Villa Maria farm to begin program

Staff report

VILLA MARIA, Pa.

The Villa Maria farm will begin a CSA, or community sustained agriculture program, this summer.

The CSA will allow consumers to support the farm by buying a membership that entitles them to a share of fresh produce each week of the growing season, which begins the first week of June and continues until mid-October.

Share pickup days will be Wednesdays from noon to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the farm.

Various shares are available, as follows:

Working vegetable share, feeds two to four people, requires 20 hours of work on the farm throughout the growing season, $350.

Nonworking vegetable share, feeds two to four people, no farm work required, $450.

Half-vegetable share, feeds one to two people, no farm work required, $250.

Flower share, includes a fresh-cut bouquet of flowers each week from July 1 to Sept. 1., $60 plus tax.

Herb and culinary flower share, includes in-season fresh herb bunches and culinary flowers from May 30 to Oct. 1, $150.

For more information, call John Moreira at 724-964-8920, ext. 3285.