East Farms (CSA)

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East Farms
Jeremy & Shay East
4910 Canvasback Lane
West Point, Utah 84015
(801) 525–2219
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"East Farms is a family owned and operated farm, currently farming over 200 acres, with 30 acres dedicated to Community Support Agriculture and grown to meet organic standards.  East Farms also grows for wholesalers and farmers’ markets.  When you get your CSA box every week, the variety may vary from what you see at the farmers’ market since the CSA is a separate [all organic] farm."

"The East Farms CSA has over 500 members getting fresh produce from June to October. Members receive an assortment of fruits and vegtables delivered to various locations in the Salt Lake area.  This year our prorgam will run for eighteen weeks. East Farm CSA distribution will start the first part of June and run through October (whether permitting it could be earlier or later)."

"This year our program will run for eighteen weeks — we will start the first part of June and run through October (whether permitting it could be earlier or later.) Members will receive a weekly assortment of produce and some fruits that are available throughout the summer. To ensure the highest quality possible, the produce will be harvested the same morning as the delivery."

"East Farms offers half shares as well as full shares. Typically we see families of 1–3 subscribing to half shares and families greater than three using full shares. Shares will generally contain four or more types of produce. A half share typically is a half bushel in volume or weight. Full shares are double a half, and may contain more types of produce than a half–share."

• Half East Farms Share $205. — Family Size 1 to 3. — (Early Price before March 1st is $195.)
• Whole East Farms Share $395. — Family Size greater than 3 — (Early Price before March 1st is $380.)

"When the season gets closer we will send out letters with an exact pick up locations and exact start dates. We offer half shares as well as full shares. Typically we see families of 1-3 subscribing to half shares and families greater than three using full shares. Shares will generally contain four or more types of produce. A half share typically is a half bushel in volume or weight. Full shares may contain more types of produce than a half. We strive to offer an ever-changing mix of produce from week to week. To ensure the highest quality possible, the produce will be harvested the same morning as the delivery."

"Our CSA is composed mainly of vegetables but we will be farming my grandma’s orchard this year and we should have fruit 1–2 times a month. We will also grow potted herbs again this year for fresh use or planting in your gardens. (Last year we lost most of the herbs due to heat, so this winter we have built a shade structure to help with growing the herbs.) We had more than 500 families join the program for the 2007 season and are looking forward to even more in 2008."  [Growth of over 100 families from 2006 to 2007.]

Each week you will receive the newsletter "Lettuce Connect," written by Christi Paulson, offering information about various produce included in that week’s CSA box, along with a few recipes to help develop ideas on how to prepare and cook that week’s produce.

East Farms will also have a pumpkin patch again in 2007 for everyone to come out and harvest their own pumpkin. We had a lot of families come out and take advantage of this despite the rain and mud last fall, 2006. This will be included in your share at no additional cost.

Contact East Farms to sign–up for your share(s):
Jeremy or Shay East, East Farms, 4910 Canvasback Lane, West Point, Utah 84015.
Phone: 801–525–2219. (New Phone 7/29/06), | E–Mail.
(Information Updated February 19, 2007.)
 

KUER (90.1FM) "Bite Sized" with host Beth Hoffman.
Listen to "Community Supported Agriculture" featuring East Farms CSA.
Broadcast Date: March 19, 2007
"Beth Hoffman continues her series called Bite Sized with a visit to a farm in Woods Cross, just north of Salt Lake City. Hoffman wants us to stop for a moment and think about food in a deeper way — at the environmental, cultural and artistic connections we have to cooking and eating in Utah. Today, Hoffman brings us to East Farms, one of five farms in the Salt Lake Valley participating in a community–supported agriculture or CSA program this year."