Community Supported Agriculture in Kane County

• Direct farm-to-family method of distribution

• Pre-purchase a share of a farm’s harvest

• Weekly/bi-weekly produce box

• 10 Kane farmers offer CSA shares

• Bob Vierow of Bob’s Fresh & Local

Robert Vierow

Bob’s fresh & local CSA

How did I get into farming

year one to year four equipment

Bob’s fresh & local…CSA

Typical week at the farm

Biggest challenge

“Sustainable farms are to today's headlong rush toward global destruction what the monasteries were to the Dark Ages: places to preserve human skills and crafts until some semblance of common sense and common purpose returns to the public mind.” Gene Logsdon

Changes this year

Closing

Native Camp - Frontier Cabin - Family Farm