Shared Legacy Farms — Local services in Harris Township

We are looking forward to our third summer as CSA members with Shared Legacy Farms. Each week we pick up a box of fresh from their fields vegetables. Recipes found on their website have helped us to enjoy some of the vegetables we haven't been familiar with before joining the CSA, and, other recipes help us enjoy veggies and fruits well known to us in a new and exciting way! The fruit in our boxes are from other local farmers and has never disappointed us! We make cobblers, cookies, compotes, and jams from the fruit that we don't eat fresh in cereal and yogurt or out of our hand. We also will be picking up the most amazing eggs we've ever eaten that are raised at Weber Farms. Not only are the products amazing but the owners, Kurt and Corinna are too! Their passion about ALL people eating better fresher foods is so evident in all they do. Their tireless work in the fields, the care they take in hiring wonderful staff to work side by side with them in all kinds of weather to be able to bring the very best produce from their fields to CSA members and the restaurants they serve in the area. The newsletter written and sent to CSA members each month is chock full of farm news, recipes, and updates on their family---their kids are adorable! Classes given during growing season to show how to can, jam, make pesto, and just enjoy time away from the craziness of daily life are enjoyed by many. They host family events each summer and fall that are fun filled for all ages and they also host a lovely Farm to Table dinner each year where a local chef prepares a menu showcasing their farm's bounty in each dish. Belonging to the Shared Legacy Farms CSA has been a real joy for us. We are looking forward to another great...

I joined this CSA 3 years ago, and I am so sad that I waited this long! I will try to keep my review brief, but that has been hard for me to do when talking about Shared Legacy Farms. My husband was solely a meat and potatoes eater with corn. That was the extent of his vegetable consumption. Since joining the CSA, WE are eating veggies that we never even heard of 4 years ago! I have never been a part of a CSA before I joined Shared Legacy, but I have a feeling that this one is at the top of the list. No working your way up, just straight to the top! And this is why: not only will you be exposed to new things to eat, but also how to prep, cook, and store everything. Not to mention the collective group of members and the private page to share recipes,tips, tricks and anything else food related. Hmm..related..FAMILY! Yes, you also get a food family. Shared Legacy also has workshops and events on their farm, so you get to meet the people who are actually growing and harvesting the food you and your family are eating. You can also volunteer to work on the farm right next to your farmers if you are so inclined. By January/ February you will be craving fresh produce, because the freezer is empty of all of your produce that you have prepped and stored. You could just go to the grocery store and get it, probably cheaper.....but do you really know where it came from, or even if it is safe to eat? Don’t forget this past summer. Is this lettuce safe to eat? Or worse yet, it wasn’t and you already ate it and served it to your family before you saw the recall. Yeah, nope! I KNOW where my food is grown AND the farmers growing it. I win with this CSA but fail at...

Shared Legacy Farms is so much more than an organic vegetable farm. Their products are amazing, but in addition to the wonderful product, Corinna and Kurt have a mission. They have created a community over the years who not only support their local farmers, but they also support each other. Getting a weekly box of veggies from our CSA could simply be the end goal. However, the CSA community is provided a great deal of support from SLF by providing members with a Certified Registered Dietician who does weekly unboxing videos as well as provides us with great recipes for using the products we will be getting each week. Corinna often takes videos of what is happening on the farm and posts them through Facebook or Instagram. As a member, it's nice to know what is happening on the farm and to be able to celebrate successes and commiserate with them on failures. Yes, there are occasional crop failures, but you know that going into a season. Local crops are at the mercy of the weather. We get weekly newsletters that are chock full of product information, what's happening at the farm, special events and promotions and shout outs to various community members who have shared what they have created with the wonderful weekly veggies. I'm especially thankful for the Facebook group. As a member, we share our foodie successes AND failures, we answer questions posed by each other, we help our new members who may feel overwhelmed by their weekly boxes, and we learn...