on-the-fly farm

The Chicory Center's On-the-Fly Farm is an organic farming project with

the values and practice of solidarity and liberation at its core. The Chicory

Center works towards creating a more just food system, and with a

subscription to On-the-Fly Farm's community-supported agriculture project,

you support an organic farmer, contribute to the growth of sustainable

farming, get weekly deliveries of fresh produce, and also support

grassroots organizing in Chicago and in Southwest Michigan. On-the-Fly

is now looking for new subscribers for the 2011 growing season.

On-the-Fly Farm grows a variety of vegetables (kale, potatoes, tomatoes,
several different beans, strawberries, winter squashes, zucchinis,

cucumbers, pac choi, salad mixes, radishes, turnips, garlic, eggplant, peppers,

onions, sugar and snow peas, dill, oregano, basil). We’re also committed to

developing relationships with other small farmers nearby, so from time to time we

add free-range eggs, fruit, pickles, or other produce we don’t grow ourselves to

your weekly bags. We are also continuing our partnership with Earth First Farm

to bring you organic apples near the end of the season. Our fairly traded, organic

Resistance Coffee, grown by the women of La FEM cooperative in Nicaragua,

will also be part your weekly bag several times throughout the summer.

Subscriptions cost $400. For this you'll receive at least 15 deliveries of fresh

produce over a period of 18 weeks beginning in the middle to end of June.

Current drop-offs include Humboldt Park, Rogers Park, Evanston, and Logan

Square, with other area drop-offs possible as well. Home delivery is available for an extra $50.

This year, On-the-Fly Farm will be growing veggies for New Leaf Natural Grocery

in Chicago; and perhaps participating in the new DIY McKinley Park market that our

fellow farmers with Foxglove Farm started two years ago.

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