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Red Ridge Farm

Address:

978 NW 1101 Road
Odessa, Missouri 64076

Contact Information:

Ami & Jim Zumalt

Phone: 816-690-7161 or 816-694-4432
E-mail: jaaaz@embarqmail.com

Our CSA is run in three sessions:

  • SESSION 1: May – July (10 weeks)
  • SESSION 2: July – September (10 weeks)
  • SESSION 3: September/October – November/December (10 weeks)

CSA Distribution Info:

  • Community Market at Brookside , 6321 Wornall, KCMO (Saturday, 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.)
  • Lee’s Summit location (TBD)

Share Structure:

  • FULL SHARE…………….$250 + $25 annual membership fee (5 – 9 items, depending on the time of season)
  • SHARED………………….$250 + $25 per-household membership fee (same as full share, divided among more than one household)
  • PARTIAL SHARE……….$180 + $25 annual membership fee (4 – 6 items/week, depending on the time of season)

What can shareholders expect in their share? We grow the full range of vegetables which do well in our Midwestern climate, including 20 varieties of peppers and 75 varieties of heirloom tomatoes! Also in the shares will be herbs, cut and dried flowers (including some which are edible), micro-greens, and eggs. (The eggs are provided to our CSA by another farmer — please contact us for details.)

Number of shares offered for 2010 season: 10 shares are available per session

WHAT MAKES OUR FARM UNIQUE:

Jim hails from a self-sustaining, large farming family, and both he and Ami have extensive horticultural experience thanks to their time spent working at Powell Gardens and their landscaping design business, not to mention our own home gardening experiments! We are dedicated to using organic growing methods (we are transitioning toward organic certification), utilizing compost, crop rotation, row covers, and companion planting of herbs and flowers to attract beneficial insects while deterring pests. We will use high tunnels this year to further help with pest reduction and season extension. We got our market-farming feet under us last year at the Community Market at Brookside (KCMO), and can be found there again in 2010. Trying our hand for the first time at operating a CSA this year, we are starting pretty small so that we can ensure our members are well-cared-for. Our members are not required to work at the farm as a part of their share, but volunteers are always welcome (please arrange your visit ahead of time).

Full-time and volunteer apprenticeships are arranged through Growing Growers — we are seeking 1 or 2 apprentices for 2010.

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