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I found some more CSA info for you all. Most of this was from a good Sacramento Magazine article that outlines the local produce options from grocery stores, CSA’s, and farmer’s markets….

Here are some farms in the Sacramento region that offer CSA programs:

• Soil Born Farm, Sacramento; (916) 486-9686Soil Born delivers boxes of produce to its subscribers the very same day the produce is harvested—an advantage of its urban location. Subscribers’ fees also assist in the farm’s ambitious goals of establishing a community-run farmers market in Del Paso Heights and the implementation of an “edible schoolyard” program at Jonas Salk Middle School.
• Del Rio Botanical/Peabody Ranch, West Sacramento; (916) 919-1843 / delrioseed@direcway.comOwner Suzanne Ashworth calls her CSA boxes “gourmet” because subscribers find a number of lesser-known “specialty” items mixed in with more predictable fruits and vegetables. For instance, in a recent box, Ashworth tucked colorful calendula flower petals, pineapple sage, lemon grass and fava bean leaves in with the more recognizable fennel bulbs, spring salad mix and kumquats.
• Full Belly Farm, Guinda, Yolo County; (530) 796-2214 /”We grow over 100 things at Full Belly,” says farm partner Dru Rivers, “so subscribers will probably get 100 different items in their box over the growing season.” Rivers emphasizes that 95 percent of the box’s contents come from her farm. “If we do supplement, we don’t buy anything outside of the Capay Valley,” she says. “This is a really regional CSA box.” Full Belly is situated on Cache Creek and serve Sacramento, Davis and Woodland. Subscriptions can be renewed on a monthly, quarterly, or annual basis.
• Good Humus Produce, Capay, Yolo County; (530) 787-3187In addition to Good Humus’ regular weekly seasonal CSA box, the farm offers a separate “fruit only” box from May through February. The fruit box is composed of produce from not only Good Humus but a handful of neighboring farms. The farm also invites subscribers to a yearly working day and a peach celebration day. Owners Annie and Jeff Main currently are working to put their land in a land preservation trust—”to keep it as a farm, always,” she explains.
• Terra Firma Farm, Winters, Yolo County; (530) 756-2800Terra Firma’s popular CSA program offers subscribers the opportunity to purchase extra fruit when its fruit crops are in season. “Our customers play a crucial role in helping our business succeed and in inspiring us,” says the farm’s website. “Many of our subscribers have been with us since the beginning of the CSA . . . their kids have grown up with the memories of running through our fields and playing in our orchards, and they’ve grown up healthy while eating our vegetables.”
• Foothill Organic Growers, Newcastle, Placer County; (916) 663-2146Owner Jack Hertel gives subscribers a choice: Accept what he chooses for them, or decide for themselves what they want to receive. Hertel supplies a telephone “veggie line” so subscribers can call to find out what’s available and to select what they want in their box. Interesting factoid: He delivers $400 to $500 worth of fresh, organic produce to the Folsom City Zoo each week. “Those animals,” he chortles, “eat better than 98 percent of [consumers]!”
• Riverdog Farm, Guinda, Yolo County; (530) 796-3802Riverdog Farm has operated by Trini Campbell and Tim Mueller for the last fourteen years and has drop locations in Davis, Sacramento, and other cities in Napa County with subscriptions that can be paid monthly, quarterly, or annually. Riverdog provides produces directly to several restaurants in Davis and Woodland.
• EEatwell Farm, Dixon, Yolo County; (800) 648-9894Eatwell Farm is a family farm run by Frances and Nigel and their twin sons, Eric and Andrew. Eatwell’s 70 acres are located at Pedrick and 1-80. The farm grows numerous crops for farmers’ markets and their own CSA produce program. CSA members can choose a 4, 13 or 26 box subscription with an option for an organic free-range egg share as well. May have a waiting list. Serving Davis and the Bay Area.

Vanessa