The Upper Valley News recently featured Lune Bleu Farm in an article on the evolution of CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture) in Vermont. Farmers Suzanne Long and Tim Sanford began Luna Bleu in the early 1990s, with a diversified organic vegetable and livestock operation. They were an early CSA operation in the Upper Valley, offering weekly shares of the summer’s vegetable harvest to subscribers. Their CSA options have diversified over the years to include more meat, eggs, and dairy products. Farms across Vermont are taking advantage of new technology and business models that help them offer customers more options for payment, delivery, and what makes up their share. The range of choices only increases as subscriber numbers increase – giving farms the scale needed to offer both more products and more flexibility.
Even without a CSA subscription, Upper Valley residents and visitors can get an introduction to farm fresh products through Luna Bleu. They participate in the Norwich Farmers Market (Summer & Winter), Hanover Farmers Market, and Royalton Farmers Market. They are listed as a farm visit site on DigInVT.com. And they were one of the nearly 100 farm locations participating in this year’s Open Farm Week.
Related Posts:
- Open Farm Week Events
- Open Farm Week – Information for Farmers (includes guides to hosting visitors on the farm . . . and it’s not too early to think about next year)
- Luna Bleu Competes in Farmer Summer Olympics – Organized by DigInVT.com partner NOFA-VT
- FarmShare at NOFA-VT – Helping limited-income Vermonters access good food through CSAs
Source: Dig in VT Trails