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 5 A DAY CSA 

 

A Multi-Farm  Flexible Seasonal CSA

 

   Fiven Up Your Meals TM       

 

 

 

 

Say No to GMO Corn and Agent Orange Pesticides

                             



 

 

 



Food and Health. The two go hand in hand

 

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 At 5 A DAY CSA we are committed to bringing you

the freshest organic and local/natural fruits and vegetables because we understand your desire to Grow Your Healthy Family

 

We help you go from this


 

 

to this,

 

 

 with our recipes

and fresh fruit and vegetables

 

 

Our fruits and vegetables come from local farmers
markets and local farmers committed to sustainable agriculture and the preservation of their small family farms.


 

Purple rain carrots, german butterball potatoes, patty pan squash and donut peaches. We search for and offer a variety of fruits and vegetables not seen in local grocery chains. The reason- diversity and variety are key to health and delightful to your tastebuds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50% of any plate

should be fruits and vegetables!


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Personalized Fruit and Veggies Calculator

 

 

 

 

 

 

What Has Your Food Done For You Lately?

 

Our fruits and vegetables provide natural sources of antioxidants and taste great juiced, eaten raw, canned or cooked!


 

 

 

 We reopen in May

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Food With Benefits

Food With Benefits
Broccoli steamed, raw, lemon broccoli or in a casserole

protein, riboflavvin, niacin, phosphorous, potassium, zinc, Vit A, Vit C, VIt K, VIt B6 

Yaconraw;   in smoothies; fruit saladprebiotics ,fiber, water and inulin
Mustard Greens

thinly sliced with onion and olive oil or

southern style with all the fixins 

100% RDA for VIt K, Vit A and Vit C ,manganese, glucosinolates,folate fiber,  helps lower cholesterol

 1 cup

ApplesRaw ,, baked, preserved and blended VIt C, VIt A,fiber
 Cheddar cauliflower 

baked, raw, in a soup or in a gratin

,with chicken

 or roasted with orange peel

 Packed with fiber and phytonutrients,25x the vitamin A,sulforophane indo-3-carbinol

 Nutrition Facts

 

What We Offer


Farm fresh organic and local/natural

 fruits and vegetables


Information on healthy living


Variety of fruits and vegetables


Economic support for established and emerging

farmers and farm workers 



 
                                                         

                          Give the Gift of a Health Box
 
Say Happy Birthday or Congratulations like a
 5 A DAY CSA  Health Box

One of our Dropoff sites started as a Gift Recipient
                                        

                                                            
 
Give the Gift of Freshness for
Friends and Family for

 

Healthy Weight- A Lifestyle Not a Diet

Member

 

Future Harvest CASA 

Local Harvest


The 2000 Dietary Guidelines for Americans states, "Different foods contain different nutrients and other healthful substances. No single food can supply all the nutrients in the amounts you need"


Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). HG Bulletin No. 232, 2000.

Contact us for info on Workplace deliveries
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Organic-It's More than You Know

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                  

 The Season in the Northeast has ended

See you in 2012       

                                  

 

  

   2012  Delivery Days: Wednesday  and Saturdays

 

Sign up for the 2012 season

and receive 24 weeks of organically grown

fruit and vegetables

 

Membership fee $50



 

 

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