- Are you looking for humanely raised meat, but don’t have freezer space to buy a whole animal?
- Are you trying to be more intentional with your food dollars by supporting the local economy and buying from farmers who have a proven track record of regenerative agriculture practices?
- Do you want to know exactly where your meat comes from and have a direct relationship with your farmer?
- Do you have uncertainty about marketing claims and labels when there is no other information on how that animal was raised?
- Are you looking for meat that has a better nutritional profile than mass marketed meat?
A beautiful pasture-raised roasted chicken from Terra Farma
If any of these describe you, a membership in Terra Farma’s meat CSA may be right for you. What is a CSA, you ask? CSA is an acronym for Community Supported Agriculture and has traditionally been associated with vegetables, where you sign up for a fixed price for an entire season and receive a varied selection of vegetables each week.
A meat CSA is similar in that there is a prepayment for a defined period of time and you will get a variety of products, but pickup is generally once a month and, since most of the meat is delivered frozen, it can operate year-round.
You get a reliable supply of the finest products, get to try things you may not have selected on your own, and you help support the local food economy by making sure your farmer has some upfront capital to cover expenses during the season and the comfort of not having to guess how much they need to produce each year. The latter is key to preventing unnecessary food waste that so often occurs on the open market.
We are tremendously proud of the care and respect we give our animals, and we are open and transparent with all of our practices.
Here are the basics of how Terra Farma’s meat CSA works:
Once a month you will get a box with 10-12 pounds of a variety of meats and cuts from animals raised by us on our farm. This will include whole pastured chicken, grass-fed beef, pastured pork, and even the occasional guinea fowl and rabbit. Future plans even include goat and lamb, making this the most diverse meat CSA that we know of. You’ll also get other surprises periodically, we can’t tell you what yet, otherwise it wouldn’t be a surprise!
We will have quarterly subscription periods, so you’d be signing up for a 3-month commitment at a time, this will cost $325. That works out to just about $10/pound for the best pasture-raised meat you can find.
You will pick up your share either at our farm in Corbett, or at a location in Portland that is still to be determined (though likely in N or NE PDX)
You will get 2 of the coveted Terra Farma insulated bags to transport your precious cargo.
The first pickup will be in April, and we’ll start accepting signups March 1st, though stay tuned for a special early bird offer in February!
We’ll be following up soon with more information and lots of FAQs. We are very excited about this and can’t wait to share our farm with you in a whole new way!