THE GAP Reveiws a CSA (Community Shared Agriculture) May 4, 2010

CSA has been talk about in THE GAP for over a year. Our April, 2010 meeting. Yesenia Villasenor-Rodriguez presented, and we are inviting our surround neighbors to share in the opportunity.

BE PART OF THE LOCAL FOOD MOVEMENT WHILE OFFERING YOUR FAMILY FRESH, LOCAL, AND CERTIFIED ORGANIC PRODUCE.

Sweet Earth Organic Farm will be present their offering to the GAP Organization May 4, 2010 at there monthly meeting room 1201 at Illinois College of Optometry 3242 S. Indiana at 7:15 p.m. This is your opportunity to Be Part of a CSA. What is a CSA? CSA is short for Community Shared Agriculture.

CSAs are Part of the New Local Food Movement. Its a way to bring communities and farmers together so that people know more about how and where their food is grown and the farmers know who their customers are! Its an investment in people, the earth, communities, and your health!

Did you know that over 90% of the food consumed by Illinois residents does not come from Illinois or local communities. Yes, astounding given how much "agriculture" is in Illinois.

The way CSAs work is that the CSA members pay an upfront fee to receive weekly produce that will be delivered here to the GAP approximately from the farmer beginning the last week of June through the last week of October.

The GAP selected Sweet Earth Organic Farms (certified organic farm since 1974) to present. It is owned by Farmer (because farmess is not a word) Renee.

Please visit her website at www.sweetearthorganicfarm.com


To learn more about Sweet Organic. Please plan come out on

THE GAP MONTHLY MEETING

Tuesday,May 4, 2010

room 1201

Illinois College of Optometry

3242 S. Indiana

Start Time is 7:15 p.m.

Another program to improve the quality of life on the community.

Things are changing in THE GAP.

For more information please contact us by email at
thegapco@hotmail.com or fax (312)225-1406