Third annual CSA Fair takes place on March 3rd, 2017

The third annual CSA fair will take place on Friday, March 3rd, from 4 to 7 p.m. at hte Urbana Civic Center. 

Hosted by Urbana’s Market at the Square and The Land Connection, this fair brings together a bunch of local farmers and businesses that offer community supported agriculture shares and buying clubs. It’s one-stop shopping for your CSA needs. 

For more info, check out the event’s Facebook page, and read up on last year’s event here. 

Here’s the info:

Please join Urbana’s Market at the Square and The Land Connection for the Third Annual Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Fair on Friday, March 3rd from 4-7 p.m. at the Urbana Civic Center, located at 108 East Water Street in Urbana.

At the Second Annual CSA Fair, customers will have the opportunity to meet local farmers and businesses that offer CSA programs and buying clubs, learn about their farms or businesses, and select a share or club that best meets their needs! There will also be educational information about local food, free samples and recipes, free activities for children, music, and more.

Agriculture and food CSAs are bridging the gap between customers, farmers and producers. CSAs allow customers committed to the local economy an opportunity to connect on a deeper level than purchasing from a retail store, and even differently than at a farmer’s market. With the CSA method of doing business, farms are the businesses operating CSAs. These farms offer fresh food products through annual subscriptions, or a flat fee, that a customer pays for up front once a year in exchange for a portion of those farmers’ products. The products are then delivered weekly or monthly to a central pick up location or made available for pick up Urbana-Champaign farmers markets.

2017 CSA Participating Farmers and Food Producers (as of 12-5-16):

Bane Family Meats
Brackett Farm
Delight Flower Farm
Piato Cafe & Organic Food Nanny
Sitka Salmon Shares
Sola Gratia Farm
Triple S Farm

We encourage customers to connect with farmers and producers directly to learn about their specific parameters around sign-up. For a complete listing of vendors participating in this CSA Fair, please visit www.urbanaillinois.us/CSA-Fair. There is still plenty of shopping to be done at the local farmers markets, and you’ll never want to skip a market day! But by participating in a CSA you’ll have the opportunity to help your favorite farmers at a whole new level.

To learn more, please call 217/384-2319, or email urbanamarket@urbanaillinois.us.
Board/Commissions:
Market at the Square Advisory Board
Contact Reference:
Natalie Kenny Marquez  nmkennymarquez@urbanaillinois.us  (217) 384-2319

Top photo by Jessica Hammie. CSA Fair flyer from Facebook.