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Are you going to the 3rd annual virtual KY Proud CSA Fair? We will be co-hosting this amazing virtual event of over 60 CSA farms starting next Wednesday. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) offers Kentucky eaters the ability to support their local farms and farmers – for a whole season and have incredibly healthy, seasonal food on a weekly, biweekly or monthly basis. Sign up for CSA farm subscription for produce, meat, eggs, flowers and other farm products and choose from a variety of delivery and pickup options in your area. CSA is a membership that matters and more than just food. #kycsafair Here's how you can attend the 2022 KY Proud Virtual CSA Fair: 1. Become a member of the CSA in Kentucky FB group here, https://www.facebook.com/groups/kycsafair/. 2. Each day of the CSA Fair (Feb. 23rd-Mar. 4th) view CSA farm offerings across Kentucky as a social post in the CSA in KY Facebook group. 3. Ask questions in the Facebook group to learn more about CSAs in your area and what might be right for you. 4. Attend a live event during the CSA Fair to learn more about CSA and cooking seasonally with your share. *CSA Fair Kick-Off Event* - Wed. Feb 23rd at 1pm ET register here https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZIpcO6sqDstE9MZxPU... *CSA Chef Demo with Kristin Smith from Wrigley Taproom* - Mon. Feb 28th at 6pm ET register here https://zoom.us/.../tJwrdOyurj0sGdIjfWB_seqDBRKARgoYhUfR 5. Visit the KY Proud CSA directory for the full list of partner farms participating in this event here, https://www.kyproud.com/csa. This event is organized by Kentucky Proud and Kentucky Department of Agriculture, Bluegrass Farm To Table, Edible Kentucky and Southern Indiana Magazine, Kentucky Horticulture Council, and the Organic Association of Kentucky.

Field Day Family Farm is a sustainable commercial produce operation entering its 24th year. Over a 9-10 month season, the farm runs a C.S.A. serving just under 100 families, 2-3 farmers markets, and supplies 10-15 stores and restaurants in the Louisville, KY area. The farm's 30 acres of ground are a part of one of Louisville's and Jefferson County's oldest farms and could, perhaps, best be described as both urban farm and rural oasis in what is otherwise an increasingly commercial and highly suburban environment. Shares include vegetable, occasional fruit, dried beans, and minimally processed items. CSA shares come weekly with 6 seasonal items inspired mostly by Mother Nature and partly by farmer (and sometime restauranteur), Ivor Chodkowski for optimal seasonal preparations. Ivor's (mostly) weekly emails, describe seasonal items and suggests tips and techniques and occasional recipes. Boxes are more full by volume (think greens) in spring and fall and more full by weight (think tomatoes) in summer. Many, if not all, of the same specialty items the farm delivers to Louisville area restaurants, come in the farm's CSA boxes. Field Day Family Farm has three season lengths, including 34, 29, and 24 weeks, at 21.03, 23.10, and 25.65 per week, respectively. Boxes begin in May and end in November and December. Pickups are on Tuesdays, 5-8 pm in Crescent Hill and the Highlands, and at the farm 4:30 pm until the next morning. As needed for distribution of production and harvest, they occasionally offer Friday farm or Saturday market pick up. The farm has a long-term and ongoing relationship with The Food Literacy Project which the farm hosts and whose mission is ""youth transforming their communities through food, farming and the land."" They believe the transformative mission of the FLP is a natural fit for the farm whose efforts in agriculture are wide ranging and in support of equitable development of the local food economy more generally. Learn more at https:

Why should you buy a share of Community Supported Agriculture?

Why should you buy a share of Community Supported Agriculture? Buying from your local farmer means healthier food and a stronger local economy. Support Kentucky farmers this year by signing up for a share of Community Supported Agriculture. The Kentucky Proud Virtual CSA Fair is the perfect time to learn about farms all over the Commonwealth, hear about the many CSA varieties to meet everyone's needs, and sign up for your share. Join Edible Feb. 22-28 with Kentucky Proud Kentucky Department of Agriculture Organic Association of Kentucky Bluegrass Farm To Table Kentucky Horticulture Council as we present live sessions each day with farmers from different regions. RSVP to the Facebook event to learn more about CSAs in your area and register and attend a Farmer Live Session on Zoom (links below) and you will be entered for a chance to win a $100 CSA credit! - MONDAY @ 1pm: Farmer Live Session CSA Farms Serving Western & Central KY: Register here, http://bit.ly/farmsinwestandcentralky - TUESDAY @ 1pm: Farmer Live Session CSA Farms Serving Louisville: Register here, http://bit.ly/farmsinlouisilleky -WEDNESDAY @1pm: Farmer Live Session With CSA Farms Serving Lexington: Register here, http://bit.ly/farmsinlexington1 - THURSDAY @1m: Farmer Live Session With CSA Farms Serving Northern & Eastern KY: Register here, http://bit.ly/farmsinnorthandeastky - FRIDAY @1pm: Farmer Live Session With CSA Farms Serving Lexington: Register here, http://bit.ly/farmsinlexington2 - SATURDAY @1pm: watch pre-recorded cooking Demonstration from Bethany Prekopa with the KY Horticulture Council.

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Worried about finding the right recipes to fully enjoy the CSA share you buy as part of the KY Proud Virtual CSA Fair Feb. 22-28? (Don't forget to RSVP with this link!) https://fb.me/e/JQPXk69U No worries! Edible Kentucky & Southern Indiana has a limitless supply of delicious seasonal recipes to help make your CSA explode with flavors! https://ediblekentucky.ediblecommunities.com/recipes And. did you know that if every household in KY shifted 10% of their food budget (for avg KY household this is just $13 a week!) toward KY farm products it would generate over $1 billion for our local economy?! #kycsafair Kentucky Proud Organic Association of Kentucky Kentucky Horticulture Council Bluegrass Farm To Table Kentucky Department of Agriculture

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