Cedarmore Farm CSA: How It All Works

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

How It All Works

Well, maybe not all of it.

I had asked Andy and Lizzy if I could come out to the farm on a day when they were packing the CSA boxes. I was thinking early...like before the sun came up. No way, they had me come at 8:30AM.

I was thinking that I would be helping get the vegetables out of the fields and helping to clean them to get them ready for the CSA boxes. All that work was done by the time I got there. Everything was all nice and tidy, organized and ready to go. Everything had a place.

The table was lined with tomatoes that were as red and a hummingbirds neck and almost too big for me to hold in my hand.. On the opposite side of the room were bins of the other vegetables.

The peppers were separated according to color. And the smell...made my mouth water. See the vegetable basket in the bottom right corner? Lizzy would fill it up with just the right number of peppers to fill the baskets. I think we filled close to 50 baskets today. When Moses was fussy I got to fill the boxes with peppers. If I was really quick I was able to put in the newsletter. But if I hesitated for one second...I lost my job. They were all business...no fooling around.

Each box is lined up on a bench according to pick-up location. Each box has to be labeled with pick-up location and customer name. Andy has a clipboard with all the information hanging on the wall just in case he forgets what he is doing. I would probably have to carry it around with me at all time because I wouldn't be able to remember it all.

Bags filled with onions hang along with garlic out in the back by the barn.

Just as I was leaving, Jesse and his family pulled up. He is the driver that delivers the CSA boxes all over the area.

I had a great and interesting time. I understand a little more bout the CSA and how it all works. Seems to run very smooth.

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In The Beginning

Andy and Lizzie have known each other since they were very small. Growing up in an Amish community there are plenty of opportunities to play and work together. They grew up in the same church but went to different schools. Several years ago they moved from Wayne County, OH to right outside Hillsboro, OH and established Cedarmore Farm. The farm got it's name very simply...in Wayne County there were very few cedar or sycamore trees . When Andy and Lizzie got here, they noticed an abundance of cedar and sycamore trees on the land. So they just merged the two names and Cedarmore Farm was born. They have worked very hard in the few years that they have been farming the land. Andy and Lizzie are in the process of building their house and hopefully they will be able to move into the upstairs this spring. We can only see good things in their future farming experiences. And we wish them well.

Not only is Cedarmore growing fruits and vegetables. The Andy's have a growing family. They have four of the most precious children! Anna, who is excited about going to school this fall. Dennis who follows Andy around like his shadow. Moses who is doing well after a little run-in with the pigs. And Lovina who is the youngest at 9 months.

Then there is a new season on the farm. In the winter (Jan 2015), the Andy's packed up and moved to MO leaving the CSA in the most capable hands of John and Anna (Anna is Andy's twin sister) Zook and there 7 children. They changed the name of their farm to Cedarmore Farm so we English wouldn't be too confused. So the work has begun to provide lush healthy vegetables for the CSA season 2015 which begins in May.