summitspringsfarm.net

Hello, and welcome to the on-line home of Summit Springs Farm!

Summit Springs Farm is a family-run, all-natural vegetable and fruit farm on Summit Spring Road in Poland.  CSA shares are now available for the 2009 season.  Sign up today and receive a variety of fresh veggies, herbs, and fruits from June through October!!

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Click here to visit the Summit Springs Farm Blog for farm updates, CSA information, events, announcements, etc., etc.

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What is “CSA”? “CSA” is Community Supported Agriculture.  It consists of a community of individuals and families who pledge support to a farm operation so that the farmland becomes the community’s farm, with the growers and consumers providing mutual support and sharing the risks and benefits of food production.  Via a CSA arrangement, the farmers and consumers (or “shareholders”) enter into a partnership of sorts, an alliance to take care of each other’s needs.  The farmers agree to provide a season’s worth of vegetables and fruits, and the shareholders get a taste of farm life through the food they receive, our weekly e-newsletter, farm-based events, and perhaps a bit of hands-on volunteer work at the farm.  By direct sales to community members who have provided the farm with working capital in advance, the farmers receive better prices for their crops, gain some financial security, and are relieved of much of the burden of marketing.

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Also look for Summit Springs Farm at the Portland Farmers’ Market in Monument Square every Wednesday and the Bridgton Farmers’ Market by Reny’s every Saturday!

Summit Springs Farm
222 Summit Spring Road
Poland, Maine  04274
(207) 998-2196
summitspringsfarm@fairpoint.net