Buy a New Native Hill T-Shirt to Support Families in Need!

Thanks to our friends over at Pine Print Shop, we’ve got a fresh new Native Hill Farm t-shirt on sale to support our “Shared Share” program. In partnership with The Vegetable Connection, a Fort Collins-based nonprofit, 100% of funds raised will help low-income families access Native Hill Farm CSA shares - a great way to help get healthy food to folks in need. The remaining $15 covers shipping, materials, and keeps the Pine crew employed. A win-win for everyone.

Support local businesses and families in need with your Native Hill Farm t-shirt order! Sale ends May 9th, 2020.

Summer Farm Shares SOLD OUT!

Morning, Folks! We are now SOLD OUT of our Summer Farm Shares. Thank you to all that have purchased a share. Your support of the farm during this time means so much to us. We believe eating fresh, local, nutrient dense and naturally grown produce will help encourage a strong immune system and good health in our community.

If you missed your chance to purchase a share, you can still buy Native Hill Farm produce at our Farm Stand, open 7 days a week, from 10am-6pm, mid-May to October. We will also be at the Larimer County Farmers' Market, May 23 - October 31, 2020 from 9am-1pm at the Larimer County Courthouse parking lot (200 W. Oak St in Old Town, Fort Collins).

We still have some Winter Farm Shares available. Eat Native Hill all year long!

COVID-19 Update from Native Hill Farm

Photo credit: Stephanie Powell, This Vicarious Life

Hello Folks, 

We are closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation and how it might affect our farm community. The health and safety of our customers is, and always has been, our top priority. In the coming weeks and months, as this situation evolves, we will keep you updated on how potential closures (i.e. Farmer's Market) are affecting farm operations and distribution of our Farm Shares.

Some steps we are taking now:

1) We already have stringent health and safety protocols in place at Native Hill Farm. We will continue these practices and continue monitoring local, state and CDC recommendations for COVID-19. Locally grown food has a much much shorter supply chain with many many less people handling the produce. 

2) With the addition of the new packhouse building at the farm we are now more prepared than ever to efficiently and very safely grow, wash and properly store your food before it gets to your family. 

Steps we are considering if the Farmer's Market is closed come May:

1) Farm Share pick-up at the Farm

2) Home delivery

3) Extended farm stand hours and staffing

4) No farm tours or gatherings at the farm and only farm staff will be allowed on the farm during this time.

We believe eating fresh, local, nutrient dense and naturally grown produce will help encourage a strong immune system and good health in our community. Supporting local farmers is more important now than ever before! As we continue to work tirelessly to grow your food, we will do everything in our power to get that food to you safely and efficiently. The farm is full steam ahead and at full production as we head towards the season. We realize the huge importance of the food we grow and how it is accessed to our community.

Stay well,

Nic + The Native Hill Farm Family

Words of Wisdom from Wendell Berry in this tumultuous time:

"When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free." ~ Wendell Berry, “New Collected Poems” 

Happy CSA Day!

Photo: cliff cottage collective

On the fourth annual CSA Day you can join other like-minded people around the country who are committed to: 

• preparing healthy foods for their families;

• supporting their local farmer;

• being kind to our planet;

• trying new kinds of veggies

• being adventurous in the kitchen.

CSA (community-supported agriculture) is a weekly subscription to a season’s worth of sustainable, locally grown produce that is distributed to members throughout the harvesting season. CSA members enjoy the quality of fresh fruits and vegetables each week, while supporting their local farmer.

Getting food from a CSA is different from going to a farmers market or using a grocery delivery service. As a CSA member, you make a seasonal commitment to a small farmer in your area, and the produce is either delivered to your door or you pick it up at a local location like a Farmer’s Market. CSA members take pleasure in knowing where and how their food is grown, and typically have an open line of communication with their farmer. Many CSA farms actively teach their members how to use the food they receive each week.

According to Small Farm Central’s CSA Farming Annual Report, the most popular time to join a CSA each year is at the end of February. To promote this important time for farmers, CSA Day was created, and each year it falls on the last Friday in February. It’s an entire day dedicated to the celebration of community-supported agriculture. CSA farmers benefit from an influx of sign-ups from members, which gives them revenue when they need it most for the growing season.

If you would like to celebrate CSA Day and support Native Hill Farm, sign up for a share TODAY and use the hashtag #CSAday to join the online conversation.

Native Hill Summer Farm Shares are almost sold out!

Hello Native Hill Farm Community, 

Thanks to the many of you who have signed up for the summer and winter shares!  We could not and would not do it without you.

It has been a busy month on the farm as we do equipment repairs, move in to the new pack house, work on the new farm stand, create the farm map, order seeds, and hire the 2020 farm team to name a few. It is going to be a great season!

I am just writing a brief reminder that we are almost sold out of summer shares for the 2020 season, and we historically always sell out by March. So head on over to the website if you want to reserve your spot and let your friends and neighbors know as well.  Winter shares are also selling fast believe it or not! 

A couple of key benefits of the Native Hill Farm Summer Farm Share:

-You get to choose whatever produce you like whenever you want it. 

-You get an extra 10% produce credit when you sign up for a summer farm share

-7 day a week pick ups from May 23 through October 31

-Pick up at the Saturday Foco Old Town Farmers Market (9am-1pm) and/or at the Honor System Farm Stand at the home farm near Laporte - open 7 days a week (10am to 6pm)

-U pick flowers

-On Farm Chili Roast and Farm Happy Hours

-The most delicious and fresh organic produce you will ever eat! 

-The winter farm share is amazing...eat good year round! 

Thanks for your support, 

Nic and The Native Hill Farm Team