"The Kimballs designed Essex Farm as a year-round, full-diet CSA with a pricing scheme that’s mind-boggling for the average US consumer. Local members pay $85 a week and can take all the meat, vegetables, dairy, grains, eggs they need for a week of eating. At roughly $4 a meal, … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Reinventing the Business Model for Food Production (Times of Entrepreneurship)
CSA
Tangleroot Farm is now accepting CSA members for the 2020 season! *NEW FOR 2020* We are proud to provide all of our members with Door-to-Door delivery!
In an effort to support the health and well being of our community, we have decided to implement a new CSA model for the 2020 season. This means that when you sign up for membership you will receive a weekly selection of fresh picked, seasonal produce delivered straight from the … [Read more...] about Tangleroot Farm is now accepting CSA members for the 2020 season! *NEW FOR 2020* We are proud to provide all of our members with Door-to-Door delivery!
The Modern Farmer Breakfast (FOOD & WINE)
At a sustainable farm in northern New York, the first meal of the day is often the best. Workdays on Essex Farm, our CSA occupying 1,100 acres in Essex, New York, next to Lake Champlain, usually begin with a 5 a.m. alarm. The first thing that crosses my lips is a cup of … [Read more...] about The Modern Farmer Breakfast (FOOD & WINE)
Essex Farm: The End of the Year
Here’s the recent news from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm: Here it comes. The end of the year, in full view. Before it arrives, we begin again. Mark and I curled up with the seed catalogue last night, at bedtime. There’s a new variety of kabocha squash! That’s what passes for … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: The End of the Year
Young Farmers Take Root in Essex County, N.Y. (SEVEN DAYS)
The two are part of the young farmer boomlet in Essex County. While Vermont's farm economy has blossomed, giving birth to small-scale veggie growers, artisan cheese makers, grass-fed beef operations and organic dairies, a similar trend is taking root in and around the vast … [Read more...] about Young Farmers Take Root in Essex County, N.Y. (SEVEN DAYS)