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By signing up now, months ahead, you ensure that you enjoy 20 weeks of
fresh, organic, Kitsap-grown produce.
Summer Share begins Tuesday June 1, 2010, and ends Saturday October 16,
2010.
We have three pick up points: Tuesday at the farm, Wednesday in Port
Orchard, and Saturday at the Poulsbo Farmers Market.
Mini Share (new this year): $250
(1/2 small share: enough for 1 person)
Small Share: $420
(enough for 1 to 3 people)
Large Share: $645
(enough for 3 to 6 people)
Make sure you get your 20 weeks of fresh, organic, Kitsap-grown produce
Buy now using your credit card, or send a check to Abundantly Green, 1146 NE
Madison Rd., Poulsbo, WA 98370.
Read more about our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)
Beef — Currently sold out.
We sell a very limited number of beef by special arrangement only. Our Beef
is naturally and lovingly raised Hereford beef. No hormones. No antibiotics.
No pesticides. We have had our herd for over 30 years. Our cows, calves, and
bulls live together as nature intended. Our animals eat a vegetarian diet,
grazing in open pastures, munching on hay, and getting natural grain as a
treat. To keep the cost of our beef as low as possible, it is not certified
organic, but it is natural and healthy.
Our beef is currently sold out, but please check back later.
Community Supported Agriculture
Abundantly Green Certified Organic Produce provides its CSA family with
fresh, locally grown vegetables. You can join the family and claim your
share of this year's harvest by subscribing to our Summer Share 2010 CSA. You will
receive 20 weeks of fresh food. Our CSA families eat the best food on Earth.
Our CSA is a single farm source model. Abundantly Green produce is grown by
Cliff Wind and Marilyn Holt. We choose
varieties of vegetables that are more tender and succulent that what can be
purchased in most supermarkets. Our seeds are also chosen for their ability
to thrive in the Kitsap Peninsula maritime environment. Each week, Marilyn
does a newsletter for CSA and farmers market customers.
We are part of a burgeoning local agriculture movement in Kitsap County. It
is a good adventure, and we encourage you to join us.
Brief History of CSAs
Getting food from the farm seems so sensible; most people are surprised to
learn that the community supported agriculture (CSA), as a practice is about
24 years old. One story goes that the CSA has been an agricultural practice
in Europe since the 1960s, and it was brought here from Switzerland. Another
version says it came here in 1984 from Japan. The first recorded USA CSAs
were the Indian Line Farm in Massachusetts and the Temple/Wilton Community
Farm in New Hampshire. Both started in 1986 and still thrive.
Farm History
The family farm began in 1892, when Marilyn's great grandfather, Frederick
Walker bought the homestead land from Mr. and Mrs. Cooksey, the
homesteaders. Frederick Walker died in 1896. This part of the property went
to their son, Erford Walker and his wife Carrie. Their daughter, Mable Walker
Holt and her husband Maynard Holt bought the ranch in 1960, and it was a
Class A dairy until 1972. It is called "Holt Ranch" after Maynard Holt, who
maintained that it is a ranch because he raised beef cattle after retiring
from dairying. It came to Marilyn Holt in 2001.
Located on a salmon and trout stream, and situated next to a small forest,
Abundantly Green works to maintain and preserve the land, water, and
wildlife, and grow healthy produce and cattle while farming in a sustainable
and natural way.
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Farm Pictures
Spring Fields
Zucchini Flower
Cow at leisure
The garden in autumn
We are involved with the following organizations:
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