CSA—Participating Farmers and Seafood Vendor
Sign up with the farmer/vendor of your choice, then pick up your deliveries each week at RTI.
There are two ways to join the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Program hosted by RTI:
- Contact the participating farmer/vendor by phone or e-mail, and let them know you're interested in signing up to purchase their products. Please note that the farmers/vendor will begin taking applications well before the first in-person sign-up day early in each calendar year. You can also click on the business names below for a printable sign-up form (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader). If you plan to take delivery at RTI, please let them know that, too; many have multiple CSAs and make deliveries in other locations. You can check out the respective web sites to learn more and to help you make a decision.
- Come to one of our CSA sign-up days. You'll get to meet the farmers/vendor in person and talk with them about their products, growing or fishing practices, share prices, or anything else you would like to know before signing up with them.
Sign ups for 2010 will begin in January. Last year all shares were sold, so sign up early to be sure to get a share. Also, signing up early helps farmers with their planning.
Brinkley Farms—Jennifer & Michael Brinkley
Local vegetables grown using sustainable methods of integrated pest management; eggs; pasture-raised and hormone-free beef, pork, and chicken.
(Note: Brinkley Farms shares are sold out for 2010.) .
E-mail: BrinkleyFarms@aol.com
Phone: 919-528-0604
Address: 4233 Old Weaver Trail, Creedmoor, NC 27522
Web: www.brinkleyfarms.com
Britt Farms—Vernon & Jennifer Britt
Sustainably grown produce—fruits and vegetables.
E-mail: jbritt82@bellsouth.net
Address: 371 Manley Grove Church Road, Mt. Olive, NC 28365
Web: www.brittfarms.net
Phone: 919-689-2895
Vernon cell: 919-580-8710
Jennifer cell: 919-580-8720
Information and Ordering: Britt Farms Order Form
Castlemaine Farm—Brian & Joann Gallagher
Fresh specialty and standard variety fruits and vegetables, sustainably produced; free-range chicken. (Note: Castlemaine Farm chicken shares are sold out for 2010. Vegetable shares are still available.)
E-mail: castlemainefarm@hotmail.com
Phone: 336-376-1025
Address: 1649 Old Dam Road, Liberty, NC 27298
Web: www.castlemainefarm.com
Blog (includes order forms): http://castlemainefarm.blogspot.com/2009/11/now-taking-csa-sign-ups-for-spring-2010.html
Clayton Orchard—Andy Clayton
Peaches, Plums, watermelons, cantaloupes, muscadine grapes.
E-mail: cclayton3@nc.rr.com; info@claytonorchard.com
Phone: 919-851-0003
Address: 107 Windy Rush Lane, Cary, NC 27518; 289 Research Farm Road, Candor, NC 27229
Web: www.claytonorchard.com
Information and Ordering: Clayton Orchard Order Form
Harland's Creek Farm—Judy Lessler
Organic vegetables, herbs, fruits and flowers, pasture-raised chicken.
E-mail: lesslerjud@msn.com
Phone: 919-542-4607
Address: 97 Plantation Drive, Pittsboro, NC 27312
Web: www.harlands-creek-farm.com
Information and Ordering: Harland's Creek Farm Brochure and Order Form
Smith Angus Farm—Randall & Cyndi Smith
Locally raised, registered Black Angus beef. Grain-on-grass feeding program. No hormones or antibiotics.
E-mail: smithangusfarm@yahoo.com
Address: 1957 Cleve Road, Snow Camp, NC 27349
Web: www.ncagr.gov/ncproducts/ShowSite.asp?ID=2586
Phone: 336-376-0058
Cell: 336-516-4558
Information and Ordering: Smith Angus Farm Order Form
Southport Seafood Company—Jason Stegall
Seafood fresh from the coast and available by preorder. Depending on season: whole and filleted fish, shrimp, scallops, crabs, clams, oysters. Some caught wild, some farmed.
E-mail: Jason@southportseafoodcompany.com
Phone: 919-291-3286
Address: 709 W. Johnson Street, Suite 202, Raleigh, NC 27603
Web: www.southportseafoodcompany.com for availability, pricing, and delivery information
If you have additional questions, please contact Erin Newton, 919-541-6504, eon@rti; or Karen Lauterbach, 541-5960, kel@rti.org.