Bluebird CSA

Monday, January 20, 2014

Become a Member!

Hello all,
It’s that time of year again-time to sign up for Bluebird Farm Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)! Our online CSA membership sign-ups are open.


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A subscription to Bluebird Farm allows you to share our harvest! Vegetable share members receive a "Farmer's Pick" assortment of seasonal, fresh, vegetables and herbs weekly for 20 weeks from mid–May to the end of September.   You’ll also receive weekly newsletters about the farm with special seasonal recipes.  You can add chicken shares and egg shares to your membership and enjoy more of the farm's bounty throughout the growing season.

The 2014 season weekly box of vegetables will be Wednesday May 14th- Wednesday September 24th.

 We usually sell out of memberships, so don’t delay!


What types of shares are there?

Vegetable Share-Prices are based on a full 20 week amount of vegetables. The amount of vegetables in your box each week varies depending on the season and the weather.
>>See examples of vegetables included in a Large Vegetable Share box<<
  • Large Share- $500. Vegetables and herbs, suitable for two adults and two children, average of $25/week                                                                                   
  • Small Share- $400. Vegetables and herbs, suitable for two adults, average of $20/week                              

Chicken Share-  Bluebird Farm pastured broiler chickens are fed certified organic grains.  We raise a hearty outdoor chicken breed outside on fresh pastures in clean air.  Meat from healthy, happy birds takes on a whole different flavor and texture-it tastes like chicken for a change!  Most industrial meat chickens are raised in crowded warehouses that produce an industrial food product and heaps of industrial grade waste.
We raise more pastured broiler chickens in the spring and fall when they are healthier and happier in their pastures and fewer chickens in the intense summer heat. Bluebird Farm chickens fertilize our pastures, hunt grasshoppers, and taste amazing!
  • Small Chicken Share:   $200 pre-paid member credit. This gives you a $40 credit towards 2 chickens at each of the 5 distributions.-  2 chickens approximately every 5 weeks starting May 22nd (10 chickens through the season.)
  • Large Chicken Share: $400 pre-paid member credit. This gives you a $80 credit toward 4 chickens at each of the 5 distributions.- 4 chickens approximately every 5 weeks starting May 22nd (20 chickens through the season.)

Egg Share-Eggs from Bluebird Farm’s outdoor pasture hens.  Our wonderful hens receive a diet of non-medicated grains and have plenty of space to hunt, scratch, take dust baths, and generally be real chickens.  Fresh eggs from our hens don’t even resemble the month old eggs that you can purchase at the grocery.  Purchasing an egg share is the best way to guarantee that you get our delicious free range pastured eggs. The hens' grain is not organic or GMO-free. Please see more feed information below.
  • Small Share:  $52.50---1 dozen eggs every other week (10 dozen through the season)
  • Large Share: $105---1 dozen eggs every week (20 dozen through the season)
Spring box....early June
Early summer-late June
mid summer- mid July 

Late Summer Box...mid September



>>>Learn More and Sign Up Here<<<

Weekly Pickup Locations
Pick up your vegetable, egg, and chicken shares at...
  • Bluebird Farm (Wednesday, 4-6 pm) Come out to the farm and enjoy the seasonal changes of "your farm" week to week! 
  • Morganton Natural Foods (formerly Nature's Bounty)(Wednesday, 4-6 pm) The shares will be dropped off at the location by 4 pm.   Morganton Natural Foods closes at 6 pm.  Please thank the kind people at Morganton Natural Foods for hosting our CSA pickup location every year!
  • Wednesday Hickory Farmers Market (Wednesday, 10 am-3 pm) Pick up your box as early as possible during the market to ensure the freshest produce. 
*Wednesday Hickory*  Don't want a vegetable share in Hickory?  Chicken shares, Chicken and Egg shares, and Egg shares are available. Sign-up online for these "protein" shares.

*Saturday Morganton Farmers' Market* 
 Don't want a vegetable share in Morganton?  Chicken shares, Chicken and Egg shares, and Egg shares are available, but pickup availability is limited. Vegetables shares are not available for pickup at the Farmers' Market. Please email with questions and to sign-up for these "protein" shares.



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