About Nathan Creek Organic Farm

2010 is our 12th season operating a farm with a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) system. The CSA is a partnership that provides a direct link between the farmer’s produce and your dinner table. With over 20 years of organic farming experience, Stephen Gallagher is the farmer behind Nathan Creek.

How Membership in a CSA Benefits Consumers

• CSA members receive a weekly basket of the freshest possible, locally grown organic produce.
• CSA members receive good value for their food money. Although the exact quantity of any particular crop varies year to year with the weather, and the total value of the share will also vary, in general, members of a CSA receive organic produce for prices well below what they would pay for the same organic food at a retail outlet.
• CSA members receive a wide range of vegetables over a season that can, in this region, extend for nearly half a year.
• CSA members benefit by gaining a direct connection with the production of their food.

How Nathan Creek CSA differs from an Organic Delivery Service

Nathan Creek CSA

• Seasonal, roughly 20 weeks depending on climate distribution of the harvest takes place at the farm or at centrally located drop off sites in nearby cities and towns.
• Provides locally grown organic seasonal produce
• Can visit and participate in the farm

Organic Delivery Service

• operates year round
• purchases food from wholesalers that may have been grown and shipped from anywhere in the world
• charges for the convenience of delivery to your front door.

Choose what's right for you

Sample Distributions

From Four Weeks During the 2004 Season (2005 season quantities were even larger)

Week 3 - July	Week 7 - Aug	Week 13 - Sept	Week 17 - Oct
1 bunch beets w/greens	2 lbs green beans	4 artichokes	1 bag of arrugula
1 head of broccoli	5 lbs mixed beets	1 lb of arrugula	1 head of broccoli
1 head of Chinese cabbage	1 head of broccoli	2 lbs of beets	3 lbs of carrots
1 head of cauliflower	1 red cabbage	1 head of Chinese cabbage	1 head of cauliflower
1 bunch of Swiss chard	2 lb of carrots	3 lbs of carrots	1 bunch of cilantro
1 head curly endive	1 bunch of Swiss chard	1 head of celery	1 Daikon radish
2 bulbs of fennel	3 cucumbers	1 bunch of Swiss chard	1 bunch of dill
2 bulbs of garlic	3 medium eggplants	3 cucumbers	1 bunch of collard greens
2 heads of lettuce (leaf & romaine)	2 bulbs of garlic	1 head of endive	2 lbs of leeks
1 bunch mixed mustard greens	1 bunch red and green kale	2 bulbs of garlic	1 bunch of mustard greens
1 medium sweet onion	1 large sweet onion	3 large sweet onions	3 lbs of potatoes (white)
2 lbs new potatoes	4 lbs of potatoes (white)	1 lb of mustard greens	1 bunch of radishes
3 lbs tomatoes	1 lb of mixed radishes	2 green peppers	1 lb of shallots
	6 lbs of tomatoes	2 summer squash (assorted)	2 lbs of tomatoes
	4 summer squash (assorted)	3 lbs of tomatoes	2 winter squash