Reviews for: Berries on Bryan Station

This is our 3rd year being members of Berries on Bryan. We have really enjoyed both the delicious vegetables and the the family: Erik, Gayle and their son Grant. When we arrive for our pick up we are warmly greeted and welcomed into the barn to claim our goodies. Erik and Gayle are very helpful and informative if we have any questions about the veggies and are happy to share recipes, food ideas or just a nice conversation. Our 2 year old son loves the farm too. He is always greeted by Erik and Gayle's son, Grant, who plays with Henry with all the children's toys that are available in the barn. Henry adores Grant. Thanks for being a great friend, Grant!!! Further, we all enjoy touring the farm, seeing the chickens, patting Good Boy (their dog) on the head and picking (and eating) fresh berries right from the bush - Henry especially likes this. Henry also likes sitting on the farm tractors pretending to drive them. The tractors are very cool, I must admit. Erik is so patient with Henry and takes time to hold his hand and walk and talk with him while showing and telling him all about the farm. The bottom line is this: We love Berries on Bryan Station Farm. We look forward to our fresh basket and visiting our friends who have enriched our lives. The farm is truly a great place for our family and I know it would be for yours to. Do yourself a favor and become a member of Berries on Bryan NOW!. You won't regret it.

When I first joined this CSA I did it because I wanted to support locally grown food - especially after finding out that so many vendors at the Lexington Farmers Market were shipping in fruits and vegetables from OUT of state (from Florida, Georgia and California). Why on earth would I want to spend my food dollars on produce like that, might as well just go to Kroger if I want "trucked-in" food.

So Berries on Bryan Station was a great discovery for me - I can spend my produce dollars locally AND get some of the best lettuce, tomatoes and potatoes (I love the "Blue potatoes") I have ever eaten.

I'm amazed at the volume of produce I get, not to mention the massive amounts of wonderful basil we used to make loads of home made pesto last season. To be honest, I really didn't know much about cooking zucchini and squash but after getting them in my basket, I sure did learn some new tricks. We make the most awesome marinara with them - especially when we added Gayle's delicious baby carrots, fresh garlic and green onions.

Thank you Erik and Gayle (and the Berries family) for helping me REALLY keep my vegetable dollars local!!!!

Having been a member and volunteer for the past four seasons, I cannot recommend Berries HIGHLY enough. The owners and volunteer co-workers are great people to work with and the produce absolutely rocks.

I have never in my 50 years on this earth tasted a salad mix that compares to what I've received from Berries and I could tout the tomato selection for pages. Having been involved from pre-season to post-season I can give testament to the quality of the produce distributed - even considering factors like too much rain, not enough rain, bumper crops of late peppers or early celery and all that mother nature does or doesn't do to help the local farmer in Kentucky - my experience at the farm has been nothing BUT positive.

I'm looking forward to another terrific year of locally grown, certified organic veggies and berries. I am so thankful I stumbled across this CSA and became actively involved in it. I have nothing but praise for Berries on Bryan Station - and I personally think the best way to support a "Community Supported Agriculture" is to spend time as a volunteer too, it gives a better picture of what it takes to make up those baskets and you become part of the "community" that guarantees the first pick of the first picked :-)

Let me start with the positive - the people here are extremely nice and visiting the farm for pick up is fun. All three of my kids absolutely loved it. Also they have great eggs for sale at a very reasonable price. Unfortunately, our CSA experience was not quite all that we'd hoped. First, the weekly newsletter, while beautiful, rarely reflected what was actually available. It was frustrating to plan menus and recipes only to arrive and hear that they weren't supplying the things listed. Secondly, and more importantly - much of our food was low quality (major insect damage, overripe etc.) and was rarely worth the weekly rate, compared to the farmers' market. I would say "well, this was a bad year for strawberries because it was so wet (or whatever) that's just part of the risk etc." but the farm was simultaneously selling produce (I'm assuming their higher quality stuff) through other outlets which made us feel kind of shortchanged as members.

I love the CSA concept and fully support the idea but our experience with this farm didn't quite live up to its promotional material. I've since heard from other former members that their experiences were similar. Bottom line - if you're looking for a fun farm visit experience and the food is of secondary importance, this is a great place. If you're on a budget and want good food and a way to eat local/support local producers, you may want to look at other options.

Wonderful vegetables and service. Great folks to deal with. We really enjoyed the advise and recipes that came with the produce. Erick takes pried and effort with his farm. Our grandson loved the visits to the farm. Many thanks, Bonnie and Tom

We first connected with the Berries on Bryan Station folks in summer of 2006 and enjoyed their fresh-picked produce throughout the summer. What a nice bonus it was each week to find fresh herbs and flowers in the basket alongside the veggies, and occasional recipes, too! We appreciated Erik and Gayle's hard work to bring farm-fresh vegetables to our table. CSAs are great!

I joined Berries on Bryan Station last year. Never having been a member of a CSA before I was unsure what to expect. I found that it didn't take long to be very happy with the offerings from the farm! Because my vegetarian household consists of myself and my partner I chose to get the half share. It was the perfect amount for us. We were able to eat most of our major meals through the week from vegetables from the CSA. We became strangers to the produce section in the grocery store. The vegetables we got from Berries on Bryan Station were far, far superior to any I saw there anyway. It was great! It was particularly wonderful to have the option to pick berries ourselves when they came into season. That was definitely a highlight! There was never any doubt that I would again sign up for a membership this year. I can't wait for pickups to begin. I think we are truly blessed to have this CSA in our community!