CSA Information Brochure & Sign-Up Form (PDF)

 

Contact Information:

Farm Address: 760 NE 48th Avenue, Trenton, Missouri 64683
Farm Manager: Michael Frantz

In-Town CSA Coordinator: Christine Stephan
Phone: 816-217-8115

 

CSA Distribution Info:

Click on a map location for details.

 

 

Share Structure:

Length of season: 24 weeks (May – November)

• Full Produce Share…………………..$540
• Partial Produce Share…………………$310

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Add a dozen eggs to your share (delivered every other week)………………………………….. +$45

Add poultry to your share (3 chicken fryers [≈3 lb. ea.], 3 chicken broilers [≈7 lb. ea.] + 1 turkey [≈15 lbs.]; delivered once per month)………………………………………………………………………. +$136
Poultry is pastured, with no hormones or antibiotics administered.

Add beef to your share (40-50 lbs total, including steaks, roast, and ground)…………………… +$265
Beef is grass-finished, with no hormones or antibiotics administered.

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CSA members may make payments through May 1, when the balance is due.  See the downloadable CSA membership form, at the bottom of this page, for details.

Get a 5% discount on the produce share when you refer a friend!

What can shareholders expect in their share?

Fruitful Hills offers a full array of vegetables, focusing on Midwestern staples, with heirloom tomatoes and herbs to add some variety. They also offer items such as honey and flowers when available. A print newsletter with farm news, recipes, and tips is included in each week’s distribution.

Sample Produce for 2013:

• Spring: beets with greens, broccoli, cauliflower, hothouse cucumbers, lettuce, green onions, sugar snap peas, new potatoes, radishes, spinach, hothouse tomatoes.
• Summer: beans, cabbage, corn, cucumbers, eggplant, garlic, lettuce, melons, onions, peppers, potatoes, raspberries, squash, tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes.
• Fall: beans, broccoli, Chinese cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, kale, lettuce, onions, sweet potatoes, winter squash, tomatoes, turnips.

Weather, pests, and disease affect the harvest, but the farmers will provide variety and value to the best of their ability. The most perishable items are picked on delivery day.

What makes the Fruitful Hills CSA unique:

Fruitful Hills is run by the Frantz family amongst a cluster of small family farms located in north central Missouri. Their close-knit Christian community is based on the German Baptist Brethren tradition which originated in Europe during the early 1700s.  One result of this lifestyle is that the Frantzes farm with REAL horse-power and very little modern technology.  For this reason, Christine Stephan works as Fruitful Hills’ CSA coordinator in the KC metro, helping connect Fruitful Hills’ CSA members with their farmers.

Fruitful Hills also hosts an office CSA at HNTB.  The Frantzes are looking to expand their office/group CSA efforts, so sign your company up today!

CSA members are invited to the farm each Spring and Autumn so they can meet their farmers, discover how their food is grown, meet the hard-working horses and other farm animals, and have some fun in the great outdoors.  Fruitful Hills also utilizes a Core Group of their CSA members, who assist with marketing, communication, and share distributions.

 

 

Fruitful Hills is also a member of the KC Food Circle.