The photos above are from our CSA, i.e. "Community Supported Agriculture".  In this model, members of the community buy shares, in this case for $100 each.  They then get first choice of the harvest.  STI keeps track of the value of their produce by pegging the price to 10% below the local market rate.  Our goal is to get close to the cost of production.  Until we've done this a few times though, we won't quite know that cost!  So members get $100 worth of non-gmo, organically grown produce at 10% off the market cost of regular produce.  A good deal.  However, if the garden somehow fails to produce adequately, there are no refunds.  Excess produce will be sold at booths in town at regular market rates for non-organics.  Look for us in September in front of the Get Gassed resale shops on the east end of town and in front of Carlson Elementary on the west end. 

We're growing: peas, lettuces, spinach, chards, cucumbers, cilantro, tomatoes, beans, carrots, beets, and sprouts.  Everything is being grown with organic methods.  We use "Serenade", a safe, non-toxic organic product, to ward off blight and disease; diatomaceous for ants and other bugs; and netting for locusts and larger critters.  Our volunteers are also student gardeners.

Keeping your produce disease free:  according to CSU Extension, recent research shows that soaking your produce in a vinegar solution kills E.coli.  Rinse the vinegar  off after soaking.  STI soaks all of our seed sprouts in a vinegar solution before sprouting.