'll be offering our natural jute and cotton shopping bags, jute back packs, and our new jute wine bags. We'll also Read More...

Open House at Bialas Farms

John Allegro — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0100

The folks at Bialas Farms were kind enough to invite me to set up a table to sell some reusable shopping bags at their Thanksgiving open house. The event ran on November 26, and I had an opportunity to meet several other local vendors while my daughter ran around taking an interesting photo journal of the day (see this article on the home page of Hudson Valley Voices).

As a Community Supported Agriculture, or CSA member of Bialas' winter program, I got to refill my fridge and potato basket wiRead More...

The Winter CSA

John Allegro — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:00:00 +0100

The summer harvest season is nearing its end, which means it's time to sign up for your local Winter CSA. This year, Bialas Farms of New Hampton, NY will be my "root cellar", holding onto my "storage crops" such as potatoes, onions, shallots, leeks, turnips, beets, carrots, and winter squash. I'll also receive my share of cabbage, kale, spinach and greenhouse greens and herbs.

The Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) movement in the United States originated in 1986, when two groups of peoRead More...