December 4, 2023
More CSA members will be joining us for our second and final pop-up this week. Weaver Younghands makes Sonoran ecology-themed lunar calendars, designed for observing and tracking your environment, health, biorhythms, gardening, harvesting, or as a daily art/reflection practice. Each cycle aligns with a seasonal illustration that represents something about our local ecology. The theme this… Read more »
As we enter the last month of the year, we want to take a moment to THANK YOU for all your support of Tucson CSA and local producers, local community. We are so humbled by and grateful for our resilient farmers, our courageous members (you!), and together our caring (and delicious) community we share. We… Read more »
For our first of two holiday pop-up markets at Tucson CSA this year, we have one of our CSA members, Raven Bolas, returning with her lovely array of hand-made soaps, salves, soaking salts, and more from Botanical Maven. Joining her this year will be Olivia Tuller with a beautiful mix of ceramic ware. Read more… Read more »
November 20, 2023
The CSA has invited Raison Pan for a Thanksgiving Pop Up bread sale this week. Rasion Pan is a start-up sourdough home bakery located in the tiny kitchen of baker and university professor, Kaitlin Porter Cortes. Their mission is to promote mindful consumption that starts with an accessible way to eat healthy, nutritious, local, sustainable… Read more »
November 5, 2023
Having grown up in Karachi, Pakistan (a city of over 14 million people), Shazieh Gorji missed the spontaneity of the community she knew so well as a child. “People would just show up at your house,” she said, “whether you liked it or not!” Shazieh moved to Tucson in 2012 and appreciated the “space” that… Read more »
October 23, 2023
One of our growers, Cara Crest Farm, is part of a collective farm project at Buckelew farm and they are inviting CSA members to a weeding party! Hi friends! We are having a volunteer day at the farm Saturday, October 28th 9am-12pm! We have new farmers starting in fields 2 and 3 this fall and… Read more »
August 14, 2023
We all know what we have experienced here in Tucson the last several weeks (or more?) of excessive HEAT and not a lot of rain for our monsoon season. But just think what our produce is going through (and honestly, more importantly, those farmers who are trying to take care of it!)? In some cases,… Read more »
August 7, 2023
We are excited to introduce a “new” product and vendor to our CSA Shop. This is a “creamy” honey sold in 32oz jars only, for now. William Fitz has been keeping bees for over 15 years. He originally became interested in beekeeping while working with the USDA Honey bee research lab in Tucson, AZ. Now… Read more »
June 12, 2023
Tomato season is a little late this year but we’re hoping to get a couple of good weeks of harvests in before our Summer Break. Crooked Sky Farms is offering 15 pound flats of mixed tomatoes for $48 or 8 pound boxes for $26. You’ll need to place your order and prepay a week ahead… Read more »
May 26, 2023
As we now do every year, we will be giving our farmers (and ourselves) a little break this July. This year we will be taking the first two weeks of July off. There will be no CSA pick up schedule for July 4th and 5th or 11th and 12th. No need to put your share on… Read more »