Back in slightly less dire days, Alexis and I were working on launching a Community Supported Agriculture program for Soul Food Farm — a chicken & egg CSA. I thought we would have to put this on hold because of the fire, but she has told me that the chicks she had earmarked for the first delivery October 7, and the one after, have made it through the fire fine, and need to find ovens homes on schedule.
The chickens available will be whole, pastured broiler chickens, roughly 3-4 lbs, for $6.50/lb. — the same tasty birds that Chez Panisse serves. They are slaughtered in a USDA certified plant and will come fresh, not frozen, with heads and feet attached. (We will provide removal instructions for the squeamish and uninitiated. Heads and feet make great stock, or dog chews.) Hearts, liver and gizzards will be available for separate purchase by the pound. Eggs will be $6.50/dozen. You will be able to order as many or as few chickens and eggs as you want, for any delivery location. There will be deliveries in San Francisco, the East Bay, and the Vacaville/Davis area; exact locations to be determined. The CSA will require a pre-payment of $100, the equivalent of the minimum order for three months.*
If you would like to be notified when we have all the CSA details ironed out in the next few weeks so you can join, please fill out this form. If you’ve already filled out the form and asked a question or offered to host a pickup site, expect to hear from me in the next week.
*If you have made a donation of $25 or more to the Soul Food Farm Fire Fund via PayPal, we will gladly credit your donation against your CSA fee.
