Comida Carneros

Please see our new site.

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Visit our new site, www.wix.com/vinevillage/comida for updated information on the farm, and on membership.

New Membership Schedule!

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Now that we have started deliveries, we have made some changes to the membership structure. Membership is 12 months long, beginning with your first produce pick-up (no longer January-December).

FAQ Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and Comida Carneros

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What is Community Supported Agriculture?
Community Supported Agriculture is a teaming of farmers and consumers. Comida Carneros farmers, William and Rebecca, will provide weekly delivery of locally grown vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers. Members of Comida Carneros invest in the farm for at least one year though financial and volunteer (optional) support.

When is the delivery/harvest season?
We operate year-round. Memberships are 12 months long, beginning with your first produce pick-up.

Where and when are the deliveries?
Deliveries are made weekly to meeting locations in Napa and St. Helena.

Napa - Tuesday afternoon and evening
St. Helena - Thursday afternoon and evening

Where is Comida Carneros?
Comida Carneros is growing on ground leased from Vine Village http://www.vinevillage.org/ and an adjoining property. This is about 1/2 mile from Napa city limits on Old Sonoma Rd.

What if I'm not familiar with some of the produce items?
Once a member, you will receive a member handbook including basic information on flavoring with the herbs and preparing each of the vegetables and fruits.
You will also receive a subscription to the Comida Carneros Newsletter, which is delivered each week with your produce. The newsletter will include recipes for the week's harvest.

What if I don't want a certain vegetable, or want less of it?
You can customize your basket each week! The produce will be set out similar to a farmer's market setting, with a list of weekly limits one each variety rather than a price list. You can take only what you want and will use.

What are the prices?
Please refer to the prices at the bottom of the previous post Membership 2009.

Are you Certified Oganic?
We use Biodynamic farming practices, which includes organic growing. While we would qualify to certify as Organic, we will not be seeking such certification as it would unnecessarily increase the farming costs, thereby raising the price of the individual shares.

We welcome any and all questions regarding our farming practices.

For more information, email comidacarneros@yahoo.com or call Rebecca at 707.343.6470.

Membership 2009

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Upon sign-up you’ll receive a membership handbook and a Comida Newsletter subscription.

Comida will host weekly produce pick-ups in Napa on Tuesdays and in St. Helena on Thursdays.

You can choose what you get! Rather than getting a pre-packaged box of goods, you have the flexibility of picking your own produce each week from what is harvested.
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Planting list for 2009:
Vegetables- red & golden beets; carrots; French and American radishes; turnips, red & yellow onions; rutabagas; fennel / finnochio; broccoli raab; Chinese cabbages; green & yellow wax bean; green beans; white kidney bean; cucumbers; purple and white eggplants; tomatillos, three varieties large and two varieties cherry tomatoes; ancho, jalapeño, Japon & hot banana peppers; bell peppers; sweet banana peppers; potatoes; garlic; pie pumpkins; butternut, delicata and spaghetti winter squashes, five varieties of summer squash
Herbs & Greens- arugula/rocket; dill; Italian & curly parsley; mustard greens; spinach; basils; chickweed; sage; cilantro; Asian greens; mint; head & leaf lettuces; marjoram; tarragon; chives; thyme; Swiss chard; chamomile; marigolds
Fruits- Asian and tropical melons; watermelon; cantaloupe
Flowers & Fun- red & yellow sunflowers; assorted colors of giant zinnias; decorative gourds; jack-o-lantern pumpkins; luffas; mistletoe
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You Sow:
There are annual membership dues for each share.
You Reap:
- delicious produce, picked fresh
- beautiful cut flowers
-knowing where your food comes from and how it’s grown
-participation in diversifying Napa’s farmland use
and
-you keep food dollars in your community

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Share Sizes:
Half-Bushel: 1-2 people
$1100.00 annual membership

Bushel: 3-5 people
$1600.00 annual membership
*Larger families ask about rates.

Payment Plan A: registration and annual membership upon sign-up
Payment Plan B: registration and 20% annual membership upon sign-up with remaining 80% annual membership due in four equal monthly payments.

To sign up, call or email Rebecca at 707.343.6470 or comidacarneros@yahoo.com for a registration form.

Napa Community Supported Agriculture

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In northeast Carneros just over Westwood Hills, Comida, Napa’s first CSA offering produce, herbs, and cut flowers is diggin’ in…. We’ve acquired the use of a few acres from a community of long-time residents and 2009-2010 is our start-up season. We will begin by raising vegetables, herbs, flowers and fruits organically for a maximum of 60 households, delivering to two sites weekly year-round.

As first year members, your contributions are critical. A land lease, insurance, tractor work, a hoop house, irrigation, seed…all the things that make growing and distributing food possible are paid for with your memberships. Together, we will create a local source of vital nourishment that keeps monies home while encouraging responsible land use. We want to build and preserve precious soils and, working from the living, grow.

Join hands with us.