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GSA
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Savor Oregon's seasonal ambrosia and enrich your culinary experiences with our 2008 GSA - a unique weekly offering that features choice fruit and heirloom
European vegetables from our farm, as well as artisan cheese, olive oil, and other epicurean delights. In addition to receiving farm-direct seasonal produce, you
will help support small family farms further our collective agricultural
heritage, by continuing to grow food for our community.
Sorry -- our 2008 GSA subscriptions are SOLD OUT.
If you would like to be on our waiting list, please send us an email.
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| What
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weekly
selection of hand-harvested produce with a focus on
fruit and exceptional varieties of vegetables
> $25 value
invitations to two special farm events
private farm visits welcomed, to be scheduled in advance
wholesale pricing for additional bulk
orders
(i.e. flat of berries or box of peaches)
optional accompaniments from select fellow
farms/purveyors; see further details below
delivered to specific GSA drop site
vacation credits:
choose between market stall credit or
foodbank donation with tax deductible receipt. Maximum
of two during the season; requires one week advance notice
Full
season subscription: 20 weeks
Half
season subscription: 10 weeks
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| Optional
accompaniments from fellow farms |
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Our friends have put together some fantastic selections to accompany the produce we harvest for your GSA box. More information is available on our subscription form, but here's a little background of what's in store for you...
Fraga
Farm Goat Cheese
fresh goat cheese full of vitality from Jan & Larry's
majestic Alpine
and Nubian herd. Fifty well-loved goats are milked to produce a wide assortment of goat cheese such as chevre with greek olive tapenade, farmhouse pepper blends, and goatzarella. fragafarm.com
Ancient Heritage Dairy - Sheep + Cow Cheese + Yogurt
fresh as well as aged cheese and yogurt crafted with a deep commitment to making authentic food with time-honored techniques.Paul and Kathy's
East Friesian sheep and Ayshire cows produce a variety of cheeses such as Scio Heritage (pure sheep milk) and Adelle (sheep and cow milk, blended). ancientheritagedairy.com
Real Good Food
superb selections of extra virgin olive oil, fleur de sel, and
vinegars imported directly from small producers in southern Europe. Jim's culinary zeal and firsthand knowledge of the producers have allowed him to bring the best (which is rarely exported) to Oregon -- for the gourmand in all of us. realgoodfood.com
NEW! Iliamna Fish Co.
fine wild sockeye salmon from the abundant waters of Bristol Bay. Open to current 2008 GSA members. More details available by clicking here...
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| la route du fromage + Sociedad Gastronómica |
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Can't decide on which accompaniments to add to your GSA subscription? Here are two new options for 2008:
la route du fromage
A full season of artisan cheese, reminiscent of la route in Pays
Basque. Alternating weeks of cheese from our friends at Fraga Farm and Ancient Heritage Dairy. 20 weeks - 1 cheese selection per week.
Sociedad Gastrónomica
Indulge your culinary passions...
Sociedad Gastronómica members get a full season of our GSA, la route du fromage, and a medley of epicurean items from Real Good Food (5 months, 1 item per month).
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| Pick
up locations |
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Thursdays:
Grand Central Baking Co., 714 N. Fremont,
Portland; 4pm-6pm grandcentralbakery.com
Saturdays:
Portland Farmers Market 1800 SW Broadway, Portland; South Park Blocks at PSU, (at the viridian farms booth). 9am - 1:30pm
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| Important
dates |
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Full
season subscription: 20 weeks, May 24 - October 4
Half
season subscription: 10 weeks, May 24 - July 26
Half
season subscription: 10 weeks, August 2 - October 4
Deadlines
for payments
__Full season subscription: May 1
__Half season subscriptions: May 1, and July 1
Note: subscription reservations will only be held until payment deadlines.
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