Community Supported Agriculture: Welcome

Fresh food products direct from the farm to you

For 2008, RTI International is again proud to host the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program in the heart of the Research Triangle Park.

If you work in the Park or live nearby, you can pick up locally grown vegetables, fruits, eggs, free-range and organic meats, and fresh-cut flowers every week at RTI.

Here’s how the CSA program works:

Our participating farmers grow and sell a huge variety of wholesome food items, including many that are certified organic.

You sign up with the farmer or farmers of your choice and agree to purchase one or more “shares” on a weekly basis (see participating farmers). A share represents your part of that week’s harvest—usually enough to supply one household.

Once a week, on Thursday afternoons between 4 and 6 p.m., you come to RTI and pick up your share(s) from the farmers (see map and directions). The farmers will be glad to drop off your share(s) at our 800 Park location instead, if that is more convenient--just make the request when you sign up.

It’s that simple. You and your family enjoy a bounty of quality farm-fresh products every week; in return, our participating farmers are assured of a continuing level of purchases over the course of the year.

RTI’s employees have enjoyed the advantages of community-supported agriculture since 2003. We invite you to join us and share the goodness.

These pages explain more about the community supported agriculture concept, and give sign-up details, the CSA schedule for the year, and directions to the location where you will pick up your food shares.

If you have additional questions, please contact Celia Eicheldinger, 919-485-2776, celia@rti.org; or Erin Newton, 919-541-6504, eon@rti.org.