Membership 2009

Upon sign-up you’ll receive a membership handbook and a Comida Newsletter subscription.

Comida will host weekly produce pick-ups in Napa on Tuesdays and in St. Helena on Thursdays.

You can choose what you get! Rather than getting a pre-packaged box of goods, you have the flexibility of picking your own produce each week from what is harvested.
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Planting list for 2009:
Vegetables- red & golden beets; carrots; French and American radishes; turnips, red & yellow onions; rutabagas; fennel / finnochio; broccoli raab; Chinese cabbages; green & yellow wax bean; green beans; white kidney bean; cucumbers; purple and white eggplants; tomatillos, three varieties large and two varieties cherry tomatoes; ancho, jalapeño, Japon & hot banana peppers; bell peppers; sweet banana peppers; potatoes; garlic; pie pumpkins; butternut, delicata and spaghetti winter squashes, five varieties of summer squash
Herbs & Greens- arugula/rocket; dill; Italian & curly parsley; mustard greens; spinach; basils; chickweed; sage; cilantro; Asian greens; mint; head & leaf lettuces; marjoram; tarragon; chives; thyme; Swiss chard; chamomile; marigolds
Fruits- Asian and tropical melons; watermelon; cantaloupe
Flowers & Fun- red & yellow sunflowers; assorted colors of giant zinnias; decorative gourds; jack-o-lantern pumpkins; luffas; mistletoe
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You Sow:
There are annual membership dues for each share.
You Reap:
- delicious produce, picked fresh
- beautiful cut flowers
-knowing where your food comes from and how it’s grown
-participation in diversifying Napa’s farmland use
and
-you keep food dollars in your community

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Share Sizes:
Half-Bushel: 1-2 people
$1100.00 annual membership

Bushel: 3-5 people
$1600.00 annual membership
*Larger families ask about rates.

Payment Plan A: registration and annual membership upon sign-up
Payment Plan B: registration and 20% annual membership upon sign-up with remaining 80% annual membership due in four equal monthly payments.

To sign up, call or email Rebecca at 707.343.6470 or comidacarneros@yahoo.com for a registration form.

Napa Community Supported Agriculture

In northeast Carneros just over Westwood Hills, Comida, Napa’s first CSA offering produce, herbs, and cut flowers is diggin’ in…. We’ve acquired the use of a few acres from a community of long-time residents and 2009-2010 is our start-up season. We will begin by raising vegetables, herbs, flowers and fruits organically for a maximum of 60 households, delivering to two sites weekly year-round.

As first year members, your contributions are critical. A land lease, insurance, tractor work, a hoop house, irrigation, seed…all the things that make growing and distributing food possible are paid for with your memberships. Together, we will create a local source of vital nourishment that keeps monies home while encouraging responsible land use. We want to build and preserve precious soils and, working from the living, grow.

Join hands with us.