Farm mission

Our mission is to connect people to the farm where their food is grown.  The evolution of our farm has brought us to the point where the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) offers that grand connection.  Through the CSA, members connect with the farm through the weekly emails which tell what is in the box this week, how it might be used and other events of the farm.  They connect with the growing number of youtube videos giving progress updates of the farm as well as specialized topics.  (You tubes have their very own page on the main menu bar.) They also connect with the farm with the weekly box of produce from June to mid-October.  The solidifying connections occur when the CSA members attend the farm harvest events.  At these events, members stock up for winter, talk with other CSA members and farm staff and have a picnic in the magic woods.  Yes, they make a family memory, walk in our shoes and take a piece of the farm home with them.  This magical CSA connection converts our vegetable customers into family members.  Our farm becomes THEIR farm.   For us, the CSA is the pinnacle of the local food movement!!

But the other half of our mission is connecting our customers to the best that we can offer.  This comes to you in what we call biological farming.  It is a tribute to creation and how nature wants to perform.  The first step is to add the elements that are missing from the soil.  This delicate balance between those minerals builds the house for the biology, the life in the soil.  Our soil was lacking in calcium, sulfur, copper and zinc.  Each of these elements performs an incredible solo, but when they are all balanced, a symphony is created.  Calcium and sulfur, for example, make the soil porous and magnify the ability for life to live in the soil.  This soil life has a huge appetite and in great need for organic matter in the soil.  So you will see a continuous supply of cover crops on our fields.  The life in the soil works symbiotically with the plant roots to bring nutrition to the plant.  The result is nutritional density.  While it manifests in great flavor, the eventual goal is health to our customers.  It is a huge investment and yes, YOU are worth it!!

SAVOR THE FLAVOR AT BLUEBIRD GARDENS!!