sign up for 2024 Hannan Healthy Foods CSA !
We’re excited to partner with Mohammed at Hannan Healthy Foods for a fourth summer CSA! This is your chance to enjoy fresh, local, organic veggies all season long with convenient pickup at Cleenland AND support one of our Central Square neighbors, Mohammed Hannan.
See all the size and frequency options here and sign up for a share today! Pick-ups at Cleenland are Sundays or Mondays 4-6 PM.
You may be wondering, what’s a CSA share? CSA stands for community supported agriculture. Farming has a lot of up-front costs (seeds, fixing equipment, labor for soil prep, planting, weeding, etc.) and risk (who knows what the weather will be, bugs, etc.!) The community benefits from all that up-front costs and risk-taking by the farmer with the produce we enjoy later in the summer and fall. A CSA is a way for us to share the load. We help with the up-front costs by paying for produce at the beginning of the season and we share the risk by taking whatever grows! In return, we get a more sustainable local food system which provides us with produce that is better in every way:
tastier, more nutrient-packed because it's freshly-picked
lower-carbon because it hasn't traveled thousands of miles to us
lower-waste as fresh stuff needs less packaging
reliable as it's not as impacted by global food market fluctuations
dependably organic because you can go to the farm and see the practices used
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Mohammed runs the farm in Lincoln pretty much by himself and also works a full-time job — he would love your help this summer with planting, harvesting, and packing shares! Get some fresh air and contribute to the local food system. No experience necessary, commit to as much or as little time as you can spare. You will be rewarded with good karma, community, and veggies :) Email hannanhealthyfoods@gmail.com for more details and to volunteer.
Why yes, this is the same post from last year just updated with this year’s info, thanks for noticing :) We plan to continue working with Mohammed for a long, long time so in the interest of not making our blog super repetitive will update this post every year. <3 Hannan Healthy Foods <3