Arugula's Star Farm in 2010...Great Overview in Brief

Cheers and here we all are into the New Year of 2010. 
As a new year always comes with some changes, Matthew and I would like to let you have a preliminary glimpse into what Arugula's Star Farm will be accomplishing and offering,  in the 2010 season.  We just finished working on The Local Table publication www.localtable.net update and thought we would share what we listed with you, our 2009 CSA members and buying customers, early, as the spring magazine will not be coming out till March or April.    After the website completion, it will be then that we will send out a newsletter to all you our customers, friends, and mailing list members to let you know of its completion. So please sign up to our mailing list, if you are not signed up already.  

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Now, for The Local Table, 2010 season, public announcement:
Season: April-November
Our farm is located on the fertile Leipers Creek Valley, about 9 miles southwest of Leipers Fork, in the Bethal Community.  Most recently, our 152 acres were placed in a permanent conservation easement with the Land Trust for TN, and will forever be available as farm land, protected from sprawling development. This year we are altering our normally offered, 28 week CSA season, as we will be undertaking major infrastructure projects, cover cropping, and working on the establishment of a non-profit, Educational Organic Working Farms Initiative named Windfall Agrarian Initiative.  The 2010 season will consist of e-mail direct sells of limited seasonal amounts of asparagus, strawberries, greens, legumes, root vegetables, melons, eggs, and other produced on farm items. By signing up to be apart of our e-mail direct selling list, you will have the option of placing an order, then to be picked up at Elmington Park, off of West End and I-440, or On-Farm.  In the future, look for Arugula's Star, an on-farm, all organic, outdoor/indoor dining venue.  For more information and to learn how a tax free donation can help a local farmer conserve land, educate others, and produce organic foods to help feed and enrich your local community, please see our website.  Be curious, ask questions, and sign-up for our newsletter mailing list.

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Overall, we are really excited about what we are working towards this year in 2010, and if all goes well we are planning on having the CSA up and going again in 2011.  I think the e-mail direct sells will allow a lot of you to be able to purchase some seasonal items from us and then for full consistency, be able to experience shopping at local farmer's markets, to fill in with whatever else you might desire. You could also choose to sign-up with another farm for a CSA in 2010.  Or maybe you will also choose to experiment with a back yard garden of your own, for fun and for sustenance. 
Thanks and we will be in touch,
Matthew and Allison Mills Neal