The Heartwood story

rutabaga

june july august september october

beets

dill

parsley onions

garlic

summer squash

kale

spinach

lettuce mix

bok choi

bok choi

snow peas peppers

carrots

snap peas

beans

winter squash

kohlrabi

radishes cabbage

turnips tomatoes

chard

broccoli

turnipscucumbers

broccoli

garlic scapes leeks

spinach

cilantro potatoes

herbs

fennel

fennel

cabbage

radishes

kohlrabi

watermelon

napa cabbage

Here’s our plan for tHe season (but of course Mother Nature will have her say, too) At Heartwood Farm, we farm to inspire

change. We’re about healthy, local food.

We’re about caring for our land and

connecting people to the story of their

food and sustainable farming.

We like to nurture nature’s amazing connectivity through a bio-diverse ecosystem of vegetable gardens, pasture, livestock, maple sugar bush, working animals, naturalized lands, woodlots, wildlife and people. We offer eco-farm experiential learning and tours – and we invite adults and children to experience this wonderful diversity.

We’re all about building community, too. Sharing land and collaborating with trained young farmers helps them take the next step to establishing their own farms, and to bringing more food to local folks like you.

We also offer our spare time and energy as active volunteers in the local food movement. We foster grassroots farmer-to-farmer networks,

donate some of our produce to community organizations, and partner with them to develop urban community gardens that support access to affordable, healthy food for all.

We invite you to collaborate with us (even in a small way) to make that “big picture” connection to issues that matter. It’s not just the fresh veggies you’ll enjoy all season— it’s also about climate change, food ethics, energy use and land stewardship.

Because you know what? We’re all connected!

Cost

IndIvIdual Share

$300

Small Share

$425

large Share

$650

egg Share

$85

SprIng Share

$25

(fresh, local veggies to keep you feeling good)

(a good fit for most couples and families)

(perfect for diehard veggie lovers!)

(that’s just $4.75 a dozen, folks)

(a special one-week delivery on June 9)

we use hand tools and horsepower to connect to the rhythms of nature. it’s about slowing down and being more gentle with our land. it’s about being a bit more thoughtful about the way we farm.

Ecologically producedlocal food

How Heartwood Farm’s CSA season works WHat You GetYour own share of our farm’s weekly harvest delivered straight to central guelph (in a biodiesel-powered truck, of course!) for you to pick up. BYO boxes or bags.

WHen You Get Itevery Wednesday from 6-8pm, for 18 weeks from June 23 to October 20

WHere You Can pICK It upunited Church parking lot at dublin and Suffolk streets, just north of downtown guelph

The CSA story

Community Shared agriculture (CSa) is an

alternative local food system that connects farmers

who carefully grow their food to people who care

where their food comes from.

When you join a CSa, you’re not just a customer

buying farm food, you are a member of the CSa itself,

partnering with the farmer to create a more vibrant,

local food system. By committing to purchasing a

share early in the year, your local farmer can do better

planning with confidence that the produce will have a

timely and appreciative market. as a member, you feel

more connected to the joys and challenges of working

with nature to grow food. You can also revel in the

fact that you’re eating in season, savouring flavours

and connecting to the rhythms and cycles of the

farming season.

ecological farming methods are the key to our

farming operation. We don’t use chemical fertilizers

or pesticides. We respect and preserve natural lands

and watersheds. We minimize fuel consumption by

working with hand tools and horsepower, and because

food travels a short distance from farm to table. We

also use compost and natural planting strategies to

build healthy soil.

CSas are all about healthier, tastier food with no

chemical residues, picked fresh at peak ripeness and

chosen for their vibrant taste and nutrition, not their

tolerance to long-distance travel. We’re less about

convenience than about quality food that comes from

a place you actually know.

The connectivity that a CSa builds is good for the

farmer, good for the eater, good for the earth and

good for our communities. Being a member means you

can feel good about supporting local farmers while

you do some wider good, too. Because when you eat

this way, you’re helping build community resilience

and food security in a changing world.

Supporting local farmers helps our local communities

flourish, strengthens our local economies and ensures

that irreplaceable agricultural lands remain productive.

and moms and dads take heart: kids seem to eat

more veggies when they get to know the farmer, visit

the farm, and taste the natural sweetness of fresher,

carefully grown produce!

ConneCtInG to tHe storY of Your supper

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