Growing Gardens, a local nonprofit organization dedicated to cultivating community through urban agriculture, is accepting applications for their 3rd annual Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) shares. This popular farm-to-table CSA provides shareholders with 20 weeks of fresh, local, certified organic produce.
¡Cultiva! is a youth-operated organic farm located on 11 acres in northern Boulder. Participants ages 12 to 19 plant, nurture, harvest, and sell baskets of homegrown, freshly picked vegetables to Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) members. Each CSA member receives a weekly share of produce along with a youth-inspired newsletter containing seasonal recipes, video clips of the teens in action, and stories from the ¡Cultiva! Farm.
The CSA is offered by teens who participate in Growing Gardens’ ¡Cultiva! Youth Project. ¡Cultiva! provides more than 200 teens the opportunity to develop leadership through organic, urban, agricultural production. Youth invest their time, talents and energy into their organic garden, giving back to the community and developing leadership and job skills.
The 2014 ¡Cultiva! Share basket costs about $24 per week for the season and shares are picked up weekly at the ¡Cultiva! Farm Stand located at 1630 Hawthorn Ave. Growing Gardens delicious, fresh honey is available by request and new this year are a limited number of fruit shares sourced from farmers on Colorado’s Western Slope and a 4-week Fall Vegetable addon share program providing members the opportunity to extend their share through mid-November. For more information or to reserve a share, please call Megan at 303-443-9952 or visit their website.