The secret’s out: no one eats more delicious and nutritious fresh food than organic farmers. Now you can too – from our farms to your table. We’re a collaborative mix of local food producers dedicated to providing healthy, delicious food to our community at reasonable prices. As with a traditional CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) you pay for the season up front, and then receive a share of the harvest each week throughout the season. Unlike a traditional CSA, your weekly share of the Farmer’s Kitchen comes not from one farm but from many farms around our foodshed (which we define as Mendocino County and the closer parts of Lake County as well). This assures you a diverse variety of the very best produce each week, and at the same time allows each farmer to concentrate on the crops she grows best. For example, Tequio Farm has the earliest ripe tomatoes, Irene’s Garden Produce is famous for carrots and onions, Strong Roots goes crazy with melons, winter squash, and late tomatoes, and Fortunate Farm out on the coast can grow luscious salad greens all summer long. We utilize the transportation and cold storage system of the Mendo Lake Food Hub to bring all this bounty to Ukiah and Willits at its peak freshness – another way your food dollar helps build local food sovereignty and keeps the carbon footprint as small as it can be.
 
How much is in your weekly share? Generally, a share will feed two people or supplement a family of four, for as low as $30/week. Our guiding principle is to always give you better value than you’ll find at any retail outlet. You pack your own basket when you pick up your share, and trades are possible, so there will always be flexibility in your weekly choices. We also will have recipe suggestions to go with each week’s offerings.
 
But that’s not all. The Farmer’s Kitchen Local Foods Marketplace gives you convenient access to farmer-direct deals including fruit, eggs, meat, nuts, seasonal surpluses for canning, and more. You can order online and pick up along with your weekly share. And if a weekly or bi-weekly produce share isn’t right for you, a Local Foods Marketplace membership is a stand-alone option. For $20/year, you can access the online Marketplace, and your purchases will be delivered to the pick-up locations.
 
We have a pick-up site in Ukiah and another in Willits. Pick-up times are Tuesdays from 4-6pm for both sites. Deliveries begin on June 12 and run weekly through October. We will also have one delivery in November and one in December, both right before the holidays.
 
We invite you to join us in experiencing the abundance our foodshed has to offer and in helping to grow our local food resources.