Nourish Colorado Community Supported Agriculture

This 2024 growing season, Archuleta Seniors Inc. and Terrawalk Farms are partnering with Nourish Colorado to bring low-income older adults (age 55 and older) in Archuleta County locally grown, seasonal, organic produce shares through Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). CSAs or farm memberships are a means of creating a mutually beneficial connection between consumers and their farmers. These partnerships result in a bi-monthly bounty of vegetables for the Subscriber.
Terrawalk Farms is a small family farm located off Highway 151.
If you are interested in participating in this FREE fresh produce program, you must meet one of the minimum requirements to be selected as a Subscriber. The criteria for being selected is either:
1. Being a NEW or current client of ASI through our congregate, Meals on Wheels, or pick up/grab n go meal program OR
2. Being a resident of the low income senior housing community (Socorro, Archuleta Housing for the Elderly, Casa De Los Arcos, or Lake View Estates).
Participating Subscribers will receive a fresh local organic produce box alternating weeks throughout the growing season which spans from June 2, 2024 to September 29, 2024. Subscribers will pick up their bi-monthly fresh produce boxes either on site at the Ross Aragon Community Center on Tuesdays or at a to be determined location in Pagosa Springs on the weekends. Details are still being finalized and subscribers will be notified.
What’s available each season? Below is a sample list of possible vegetables you might expect in your share on a bi-monthly basis. ** Note: This is not exactly what you will receive. By joining a CSA you are recognizing that there are many factors week to week, season to season, that may challenge the well devised production plan. Mother nature does not always consider the crop plan:
Produce Share 1: Spinach, radishes, garlic scapes, kale, parsley, arugula
Produce Share 2: Lettuce, turnips, baby beets, mustard greens, greens mix #1
Produce Share 3: Spinach, radish, summer squash, greens mix #2, basil, kale, beets
Produce Share 4: Swiss chard, mizuna, carrots, turnips, arugula, summer squash, cucumber
Produce Shares 5-17: Greens of the week (kale, arugula, greens mix, swiss chard, lettuce, or Asian greens) and the following options that are subject to availability: tomatoes, carrots, turnips, cucumber, onion, beets, eggplant, summer squash, garlic, peppers (sweet and hot).
Produce Share 18: Lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, cucumber, broccoli, leeks, cilantro.
In addition to your weekly food, you will receive a quarterly newsletter that includes simple relevant recipes, musings, and photos of the farm you support.
Optional opportunities to learn and work on the farm! There will be two community days throughout the season, one in July and another in September.
Attend monthly recipe tastings during Archuleta Seniors Inc. upcoming “Fresh Conversations” nutrition education and healthy aging circles starting April through September.
Please call 970-264-2167 or stop by the ASI office at 451 Hot Springs Blvd. to sign up to be considered for this Older Adult Fresh Local Produce Box program. The first thirty interested clients who meet the minimum requirements will become Subscribers and will be eligible to receive their fresh produce boxes throughout the growing season of 2024. For more information contact Archuleta Seniors Inc at 970-264-2167.