Taos Community Farms CSA Wraps Up 4th Year
The Taos Community Farms CSA, a project of AIRE, is wrapping up our successful fourth year! This year, over the course of 16 weeks, we helped farmers sell 66,240 pounds of local produce to the community!
Founded in 2020, Taos Community Farms CSA is committed to getting local food to local people. By sourcing food from local farms in Taos and Rio Arriba counties, we support farming as a livelihood, traditional trade, and a key step towards regional food sovereignty. In making locally grown produce more readily available to Taos consumers, we support our community’s health and stake in the food we eat every day, as well as the quality of our soils, waters, and regional economies. The CSA is part of the EBT and Double Up Food Bucks programs, further expanding the accessibility of the program.
In 2023, Taos Community Farms CSA partnered with seven farms in northern New Mexico: Freshies of New Mexico in Velarde, Umami Gardens in Abiquiu, Cerro Vista Farm in Cerro, Growing Opportunities in Alcalde, Las Aguas Farm in Talpa, Rio Lucero Farm in El Prado, and New Buffalo Farm in Arroyo Hondo. The CSA also sourced snap peas from the Taos High School greenhouse and apricots and sungold cherry tomatoes, apples and plums from friends of AIRE.
A September share highlighting the colors of the fall harvest 
The final share of the season, debuting pears!
The farms we partner with are committed to growing organic produce using sustainable, regenerative, and biodynamic practices. Our partner farms grow fresh produce without chemical herbicides or pesticides, and often use regenerative farming practices like no-till.
Umami Gardens grows a summer lettuce bounty in their 16×100 greenhouse 
At Freshies of New Mexico, oyster mushrooms grow beneath peach trees
Our farmers appreciate having an additional, direct venue to sell their produce close to home.
Taos Community Farms CSA also offered local grass-fed and finished beef from sixth generation Taos Valley ranchers. For more information on beef options, click here.
We are proud to share that we reached over 100 Taos community members this season.
Communications for the 2024 CSA will come through our website and email lists – be sure to subscribe on our website to receive updates once we start registering in the spring!
Thank you to all those who supported local farms through the Taos Community Farms CSA – your decision ripples across our community and our land and down through the next generation.
