Community Supported Agriculture

Multi-farm collaborative CSA
(Community Supported Agriculture)

Featuring local farms in Nevada County

*First Rain Farm
*Starbright Acres Farm
*Bluebird Farm

 To Purchase the Collaborative CSA please go to the link here: https://www.collaborativecsa.com/

When you purchase a share in our community supported agriculture program (CSA) you are supporting your farmers by providing up front capital for the start of the season. As your farmers, we then provide you with a seasonally-changing box of the freshest produce each week.

Learn a little about each farm below.

First Rain Farm First Rain Farm is located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, just outside of Nevada City, California. At First Rain Farm, we strive to steward all the land on the farm, in all its diversity. We operate a system of agriculture that produces nourishing food for our community by integrating the use of livestock with the land and creating fertility through the animals to produce a rich compost which in turn nourishes our crops. We see it as our responsibility as stewards of this place to forever be listening to the needs of this land and adapting our system to better serve those needs. Our farm is certified organic by California Certified Organic Farmers. We pride ourselves on our care for the soil, and our on-farm production of 90% of our fertility needs through the use of animals and the generation of compost. We have been operating using no-till practices since 2017 and continue to discover ways in which to increase yields, quality, and the diversity of products we offer while improving soil fertility, its ability to retain moisture, and the structure of the soil.

Bluebird Farm is owned and operated by Malaika Bishop. Malaika has been active in the local farming and food movement for over a decade and many of you might know her from her involvement with Sierra Harvest. In her first full year of running her own farm, Malaika is managing two farm locations, one on Cement Hill road at the Jacobson Dude Ranch and the other at the Sierra Friends Center (formally known as Woolman) off Jones Bar road. Bluebird farm will be contributing regular salad offerings for the CSA as well as an assortment of other crops.  In addition to vegetables, Bluebird farm is offering a flower share where you can treat yourself or a loved one to a generous weekly bouquet of flowers all season long. Flower share members will receive the best of what is in season from the 150 unique varieties of flowers growing in our ½ acre field. In the spring, you will enjoy rare spring beauties grown under cover, like ranunculus, Icelandic poppies and tulips and in the summer and fall dahlias, zinnias, sunflowers, snap dragons, marigolds and so much more. Pick up your flowers Wednesdays with your veggie box at First Rain Farm or Starbright Acres Farm. www.bluebirdfarm.net

Starbright Acres Family Farm produces certified organic nutritious, delicious, planet friendly food for our local community. Ken & Aleta Barrett and their two children founded Starbright Acres Family Farm in 2010 with the concept of growing a commercially and financially viable quantity of produce in a semi-urban setting.  They now sell over $100,000 of certified organic produce per acre in cultivation. 90% is sold within 10 miles of the farm.  Starbright Farm also supports our local food network by getting involved with local schools & agricultural programs, selling vegetable starts, and sharing farming knowledge with community members. Nutritious, delicious, planet friendly food - Eat right at Starbright! www.starbrightacresfarm.com