People everywhere are beginning to see the many advantages of eating locally grown produce. Click here to view some customer testimonials Backyard Bounty is dedicated to growing produce for Sunshine Coast residents, seasonally and sustainably. One way I provide this produce is by using Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), a model of growing and eating that eliminates the middlemen between the fields and your table.

CSA asks that you invest in the season’s costs at the beginning of the season, providing funds when they are needed most. In return I provide you with up to eight months of fresh, organic, quality produce straight from my fields. CSA brings together the best of many worlds: delicious, local organic food to our table, but also the satisfaction of being a part of a community effort. Small-scale farming is a challenging venture in these times, but with the support of the community it can and does work. Click here to download additional information and an order form.

CSA puts people back in touch with their own food too, creating a real relationship between the grower, the consumer, the product, and the land on which the product is grown. Why eat food that lacks flavor, has been uniformly grown, chemically treated, harvested too soon, and transported long miles? Instead, CSA members receive a weekly cornucopia of fresh, ripened, pesticide-free vegetables throughout the harvest season. CSA is earth-friendly because it uses only organic farming methods, but also because it respects the land and it’s limitations, the weather, and many other growing conditions that require us to grow and enjoy our food working with, and not against, these variables.

For a detailed description of the CSA model: http://www.localharvest.org/csa.jsp