CSA: Heartbeat Learning Gardens

Heartbeat's CSA is an opportunity for people to connect more directly with the place, people, and plants that produce their food; to learn to cook and eat with local, seasonal food; and to enjoy the benefits of nutritious food, communal meals, healthy landscapes, and a strong local economy.

Harvest begins in June and continues into October. During this time, as long as the gardens yield sufficient food, members receive their weekly share of produce at the farm, 3 1/2 miles north of Yellow Springs, on Thursdays between 2:30pm and 6:30pm.

When they arrive, members take a short walk through the gardens to the pavilion, where we arrange the harvest on produce stands. Members choose an equitable number of servings from the variety of options, sometimes choosing the vegetables they already love and sometimes trying something new.

In the gardens around the pavilion, members may help themselves to u-pick flowers, fruits, and herbs. Children often enjoy helping their parents select vegetables, pick fruits and flowers, and like to observe and explore the natural world.