After Dr. Ferrer's talk on Wednesday, I wanted to find out more about local NC Farmers markets and CSA's. I went to a really cool website that is similar to Locallygrownnews.com. It is localharvest.org. On the site, it gives you the option to look fro local farmers markets and CSA's. Here is a picture from the region.
I looked up some of the CSA's because they are something I had never really heard of before this class, and some of the prices are reasonable. Some consider a year membership from April to October, after that I guess you would just go to the market? The prices ranged from $250-$700.One of the local farms that seem awesome is called Snow Creek Family Organics. I love this farm because when you click on their link on the website they explain their process and how they value being considered organic! What is also interesting about the website is that when you look at specific farms, they offer a diagram of what they grow and when. Here is the Snow Creek Family Organics chart:
I was glad to see they grow organic corn. Corn is among my favorites and I was very upset when I found that it is right behind soy in the leading GM foods in the US.
I hope someone from this area can take advantage of this option. I'm thinking of going and visiting the farm one weekend just to see what it's like.
On another note, I hope everyone replied to their survey sent my Anna Galimore about having a farmers market in Old Salem. I think it is an AWESOME idea! The survey takes about 5 minutes and from what I've heard, Old Salem is really considering having it.
I think that would be such a good opportunity to grow greener and more organic as a community.
Have a great night :)
Sarah
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