January 18, 2011
 
 
Beneficial Farms CSA Opens New Distribution Site at The Commons on the Alameda
 
Beneficial Farms CSA is now distributing fresh local food at The Commons on the Alameda, 2300 West Alameda in Santa Fe on Thursdays from 3-5 pm.  This location adds to the Santa Fe Complex, Kitchen Angels, Santa Fe Prep and La Tienda in Eldorado as a Santa Fe pickup site for New Mexico’s oldest Community Supported Agriculture program.    

Farm Shares are $25 per week; additional egg shares, cheese shares and ground beef shares are also available weekly for an extra charge.  All participating farms grow without chemicals using sustainable methods.
 
People can join any time of the year; Beneficial is a year-round CSA with  an online Marketplace where members can order local honey, peanut butter, jam, a variety of  artisanal cheeses and more. The website features a blog with recipes and cooking tips.
 
www.Beneficialfarms.com has each week's share history posted; winter shares are high value and quite creative as actual green growing things are limited; sunflower sprouts from Santa Fe and salad mix from Albuquerque are featured though!
 
Beneficial Farms CSA  works throughout the year with 40 regional farms which accounts for the wide  variety of produce members receive and also the presence of fruit in every share.

This week's share is red chile powder from Seco Spice in Bernal, NM; frozen figs and dried apricots from Shiraz Vineyard in La Luz, NM; carrots from Gemini Farm in Las Trampas, NM; pecans from Del Valle Pecans in La Mesilla, NM; roasted blue corn atole from Tamaya (Santa Anna Pueblo); and peanut butter from Sunland COOP, Portales, NM.

June 1, 2010

Beneficial Farms CSA Now in Albuquerque

Beneficial Farms Community Supported Agriculture is now accepting members in Albuquerque.  Weekly distribution to members will begin on Friday, June 25 from 4-6 pm at the La Montanita Coop Warehouse at 3361 Columbia NE .  Beneficial Farms CSA works with up to 40 regional farms each year and offers abundant, affordable weekly shares of fresh fruit and vegetables and other local and regionally produced foods to its members year round.  All produce is grown with sustainable chemical free methods.  Participating farmers use only natural fertilizers and pest management methods. “Anchor” farms include Vida Verde in Albuquerque, Mesa Top in Santa Fe and Shiraz Vineyard in La Luz.  Shiraz Vineyard adds fascinating fruit such as pomegranates and figs to the weekly shares during the summer and frozen cherries and peaches in the cold winter months.

First started in the 1980s in New England, Community Supported Agriculture emerged as a way for consumers to invest in the farms that nourished them and to create a sense of community around local food. A group of families agreed to pay for farmers’ early growing season costs and the farms agreed to produce as much food as they could with those dollars. The idea spread and some farmers chose to form CSAs in groups to offer more variety. Beneficial Farms CSA started as traditional CSA for Mesa Top Farm in 1994, and grew to become a collaborative supporting as many as 40 regional farms each year.

The cost of a fruit and vegetable share is $25 per week, with optional additions of weekly shares of eggs, artisanal cheese and grass-fed ground beef.  A new website offers online sign up and a Marketplace for extra items like organic quinoa, honey, frozen green chile and dried pinto beans.

Contact Priscilla Remke at details@beneficialfarm.com, 505.453.3360

Website:  www.beneficialfarm.com