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2013 CSA
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CSA Surveys About Our Farm More About Us
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Shundahai Farm Raluca Mocanu and Ed Wazer 253 Maple Road Storrs, CT 06268 (860) 429-0695 Our CSA is full for 2013. Please call or email us if you’d like to be on our CSA
contact list for next year.
Who We Are and Our
Philosophy
Greetings from Raluca
and Ed at Shundahai Farm! We are a small family farm of 5 acres
established in 2009, located 1 mile from University of Connecticut. We picked
our name, Shundahai, from the Western Shoshone tribe, because we were drawn
to its meaning: “Peace and Harmony with all Creation.” It captures the
spirit in which we strive to farm and live. Our goal, in farming, is soil health and soil fertility. Healthy, fertile soil produces healthy food, and
healthy people. We do not use pesticides (conventional or organic) or
anything that detriments the soil or the environment. We are happy that our
children can eat whatever they want right out of the field without having to
worry about pesticides. To affirm these beliefs and practices, we
have taken the Connecticut NOFA (Northeast Organic Farmers Association)
Pledge. You can read the pledge at our farm, or at the CT NOFA website http://ctnofa.org. What is the purpose of our farm? Our 8-year-old daughter, Sena, said: “The
purpose of our farm is to teach people about the Earth, so they can help the
Earth.” How do we do that? By growing healthy, tasty vegetables, and drawing
the connection between healthy soils, healthy plants, healthy
people; by having CSA members come to our farm on a weekly basis, see where
their food comes from, how it changes with the season, and how it is grown.
Our hope is that through our CSA we will help people feel more connected to
the land, and encourage them to make positive choices in their daily lives,
positive for the Earth and all of us beings. Why We Farm "Some of the reasons I decided to farm: to provide the healthiest food possible for my children, to learn to grow food in a sustainable way, to work for something that I believe is positive for the environment, to be with my children more, to be outside more". - Ed "For me, farming arose as a natural extension of our lifestyle. I farm because I like to cook healthy, fresh food for my family. I farm because I love to be outside, close to the land, and need to feel connected to Nature. I farm because I need to do work which I find meaningful, and I see that people are hungry for tasty, nutritious food. I farm because I am in awe of the mystery of Life and farming gives me a practical and tangible way of practicing my spirituality. Peace." - Raluca
Peace !
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