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Peaceful Pastures Meat CSA
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a great way to save money over regular, retail prices. Each monthly installment is 20-22 pounds of meat + and handmade bath and body product. As always, our meat is delivered frozen with each cut individually wrapped and labeled. The packaging will allow it to stay well in the freezer for at least a year, so don’t worry if you don’t think you can gobble up the full installment before you receive the next one. Full share CSA subscribers can save 10-15% off our retail pricing!
This is a true CSA; each month you will receive a share of what has been harvested which can include some or all of the various meats. As lamb and goat are a small part of our operation (relative to the other species) they will be included at times in the CSA but are not a large part of such. Any of the retail cuts on our web site can be in the CSA.
The CSA Subscriptions for Winter 2011-2012 are as follows:
FULL SHARE
REGULAR 6 MONTH CSA Membership
Includes grass-fed & grass finished beef, lamb, goat and pastured, grass-fed pork and whole chickens. Various cuts include roasts, steaks, and ground (including sausage). Price $650.00 - includes 6 months of meat installments plus a Peaceful Pastures Bath Product each month.
PORK FREE 6 MONTH CSA Membership
Includes grass-fed & grass finished beef, lamb, goat and pastured whole chickens. Various cuts include roast, steaks, chops, ground and cubed. Price $7150.00 - includes 6 months of meat installments plus a Peaceful Pastures bath product each month.
THREE MEAT 6 MONTH CSA Membership
Includes grass-fed & grass finished beef, pork and pastured whole chickens. Various cuts include roast, steaks, chops, ground and cubed. Price $690.00 - includes 6 months of meat installments plus a Peaceful Pastures bath product each month.
HALF SHARE
REGULAR 3 MONTH CSA Membership
Includes grass-fed & grass finished beef, lamb, goat and pastured, grass-fed pork and whole chickens. Various cuts include roasts, steaks, and ground (including sausage). Price $375.00 - includes 3 months of meat installments plus a Peaceful Pastures Bath Product each month.
PORK FREE 3 MONTH CSA Membership
Includes grass-fed & grass finished beef, lamb, goat and pastured whole chickens. Various cuts include roast, steaks, chops, ground and cubed. Price $405.00 - includes 3 months of meat installments plus a Peaceful Pastures bath product each month.
THREE MEAT 3 MONTH CSA Membership
Includes grass-fed & grass finished beef, pork and pastured whole chickens. Various cuts include roast, steaks, chops, ground and cubed. Price $395.00 - includes 3 months of meat installments plus a Peaceful Pastures bath product each month.
These costs are complete--there are NO additional delivery charges or sales tax.
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Good Shepherd store in Cookeville after 12 p.m. |
Franklin Farmers Market |
West Nashville Farmers Market |
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Below is our Snow Policy regarding deliveries:
If we are NOT coming due to weather, we will send an email AND will post to Facebook. If you are not already a fan of Peaceful Pastures on Facebook, PLEASE do so as it may be the fastest form of information.
If your delivery is to West Nashville, if Davidson county schools are closed the Friday before or dismiss early, the CSA delivery will automatically defer for one week.
If your delivery is to Franklin, if Williamson county schools are closed the Friday before or dismiss early, the CSA delivery will automatically defer for one week.
PLEASE call EARLY that Friday if you have any questions; remember that our customer service person goes home at 3:00.
DELIVERY LOCATIONS
Linden Corner (Summer CSA) - Corner of Hillsboro Road and Sharondale Drive. (1 block from interstate I-440 in the Hillsboro area.) Same location as Trinity Presbyterian and Waldorf School.
The East Nashville Farmers Market (Summer CSA) - At the Freewilll Baptist Church, corner of Russell and 10th (2 blocks behind the Turnip Truck).
West Nashville Farmers Market (Summer & Winter CSA)-Richland Park, corner of 46th and Charlotte, by the library.
Glendale Elementary (Summer CSA) - 800 Thompson Avenue, (use Mapquest or GPS as it is hard to find.)
Franklin Farmers Market at The Factory (Summer & Winter CSA) - Behind the Factory. 230 Franklin Road, at the corner of Franklin and Liberty Pike.
The Good Shepherd (Summer & Winter CSA) – Willow Avenue in Cookeville, contact us for specific dates each month
CSA: GENERAL INFORMATION
As you may know, CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. With a CSA program, participating members of the community enjoy regular deliveries of food throughout the season. Basically, you are buying a "share" of the years production. The community benefits greatly from having access to farm direct, sustainably produced products. Community Supported Agriculture keeps the small farms alive and healthy and part of the community, where they belong. The food provided is fresh, organically grown, and far superior to standard supermarket fare.
Meats produced by Peaceful Pastures are not certified organic, mainly because regulating agencies create too much red tape and raise our overhead and consumer prices. But the animals are kept pastured, with ACRES of room to roam. Their diets are pasture-based rather than grain based, which mimics the natural eating pattern of these animals and creates a healthier meat, much richer in Omega-3 fatty acids than supermarket fare. They are never given hormones or antibiotics, and pesticides are not used. The meat is naturally lean and DELICIOUS!! If you're looking for a healthy, humane, ethical, environmentally sustainable source for meat, this is it!
Peaceful Pastures CSAs are a GREAT value! You will help support a local farm that Grows Green, you will receive 20-22 pounds of meat for only $5.00/pound and there is no sales tax and no delivery fee!
Just like a vegetable CSA, you are buying a share of the farm for a season, so you do not get to pick and choose what you get with any particular pick up, BUT you may add a retail order to any installment without paying a delivery fee.
What is in each CSA? Just like a vegetable CSA installments will vary from month to month, depending upon what we have harvested. Generally speaking, each month will contain ground beef, sausage or ground pork and whole chicken. Customers subscribing to the pork free CSA will enjoy ground lamb or a bit more ground beef instead of sausage or ground pork. We TRY to include a roast in each installment as well as a premium cut such as steaks (beef, lamb or goat), pork chops, ham steaks, etc. CSAs can include any of the Peaceful Pastures retail cuts, but will NOT include kidney, tongue or oxtail. Don't forget the bath product each month! You will enjoy soap, bath salts or bath oils, all handmade by Jenny!
How do I know when the pick ups are? When you get your first installment, you will receive a card that lists every pick up for every location for the entire season. In addition, we let you know the dates by: 1.) The Calendar page on the web site (see link on the left hand side of this page.) 2.) A reminder email sent at the beginning of the week 3.) The monthly email newsletter has all of the dates for that month at the bottom of the page 4.) Deliveries are posted on Facebook, so be sure to find and "like" us: "Peaceful Pastures" 5.) CSA pick ups will also be tweeter on Twitter, so if you are a Twiiter user, be sure to follow us "Peacefulpasture" (singular--not plural.)
What if I have a conflict and cannot meet you at my drop off location? You have 3 options: 1) Notify us in advance of your regular scheduled pick up and arrange to meet us at a different drop off location within 2 weeks or 2) Come to the farm to pick up.
IMPORTANT!! If you cannot pick your CSA as scheduled, you must notify the farm at least 24 hours in advance to make arrangements for a different drop off location, to pick up at the farm, or to have it shipped (at your expense) within 14 days of my original intended drop off date. Failure to do so will result in forfeiture of that month’s installment.
Missed/forgotten pick ups have substantially increased our overhead. Instead of passing that cost along to all subscribers, there is a charge if you miss your intended delivery. You will be assessed a $25.00 fee to cover the cost of the dry ice, transportation, unloading/reloading. This does NOT apply if you notified us in advance and changed your date/location! Only to "No Shows"