Community Supported Agriculture
CSA is a great way for people to experience fresh homegrown produce in a whole new way. The customers become shareholders of the farm by buying shares before the season begins. In turn, we provide our shareholders every week with a variety box of delicious fresh fruit and vegetables to enjoy. Shareholders and farmers share some of the risks and benefits of the growing season. For example it might not be a good growing season for peas and broccoli, but a great year for peppers and potatoes. Shareholders support a local family farm, the local community and receive fresh and local produce each week. Shareholders are also exposed to new vegetables and new ways of cooking. After trying new veggies shareholders often find that they really enjoy vegetables that they would have never purchased or tried before. Summer boxes will include favorite seasonal produce like potatoes, carrots, lettuce, beans, and green onions. There will also be different items like swiss chard and kale. Winter shares will include favorite produce like lettuce, potatoes and carrots and some different items like rutabagas, kohlrabi and turnips. Check out the produce calendar for a list of what is available during the year. Newsletters will often be included and there are always new recipes on our blog with ideas of how to cook your fresh produce.
Visser Farms CSA is different because we offer CSA shares almost year round. We have 2 share sizes available as well as egg shares. We are currently signing people up for our spring and summer 2012 programs. Our family has been growing produce in West Michigan for over 100 years, and we strive to provide high quality produce for our customers and their families.
What people are saying about Visser Farms CSA programs:
"The csa makes it so much easier to live and eat and be healthy and even to grocery shop. Now when I go to meijer, I just need to fill in around the vegetables that we already get from you guys to make meals. So much easier! So anyway, thank you. The csa has made our life a better place!" From a Zeeland shareholder
"Thank you so much for the weekly newsletters and recipes. I look forward to your emails every week! My husband and I enjoy all the vegtables that are in our weekly shares including some new ones we've never had before especially the rutabagas. What a treat it is to have fresh vegtables on our dinner table every night!" From a Spring Lake shareholder
"Thank you and Visser Farms for providing this great service. We just love getting the wonderful (and local) foods each week. The foods are not only tasty but we love the surprise of what each basket will have. I have been trying some new recipes as a result and we are really enjoying the variety. I hope there will be more after our 5 weeks is over." From a Spring Lake Shareholder
From a Holland shareholder "I love having fresh vegetables every week and it’s always different. We’ve tried out a lot of new recipes and we’re eating healthier now days. We feel like we’re helping the environment also by using locally produced farm products."