What is Community Supported Agriculture? Our mission is to provide the local community with fresh, locally grown vegetables while creating a business that will sustain us as farmers. The Community Supported Agriculture—or CSA Program is the key to achieving this goal. CSA is a direct, mutual committment between a farm and the people it feeds. "Shareholders" buy into the farm at the beginningn of the season and and in return receive a weekly "share" of the farm's harvest. Your payment in the spring helps us cover the production costs for the year. When you join us, you become involved in a community of growers and eaters committed to healthy food, a healthy environment, and a healthy local economy. For more detailed information on the Sunshine Organics CSA, follow this link: Sunshine Organics CSA Handbook What's in a share? We grow over 35 different vegetables, strawberries, herbs, and over 100 different individual varieties.  Your share will include a balanced selection of in-season crops each week.  We try to offer the more popular crops such as tomatoes and corn every week they're in season, and give you a chance to sample more unusual crops such as fennel or rutabagas once or twice a season. This year we are offering two sizes of shares.  A large share will be the same as the standard shares in 2007 and should feed a small family or two vegetable-loving adults.  A small share should feed two people.  It will be approximately 60% the size of a large share. The 2007 Season will run for 22 weeks, from May 27 to October 21. How do I pick up my share? This year we are offering three pick-up options: Open Table Pick-Up at The Sunshine Farm Market Tuesdays 3:30-6:30 We set out the vegetables on a table at the market and post how much of each item you can take. You select your own vegetables and pack your own bag. This option will offer a little more choice than the pre-packed box. Pre-Packed Box Available for pick-up from Tuesday at 3:30 pm We pack a box for you a leave it for you to pick up from the Sunshine Farm Market cooler. The amount and variety of produce will be the same as with the open-table pick-up, only you will obviously not have any choice in what you receive.  You can pick up your box at any time during market hours that works for you. Wenatchee Dropsite We are happy to annouce that we will be doing a weekly delivery to a central dropsite in Wenatchee.  Details to be arranged. Add on to your share... Flower Share Receive a bouquet of farm-fresh flowers with your share.  These flowers are grown right here on our farm by Janna Berger.  Flower shares last 13 weeks, from June through September, and can be picked up at the market or delivered directly to your door. Storage Share Stock up on vegetables for the winter.  Each storage share will contain approximately 75 pounds total of potatoes, winter squash, carrots, onions, beets, garlic, and other storage crops. Additional Benefits As a member of the CSA, you'll also get... 10% Off at the Sunshine Farm Market  New this year!  CSA members will receive a 10% discount on everything they buy at the Sunshine Farm Market, including fruit, packaged foods, gifts, or more veggies! Free U-Pick  CSA members are welcome and encouraged to pick their own beans, peas, cherry tomatoes, and strawberries.  These crops are labor-intensive for us to harvest so we won't be including them in your share as a standard item.  You will be free to U-Pick when we have them, and will also be able to purchase them at the Farm Market. Cookbook  We provide every new member with a copy of From Asparagus to Zucchini: A Guide to Cooking Farm Fresh Seasonal Produce, a wonderful 218-page cookbook written specifically for members of CSAs. Joining a CSA can feel like an immersion course in seasonal, whole foods cooking. This cookbook will help you make the most out of the experience. Tote-bag  To carry your veggies home, every new member who chooses open table pick-up will receive a canvas tote-bag with our logo on it. Newsletter  We publish a newsletter every week during the growing season. The newsletter includes farm news, photos, cooking tips, and lots more. Archive of all CSA Newsletters 2006 - Present Farm Events  We invite you to join us for several farm events over the course of the season. Vacation Credits Knowing that many families vacation during the summer, we provide up to two weeks vacation credit to be cashed in on canning or storage vegetables. How much does it cost? In 2008, A large share will cost $625, and a small share will cost $375.  You'll receive a $25 discount if you pay in full before March. 15.  The cost of joining the CSA works out to a 20-30% discount off our market prices. You may purchase additional cookbooks or tote-bags for $20 each. Are there any discounts? Consider signing up for a work-trade share. If this doesn't work for you and you are on a limited income, you may apply for a share subsidized from our Harvest Shares Fund. We encourage all shareholders to contribute to this fund to help support shares for low-income families. How do I sign up? Click here to download a CSA registration form. Please contact Rachel at 509-670-8958 or rachel@sunshinefarmmarket.com if you'd like more information or have questions. About our Vegetables You can't get vegetables fresh than this!  Everything in your CSA share is grown right here on The Sunshine Farm.  For the most part, we harvest your vegetables the same day you get them.  We trust you'll notice a difference in taste--not to mention shelf-life and nutritional value. We have grown organically since we started in 2006, and this year we have turned in our paperwork to become officially USDA Certified Organic.  Our vegetables are grown with out the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or herbicides.  We use compost and plant cover crops for fertility.  we do our best to farm in a way that maintains biodiversity and a healthy, living soil. About Our Farm Rachel Airmet moved to Chelan in January 2006 to start Sunshine Organics and the CSA program. Originally from Pocatello, Idaho, she has worked at several organic vegetable farms in Oregon and as Assistant Manager at Angelic Organics, a CSA near Chicago that serves over 1200 families. Rachel leases four acres of ground from Denny Evans on the Sunshine Orchards property, 4 miles from Chelan on the south shore of the lake. The CSA started in 2006 with 30 shareholders. We also sell our vegetables at the Sunshine Farm Market, to Holden Village, and to local restaurants, including The Hungry Belly, Campbell's, and Local Myth. Rachel farms with the help of several employees and interns.  She is deeply indebted to Guy Evans for vision, support, and the opportunity to farm this land.