Bike the Barns Registration Open!
Plus NEW Bus the Barns! FairShare's annual charity bicycle tour. Join us to raise funds for fresh food for all and enjoy a bicycle or bus tour to area FairShare CSA Coalition farms, gourmet local food, craft libations, and live music.
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FairShare CSA Coalition Connects CSA Growers and Eaters
We work to strengthen connections and provide resources that help people access CSA shares. Through our Partner Shares Program, we assist to limited-income households in affording CSA vegetable shares; and we help new CSA members find the right farm for their family.
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It takes a village to pull off an event like #BiketheBarns! Thank you to all the riders, volunteers, farmers, food partners, sponsors, and fundraisers!
We raised over $41,000 to make sure all of our neighbors have access to fresh, healthy food through Community Supported Agriculture!
Big shout out to top fundraiser John Kovalic and your amazing network of supporters!
A great shot of Winterfell Acres LLC from rider Brenda Johnson - B Johnson Photos.
Instagram post by Brenda Johnson: • Sep 17, 2017 at 7:20pm UTC
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7 Likes, 1 Comments - Brenda Johnson: (@bjohnsondesign) on Instagram: “Winterfell farm. Stop one on Bike the Barns. • #bjohnsonphotos #btbmadison #getyourbikeon #cycle…”
What a day to #BiketheBarns! If you're riding - don't forget to tag us and you will be entered into a photo contest. Check out the winning shot by Alex Larioza from last year's ride. #BTBmadison #BiketheBarns
What's it like to be a CSA farmer? According to Kristen Kordet of Blue Moon Community Farm, "There are some core mission pieces we have, and one of them certainly is to have CSA at the center of what we do, at the center of decisions that we make even ahead of the season and then within the season, we’re thinking about what do our members appreciate, what do they want, etc. Being in direct connection with the people that are eating what we grow is really the important thing."
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Read the full Q&A by Leah Perri, FairShare Communications Intern.
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Q&A with Farmer Kristen Kordet of Blue Moon Community Farm – FairShare CSA Coalition
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Kristen Kordet is the head farmer at Blue Moon Community Farm, a small diversified CSA and market farm in Stoughton, WI, where she grows 40 different organ
Bike the Barns check in at REI! Photo ID required. Bring your bike and REI mechanics are on hand for a free bike check! #btbmadison #bikethebarns
Congrats Dane County Farmers' Market on 45 years! We're so proud that many FairShare farms are a part of the largest producer-only farmers market in the nation! Shop the market, pick up your CSA share, sign up for a market CSA share, and get to know the local growers and producers of your food. (Photo Andy Watson of SPROUTING ACRES, credit: Julie Garrett.)