Community Supported Agriculture Program (CSA)
The Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Community Supported Agriculture program began in 2009. CSAs are partnerships between regional farmers and consumers to get fresh produce directly from the farms into NYC communities.
The Lenox Hill Neighborhood House CSA partners with small family run farms from NY State. The Summer season runs from June through early November and the Winter Season runs from December to April. Each “shareholder” pays to be a member and receives 8-10 vegetable items per week through the farm in the summer, and receives a share of frozen fruits and vegetables as well as eggs, dairy, grains, meat and poultry once a month in the winter.
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House will be selecting a farm to work with for the Summer Season in 2012 and will be sending information about sign up this winter. The CSA depends on volunteers to run smoothly. Shareholders commit to volunteer a few times a season for the distribution site. They set up, organize the items and distribute them to shareholders based on a list they are given by the farm. |
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Additionally, through this effort, we are committed to ensuring that part of the mission of the Lenox Hill Neighborhood House CSA will be to help support our very low-income clients including the formerly homeless men and women who live in our supportive housing residence as well as the families of the children who attend our Early Childhood Center. We lead initiatives to incorporate these individuals into our CSA model, which has been successful in the past, and will continue to grow and serve these low-income individuals in the future.
If you are interested in joining and for more information about the Lenox Hill Neighborhood House CSA, please contact Miles Crettien, Coordinator of Healthy Foods and Wellness, at 212 744-5022, ext.1213 or mcrettien@lenoxhill.org.
