Local Roots CSA works with local farms within 250 miles from NYC to provide members with the freshest produce.  Our farms are either certified organic or use healthy growing practices.  For the 2011 season, we will be working with:

W. Rogowski Farm – Vegetables
Red Jacket Orchards – Fruit/Juice
Fantasy Fruit Farm – Fruit
Cayuga Pure Organics – Grains/Beans/Flour
Hudson Valley Duck Farms – Duck
Arcadian Pastures – Beef/Pork/Lamb
Feather Ridge Farm – Eggs
Consider Bardwell Farm – Artisinal Cheese
Orwasher Bakery – Bread

The Rogowski Farm is a second generation family farm in the magnificent black dirt region of Pine Island in the Town of Warwick in Orange County, NY.  Transitioned from the typical onion farm to a diverse operation consisting of 150 acres of fertile muck soil, they grow over 250 varieties of produce each year utilizing ecologically friendly and environmentally sound practices combined with progressive attitudes and old-fashioned family values.  W. Rogowski farm was the first certified Naturally Grown farm in the town of Warwick.

Red Jacket Orchards was originally planted in 1917 and is located in Geneva, New York.  Today, the orchard and juice company is managed by the second and third generation of the Nicholson family. Starting with Joe and Emily Nicholson, Sr. in 1958, they have spent over 50 years mastering the art and science of quality fresh fruit and juice production.  They are committed to nurturing the tastiest fruits from our fertile lands and pressing the freshest juices possible, and are passionate about delivering amazing flavor and quality fit for our own family’s table. In reverence to the environment, Red Jacket employs Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices and is certified by Food Alliance as a sustainable producer of plums, apricots, and prunes.

Fantasy Fruit Farm is 35 acres located near Afton NY in Chenango County.  They began planting blueberries, summer strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, currants, gooseberries, apples, and seedless grapes in 1987.  Fruit shares will be a mix of fruit from Fantasy Fruit Farm and Migliorelli Farm.

Cayuga Pure Organics was founded in 2003 by Eric Smith and Dan Lathwell, active members in the Ithaca, NY farming community since the early 1970s.
CPO currently grows a wide variety of dry beans and grains, as well as certified organic feed for the region’s livestock.  Part of  their dedication to the local environment is a pledge to not use pesticides, artificial fertilizers or genetically modified organisms.  They are also a part of the ongoing search for sustainable farming practices including: no till farming experiments, proper crop rotations, bio diesel and other energy alternatives, on farm composting, and the advancement of methods to sustainability build the health of the soil.

Hudson Valley Duck Farms is a 200 acre farm located in Ferndale, New York.  They breed two varieties of duck at the farm – the classic Moulard and a heritage breed called Lola.  The farm is cage free, antibiotic free and hormone free.

Arcadian Pastures is a small family-run heritage breed farm in Schoharie county, NY.  Their animals are raised in an open & natural, stress-free environment.  Their belief is that animals raised outdoors, on high quality pasture, and that are treated with respect, produce the most nutritionally-dense and best tasting meats.  All of their meats are hormone and antibiotic free and their animals are never exposed to herbicides or pesticides, producing clean, fresh, lean meats that you can be confident about serving to your family.

Feather Ridge Farm is nestled atop the beautiful hills of southern Columbia County, 100 miles north on NYC in Elizaville, New York.  Since 1938 this third generation farm has produced the highest quality all natural eggs. Unique in that they mill their own whole-grain feed right on the farm using locally sourced ingredients! Without use of antibiotics! Always fresh, healthy, and delicious!

Consider Bardwell Farm was the first cheese-making co-op in Vermont and founded in 1864 by Consider Stebbins Bardwell himself.  A century later, Angela Miller, Russell Glover, Chris Gray, and master cheesemaker Peter Dixon, are revitalizing the tradition with goat milk from their herd of 100 Oberhaslis and cow milk from Lisa Kaimen’s herd of 30 Jerseys.  Rotational grazing on 300 acres of pesticide-free and fertilizer-free pastures produces the sweetest milk and the tastiest cheese.  Their cheeses are made by hand in small batches from whole, fresh milk that is antibiotic and hormone free. Only microbial (non-animal) rennet is used in their cheese making. All their cheeses are aged on the farm.

Orwasher Bakery was established in 1916 and has been listed among the top ten bakeries in America.  Abraham Orwasher baked Eastern European / Jewish style loaves of challah and pumpernickel.  It is claimed that Abraham’s son, Louis, invented Raisin Pumpernickel bread at Orwasher’s during World War II.  The bakery is currently under the ownership of Keith Cohen, who launched a new line of Artisan WIne Breads, which use a wine grape starter in collaboration with Channing Duaghters Vineyard in Long Island.

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