Why Market-Style CSAs Are Winning Over Modern Families

Why Market-Style CSAs Are Winning Over Modern Families

Discover why market-style CSAs are growing in popularity and how Nourse Farm’s flexible, point-based CSA offers choice, freshness, and a deeper connection to local farming. Research from food systems studies and extension services shows that: Choice-based CSAs report higher member retention than fixed-box models; Food waste is reduced when members select only what they will use; Members report greater satisfaction and perceived value.

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Real Food Revolution!

Real Food Revolution!

When it comes to eating real food, it’s simple. Focus on eating more from planet Earth and less from a prepackaged box. As another dietitian, Kate Rountree, RDN, LDN espouses, “Eat from the ground up, not the box down (or out).” Here are practical tips for starting your own real food revolution (in honor of our esteemed Patriots after all).

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February is Heart Health Month! Love your fruits and veggies...

February is Heart Health Month!  Love your fruits and veggies...

Did you know that in addition to Valentine’s Day, the month of February also includes National Heart Health Month?! Well, if this is new info for you, no worries...you can still share the love!  Here’s a little inspiration and education on why reducing sugar intake is important not only for a healthy body, but also a healthy heart.

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FV Rx: Nourse Farmacy!

FV Rx: Nourse Farmacy!

Green leaves, red berries, orange pumpkins, yellow corn, brown cows...these living things create my office backdrop. As a RDN working on a farm, this view provides me with much food for thought. It also inspires nutrition education activities that showcase the link between food and nutrition, farm and fork.   

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Enthusiasm, Curiosity, and Super Snack Choices = a recipe for success in 2016!

Enthusiasm, Curiosity, and Super Snack Choices = a recipe for success in 2016!

With a cup of enthusiasm, a pinch of curiosity and some super snack choices (carrots, sunflower seeds, popcorn, raisins, and lentil sticks) almost 400 students evaluated snack choices (super versus silly), selected those that were “super” and shared their learning with family members at home. 

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Connect with Good Good!

Connect with Good Good!

When we featured kohlrabi (a Nourse Farm first in 2015), it was met with curiosity, wonder and an occasional quizzical look, but mostly, I heard “we’re here to try something new”, “that’s why I joined the CSA”, “new harvest products are what we love about Nourse Farm”.  These statements are refreshing, inspiring and why I love coming to work each day.   

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