Turnip Rock Farm plans for 2024
We want to give an update for our farm plans for 2024! For those that missed the announcement, scroll down to previous blog posts letting folks know that after 14 years, 2023 was our last season of CSA boxes! We are still farming, but not delivering CSA shares. Cosmic Wheel Creamery will be at Mill City Farmers Market every other Saturday and Turnip Rock Farm will be at St. Croix Falls Farmers Market on Saturdays. We will have our online farm stand open for orders of meat and cheese for pickup at The Good Acre during the Summer.
For our local folks and anyone that wants a little day trip, we will continue to have our farm store open and stocked with veggies, meat, and cheese Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 12-6 from May-October. We hope you will come and shop at the farm! We will also be hosting Sunday Sundaes on the farm once a month and invite everyone to come out to those events for soft serve sundaes and our farm store being open! More details and dates will be available soon!
We have had some inquiries from former CSA members about finding a new farm CSA since Turnip Rock won’t be providing CSA shares this season.
We know that too often when a farm decides to shift away from CSA, some members decide not to continue signing up for a CSA share, but we really encourage you to look into these farms for the 2024 season as a way to directly support the success of small family farms and get the freshest produce in return! Here’s a list with links of some of our neighbors who we can personally vouch for the amazingness of their veggies and farming practices!
Whetstone Farm is very nearby to Turnip Rock Farm. They rotationally graze sheep and beef cows and have lots of opportunities for you to visit the farm each year with monthly community meals and a big harvest party each season. They offer small and large shares and they will be partnering with Cosmic Wheel Creamery to offer a bi-weekly cheese share that can be delivered with your veggie CSA! They do an amazing job with their veggies and have many dropsides that are nearby or the same as our Turnip Rock Sites: Delivery day is Thursday:
River Market, Stillwater
Farrell’s Gym, Selby Ave St. Paul
St. Anthony/Prospect Park neighborhood, St. Paul
Seward Coop, Franklin Store, Minneapolis
Butter Bakery and Cafe, Minneapolis
Lakewinds, Richfield
NE Minneapolis (Site TBA)
Racing Heart Farm is another stellar Western WI farm that serves the twin cities with both large and small Certified Organic veggie CSA shares. They are planning on partnering with Cosmic Wheel Creamery to offer a monthly cheese CSA! They have drop sites at several coops in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Richfield on Wednesdays.
Growing Lots is another amazing CSA delivering on Tuesdays to both Seward locations. They will be offering a monthly Cosmic Wheel Cheese Share also!
The Good Acre is another great option! This is where Farmer Josh is working now as the Director of Grower Support. Signing up for a Good Acre CSA share helps to support many small family farms, many of them being immigrant or beginning farmers. Good Acre offers add-ons including cheese and has several drop sites throughout the metro area.
Threshing Table Farm in Star Prarie WI offers weekly and bi-weekly CSA shares with drop sites in western WI and at the Rivermarket Coop. They also offer a bi-weekly Cosmic Wheel Creamery Cheese share.
Sweet Top Farm in Amery, WI offers weekly and bi-weekly CSA shares with a monthly Cosmic Wheel Creamery Cheese Share add-on. Dropsites are in Western WI and also in Woodbury on Wednesdays.
We are so grateful to everyone who reached out with thanks and well wishes as we make out move to the next iteration of the farm. We hope that you all will continue to join us in our efforts to localize and diversify our food system!
Please let us know if you have any questions!
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THE YEARS OF SUPPORT!
P.S. If you are able to, please contribute to the Lucy Laney Kids at the Farm day that we will be hosting again this Spring!
