Pricing and Pick-Up

   Last year I became a founding member of a new group called the Good Earth Food Alliance, or GEFA.  We are a group of small famers from the Peoria area that have come together to sell our products.  Our main marketing outlet became a CSA, which sold out in its first year!  We had over 100 members sign-up before we closed for year.  

   It was a challenging year for all farmers in 2009, and GEFA farmers struggled through to provide crops to our members each week, and we did!  That is one of the main benifits to a member of the Good Earth Food Alliance CSA, if one farm can't provide a crop because of weather, another farmer can bring something else.  

   As a founding member, I feel it is in my best interest, and the interest of GEFA, to no longer actively expand my own CSA.  This year I will continue my CSA in the Wyoming area, and will offer my CSA to the Peoria area for returning CSA members only.  I would strongly encourage anyone interested in becoming a CSA member, to look into the Good Earth Food Alliance. 

   GEFA offers the most diverse CSA in the area.  We grow many kinds of vegetables, along with fruits like strawberries, apples, pears, black raspberries; as well as offering eggs, meats, bread, soups, and more to buy as add ons!  We even offer an exchange table where members can swap items between one another, if they would like more of a certian vegetable!  No one in the Peoria area can compete with our variety and flexibility.

   So check out GEFA and sign-up for the e-newsletter.  As always...

          Thank You for supporting your local farmers!