Focus on the Farm – Hanley Farm Partners With Jacksonville Market CSA!
Pamela Sasseen, Hanley Farm Volunteer
Exciting news! We’ve partnered with Jacksonville Market CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)! Ken Snoke (a.k.a. “Farmer Ken,”) founder of Jacksonville Market CSA, and Richard Rogers, Hanley Farm Manager, have begun preparations for mid-May planting. The farm, in partnership with Ken’s Hootenanny Farm, Savage Family Farm, Walker Creek Farm, and several local orchards, will be providing fresh, local produce, eggs and more to consumers.
Ken Snoke with local farmers, Coz and Tina
The Community Supported Agriculture concept has grown in popularity over the past 20 years. Throughout the United
States, thousands of families have joined their local CSA. CSA’s are composed of local farmers who grow a variety of fresh produce and products; and consumers who purchase a CSA “share,” or subscription. In return, the member receives farm-fresh, local food throughout the farming season. The beauty of this farmer-consumer relationship is that the consumer knows where their food is coming from and in many instances, knows the farmer! Our Jacksonville Market CSA is a local group, and food is grown just a few miles from the CSA consumer-member’s home.
Historically, when originally conceived, the CSA was set up as a group of people who communally would buy a farm, hire personnel, and take a share of whatever the farm produced. However, if the farm had a bad year, then of course, the consumer-participants would, too. Not many CSA’s using the “communal” concept exist today, for obvious reasons!
Our CSA ensures income for our local farmers and fresh, locally-grown products to consumers, making for a win-win situation. Hanley Farm is proud to be the newest member of this group!
To learn more about Jacksonville Market CSA, visit their website, www.jvillemarket.com or call “Farmer Ken” Snoke at 541-499-9748.
Hanley Farm’s 5th Annual Heirloom Plant Sale
It’s that time again! Come to the farm and pick those special plants you’ve been looking for. Choose from an extensive offering of fabulous heirloom vegetable plants with that old-fashioned flavor that can’t be beat. A colorful rainbow of tomatoes from tiny to huge, peppers of every hue from the sweetest imaginable, to fiery, blistering hot, eggplant galore in many shapes and colors, melons, squash, cucumbers, herbs and flowers from gardens of long ago. Native and ornamental trees and shrubs, citrus trees, fig trees, grapes and so much more will be offered at this historical event. It’s possible we’ll have that just-right plant for your yard and garden. Come early for best selection!
Hanley Farm, Saturday, April 28, 11 am to 4pm
Mysteries in Our Backyard!
Hanley Fram Water Tower
Local history mysteries have been collected by the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society (RVGS), Southern Oregon Historical Society (SOHS) and Jackson County Heritage Association (JCHA) for their “Mysteries in Our Backyard” project. We invite you to go to the website (www.mysteries.jcheritage.org) to view the mysteries, and claim one if you wish! To learn more, you are invited to attend our “Mysteries Lecture Series.”
April 21, 9:30am-11am
“How to Use Cemeteries as Research Sites” – Have you ever thought about using a cemetery for research? Meet Dirk Siedlecki at the Jacksonville Cemetery and discover what you can learn from cemetery records and gravesites!
Contact RVGS 541-512-2340; SOHS 541-858-1724 for more.
For more information about Hanley Farm or upcoming events, call us at 541-773-2675; e-mail us at hanleyfarm@sohs.org; visit us on-line at www.sohs.org/properties/hanley-farm; or check out our Hanley Farm Facebook page!
Hanley Farm, owned and operated by the Southern Oregon Historical Society, is located at 1053 Hanley Road, between Jacksonville and Central Point.