This is how the convo usually goes like:
You work for a CSA? what is that? how do I get involved with one? where can I get: milk, cheese, veggies, pasta, flour, ect?
CSA is a Community Shared Agriculture a great link explaining what that means and why their great:
http://www.prairielandcsa.org/whatisacsa.html
A great Link that we have found for all sorts of CSA is:
http://www.localharvest.org
We have found a number of CSA near us on this very web page! LISTEN UP this is the mother of all web pages for CSA.
here I hope to give someone a great local Jackson resource and to be added to:
MEAT
I work for a great CSA, and as far as I know one of a kinda for Michigan.
An Organic/ natural Meat CSA!!! so crazy I know. You can also purchase quarter/half or whole beef/ pork/ or lamb.
She is located in Manchester (25 min away from Jackson) where you can pick up or in Ann Arbor on delivery days.
http://oldpinefarm.biz/
You want a great contact with local and organic products its her! She makes available eggs, and chicken for share holders along with periodically local fish, cheese (and raw cheese) also we do buffalo, emu, duck and turkeys.
Something to be noted is some veggie CSA sell chicken and eggs to their share holders
VEGGIES
Mark and I use Two Creeks Organic who also do eggs, chickens, and other poultry periodically.
Also in Manchester they do delivery once a week in Ann Arbor at Zingermans at the farmers Market, which is wonderful because you can purchase additional produce and local items there too.
http://www.twocreeksorganics.com/home
Another Veggie share whom I haven't tried but is very successful is Tantre Farms, I mention them, because I believe they might offer raw milk as a part of being a share holder. That might be rumor though.
http://www.tantrefarm.com/
FLOUR/ PASTA/ EVERYTHING DRY GOODS!
Country Life Natural Foods. Period that its. We have ordered organic whole wheat pasta, flour, Quinoa and rice
http://www.clnf.org/
The beauty of this is that its Cheaper than any store for a lot of items. but yes there is fine print on this one you either have to order like $400 (or more) in product or ORDER with OTHER PEOPLE!!!
The Person who we do ordering with Mary Lynne Miller in Jackson. You can contact me and I will give you her email address (since I probably shouldn't put it up without permission)
MILK
no good answer for this, we just joined up with a raw milk CSA share through Amish, if you are looking for answers on this you can also ask me for contact info.
Thats all for now!
EGGS
A lot of CSA will provide you with them or sell them on the side. Ask around their might be a farm that sells them cheaply near you.
We have found on Blackman rd/ country farm (which is north Jackson) we buy local organic eggs for $2. If you go down country farm road you will see signs for Brown Eggs along the road. Its a little stand in someones driveway, but we love it and its great.
CHEESE
Grassfieds Cheese
We have ordered Gouda and a few other cheeses from here. They are mailed delivered (they are near Grand Rapids area). Grassfields will not disappoint, we order around 90 dollors worth(we got a half wheel or 6.5 pounds of Gouda along with several other types for that much) to make it cheaper by group ordering or selling it away afterwords. They sells other food items, so check out web page. They sell specifally Raw Milk Cheese, there are other cheese farms that just sell artisans local cheese, such as; gray stone creamery, and grassy meadow.
http://www.grassfieldscheese.com/cheese.html
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