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 6.0 or higher; click here). 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.
You're encouraged to sign up no later than the end of March each year. For the farmers in particular, this helps with their planning (amount of seed to buy, space to allot to different crops, etc.).
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. Brinkley Farms has sold all its shares for the 2009 spring season.
E-mail: BrinkleyFarms@aol.com
Phone: 919-528-0604
Address: 4233 Old Weaver Trail, Creedmoor, NC 27522
Web: www.brinkleyfarms.com
Order Form: 2009 Spring/Summer
Castlemaine Farm – Brian & Joann Gallagher
Fresh specialty and standard variety fruits and vegetables, sustainably produced; free-range chicken. Castlemaine Farm has sold all its 2009 shares for vegetables but is taking applications now for summer/fall chickens (see "Order Forms").
E-mail: castlemainefarm@hotmail.com
Phone: 336-376-1025
Address: 1649 Old Dam Road, Liberty, NC 27298
Web: www.castlemainefarm.com
Order Forms: 2009 Fruits/Vegetables; 2009 Summer/Fall Chickens
Harland's Creek Farm – Judy Lessler
Weekly fresh cut-flower bouquets and arrangements. USDA certified organic.
E-mail: lesslerjud@msn.com
Phone: 919-542-4607
Address: 97 Plantation Drive, Pittsboro, NC 27312
Web: www.harlands-creek-farm.com
Order Form: Cut Flowers, Herbs, and Vegetables
QiZa Farms – Ron Goldstein
Rabbiteye blueberries, Asian pears, and southern apples, sustainably produced. No shares, but produce listed will be available in season for purchase at RTI on Thursdays.
E-mail: abandgold@bellsouth.net
Phone: 919-929-4478
Address: 1412 Jones Ferry Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Southport Seafood Company – Jason Stegall
North Carolina seafood fresh from the coast, available year round 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
Timberwood Organics – Maria & Ray Christopher
Vegetables grown using USDA-certified organic standards. Although Timberwood Organics has sold all its 2009 shares to the general public, they have reserved shares for the RTI CSA program. To order, use this form.
E-mail: TW_Organics@mebtel.net
Phone: 919-563-9464
Address: 4619 Timberwood Trail, Efland, NC 27243
Web: www.TimberwoodOrganics.com
Order Form: 2009 Form
Whitted Bowers Farm – Rob & Cheri Bowers
Strawberries, melons, grapes, other fruits in season. Certified organic and biodynamic.
E-mail: whittedbowersfarm@mac.com
Phone: 919-732-5132
Address: 8707 Art Road, Cedar Grove, NC 27231
Web: www.whittedbowersfarm.com
Order Form: 2009 Shareholder Enrollment Form: Strawberries
If you have additional questions, please contact Erin Newton, 919-541-6504, eon@rti; or Karen Lauterbach, 541-5960, kel@rti.org.