Why use row cover?

We use row cover for a variety of reasons.  It protects the plants early in the season from frost damage.  Although only 85% of sunlight filters through the fabric, it raises the interior temperature by around 4 degrees. It can protect against certain insects and wind.

While it is a non recyclable, petroleum based product, it's durable. If we treat it well, it can last several seasons. We feel the benefits outweigh the downsides.

Mostly, it's to keep the marauding chickens and geese from eating our veggies.  A fence should be going up soon around this plot. 

Ten Reasons to Join our CSA

1. Know Where Your Food Comes From

In your CSA share your produce comes directly from us, your farmer, so you know who is growing your food and how. If you have questions about our farming practices just ask! With this level of transparency, you can rest assured knowing that we care about what matters to you.

2. Save Money
Our CSA shares offer more value for your food dollar!  By working directly with your farmer, you cut out the middlemen and extraneous costs (trucking companies, retailers, lobbyists, etc.).  

3. More Selection
Our CSA strives for ecological diversity and a wide variety in crop production, so over the course of the season we grow more types of vegetables than are found at a grocery store. You’ll discover varieties that you might not otherwise find or buy, so get ready to enjoy your share of the season’s bounty!

4. Better Flavor and Nutrition
We select for more flavorful varieties of produce and the time between harvest and consumption is reduced so you get fresher food that tastes better. "Fresh" vegetables from your local grocery store may be several days or weeks old when they are purchased.  Unlike industrial farmers that harvest for shipping and shelf-life, Long Lane Farm harvests at the peak ripeness and flavor.  


5. Support the Economic Democracy of Small Farming
By supporting small family farms you are fostering the broad-based independent decision making of economic democracy. You are helping to break up the concentration of power from a select few profit-driven corporations and making room for values beyond the bottom line. You are supporting an economic system where more people are empowered to meet their basic needs with dignity and can have meaningful control of their resources.

6. Grow Your Local Economy
By being a CSA member you are keeping your food dollar circulating locally to support a healthy community and environment.  CSA members who pay at the beginning of the season provide the capitol when we need it most to avoid high interest loans for equipment, seeds, fertilizers or other inputs required for a successful growing season.  We spend our "seed money" as locally as possible, always looking for the closest suppliers.

7. Put the Culture Back into Food
Community Supported Agriculture allows people to reconnect to the land, the farmer, the food, their community and themselves. Indulge and reestablish your roots. Experience a tomato fresh off the vine and still warm from the sun. Meet and socialize with others that share a common desire for fresh food. Exchange recipes, stories, experiences and grow together with the season.

8. Ecological Stewardship
Did you know that the average conventional bite of food travels 1,500 miles? Or that only 10% of the amount of fossil fuel energy used in the world’s food system is for producing food; the other 90% goes into packaging, transporting and marketing? Or that 97% of fruit and vegetable varieties have become unavailable commercially and replaced by only a few uniform varieties since the turn of the 20th century? Industrial agriculture was designed to produce mass quantities of limited types of food cheaply, but now we are learning the real costs and instability of this system. We offer an environmentally friendly option by reducing food miles, maintaining biodiversity and practicing farming techniques that will keep the land fertile for generations. Decrease your carbon footprint- become a CSA member!

9. Have fun!
Get ready for a culinary delight and adventure!  Celebrate local agriculture, enjoy good food, and mingle with other CSA members. 

10. CSAs are healthy for you, your community and your environment! For all of the reasons above and many more, become a CSA member and experience for yourself why it's better to take care of your health, your neighbors, and your planet.

CSA membership now open!

 Join Our CSA!

No chemical pesticides or fertilizers.  No GMO's.

You'll get 8-12 seasonal vegetables each week.

Pick up every Thursday in Duffield

or local delivery is available.

 $23 per week for 24weeks

Sign up before March 15th and get $20 off!

Contact: Adam 215-681-3354

Email:longlanefarmatduffield@gmail.com

Facebook: LongLaneFarmAtDuffield

A typical weekly share

 Every week this is what our customers can expect in their CSA box.  We provide around 12 different types of veggies, enough for a family of 4.  Additional vegetables are available for sale at our location in Duffield during the season.

Last Season's Slideshow

Our New Blog!!

From this humble, little hoophouse, I shall begin our 2015 growing season.  There may be snow on the ground, but it is time to dust off the farm boots, get out the seed trays and start planting!

My first season was last year and although there were a few hiccups, it went great!  Our little CSA was a wonderful experience.  Actually, it's probably more appropriate to call it a FFSA (Friends & Family Supported Agriculture).