Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
"Our Farm Share program is based on the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model. CSA is a mutually beneficial relationship between farmers and community members that keeps working agricultural land in production. Community members support the farm by purchasing a Farm Share before the growing season. In return, the farmer takes good care of the land while growing tasty, healthy food. The bounty of the farm is then returned to the Farm Share members, who receive a variety of fresh produce every week throughout the growing season."

Hearty Roots is a family farm using sustainable practices to grow the freshest, healthiest, tastiest food for our community. The farm is run by Ben and Lindsey Shute along with a great crew of ambitious and hard-working young farmers. Based on 70 acres in Clermont, NY, the farm currently grows about 25 acres of vegetables per year, cares for a flock of laying hens, and manages another 25 acres of pasture and fallow fields.

Our farming practices
Our goals in farming are to create a product that is healthy for you, for our community, and for the land. That means that we only use natural products that are organically approved in our soil and on our plants; we seek to improve our soil’s health and fertility in the long term; we am to play a positive role in our ecosystem rather than fighting against it; and we pay our workers a fair wage and offer health care.

We base our growing practices around organic standards, using only natural sources of fertilizer and organically approved products for pest control. We do not seek certified organic status from the USDA due to the cost of the program; our CSA members have a direct connection to the farm, and many of them visit the farm every week. That is more meaningful certification than a bureaucratic program could ever achieve.

CSA Products
Eggs
Fruits and Vegetables

Spring Produce
Arugula, Baby Lettuce Mix, Beets, Bok Choy, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Kale, Japanese turnips, Mizuna, Pea shoots, Radicchio, Radishes, Spinach

Summer Produce
Basil, Bell Peppers, Broccoli Rabe, Carrots, Swiss Chard, Cherry tomatoes, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Fennel, Heirloom Tomatoes, Hot Peppers, Leaf lettuce, Musk Melons, Mustard Greens, Potatoes, Red tomatoes,Summer squash, Sweet Corn, Sweet Onions,Watermelon

Fall Produce
Brussles Sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Collard Greens, Italian Parsley, Kohlrabi, Leeks, Onions, Parnsips, Potatoes, Pumpkins, Winter Squash

Eggs at Heraty Roots Farm
We go to great lengths to produce the highest quality eggs, with deep orange yolks that are packed with nutrients. It is almost impossible to find pastured, non-GMO eggs in a supermarket, and we are proud to be providing you with exceptional eggs and our chickens with happy lives.

Our hens are raised outdoors, running around on our pastures. There they can peck at seeds in the ground, munch on grasses and clover, and eat the natural, non-GMO grain that we provide. They sleep and lay their eggs in the mobile hen houses that we move every week or two, ensuring that they can access fresh ground.

In the winter, the hens are sheltered in a big greenhouse, to provide them with an area to roam that is out of the wind and snow; but they still have access to the outdoors all day. When there is deep snow on the ground, the egg yolks get a bit yellower as the hens are eating less green grass outdoors; our chickens eat with the seasons, just like our CSA members.

Location: Red Hook

Categories
CSA Farms | Community Supported Agriculture
Organic Farms | Farmers Pledge
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