Welcome to Luna Bleu Farm
  
It is time to sign up for the 2012 CSA Harvest Season and the 2012/13 Winter Season Shares.
Yes there is still snow on the ground, but we are ordering seeds and we start seedlings in the greenhouse as early as February. The earlier you sign up, the easier it is for us to plan. THIS IS ALSO THE TIME TO SIGN UP FOR THE 2012/13 WINTER SEASON SHARES. To sign up, download the 2012 CSA Sign-up Form, fill it out and mail it in. This is also the form to express your interest in our meat, egg and juice shares.
Join us in promoting and supporting the CSA FARM SHARE program. This year, our farm will match donations made to Luna Bleu's Farm Share Fund. This fund makes CSA shares available to low-income families for half of the basic price. We would like to extend Farm Share to people in our area who experienced significant setbacks from Irene flooding. Help us spread the word to people who could benefit from this program. Go to the "Share the Harvest" section on Our CSA page to find out more, make a donation or apply to the program.
Luna Bleu is a diversified organic farm in central Vermont. We, Tim Sanford and Suzanne Long, have been farming on this land in South Royalton since 1993. Before that we farmed in South Strafford, Vt and Lebanon, NH. Each year we are joined by a crew of hardworking apprentices and local employees and often our son and daughter, Lucas and Shona. Together we produce a wide variety of organic vegetables. We also raise cows, pigs and poultry organically. In the spring, many gardeners purchase healthy, organic plants from us. In the fall, we harvest and store a wide variety of root crops, onions, cabbages and garlic for our winter CSA and winter markets. We also begin planting again in our greenhouses for an exciting array of greens in the cold witer months.
We sell our farm products through Our CSA program, local farmers' markets, restaurants and co-op stores.
Our farm is also a place to learn. We are visited by local school groups, law students and interested consumers who want to know more about agriculture and farming (see Farm Events). Every season, we are joined by a few apprentices who are interested to get a feel for what family farming is like. We offer them a chance to immerse themselves in the day to day farm work and lifestyle. Apprentices often become like part of the family and we are grateful for the wonderful big extended family we have out there! (see Apprenticeships) In recent years we have been host to WWOOFERs, volunteers on organic farms, and have enjoyed meeting folks from other parts of the world and around the US.
In a world of global communication and commerce we remain a locally based farm and business. You will see descriptions of products and services here, but unless you are close to central Vermont and the Upper Connecticut Valley you may be disappointed. We are not in the mail order business and have no current plans to go that way. If you like what you see here but do not live in the area, we encourage you to seek out your local farms, farmers markets and businesses supporting local agriculture. See the links page for ways to find local farms.
Suzanne's Rant... updated
After much resistance, we created a web site and now we even have a blog!......... Really, we would much rather that you come to the farm and experience it in person... or just go outside and dig in the dirt, smell the flowers, listen to the birds, visit with your neighbors. Still, we recognize the value of this technology and we will try to use it to give you the information you may be looking for. Still, try not to get sucked into the never ending loop of e-info. Remember to turn off the computer and go see the real people and the real world and have real conversations. There is no substitute. Still, you might want to check out our CSA Blog that was started this year! (Are we headed down the slippery slope!?)
YES! We now zoom down the hill because we even have a facebook page!OMG!
OK, now that I have gotten that off my chest...even though I feel a little hypocritical... we will try to have fun making this website,this blog, this FB page --- for life is too short to do otherwise....
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