Community Supported Agriculture
Preparing CSA shares with Solana, CMN’s fantastic summer youth worker.
30 CSA shares ready for delivery.
Broccoli, cucumber, zucchini, onion, garlic, kale, and beans for shares in August.
The College of Menominee Nation implemented a community supported agriculture (CSA) pilot program in 2019 to provide 30 low-income families on the Menominee Indian Reservation with fresh, local produce. The CSA program operates through McDougal’s Farm, a l ocal organic farm located north of the reservation. McDougal’s Farm grows a diverse selection of quality produce raised with organic fertilizer and compost. The farm never uses synthetic fertilizers, chemicals, herbicides, or GMOs. After receiving funding through a USDA-NIFA Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers grant in November of 2018, we began advertising the CSA pilot program to the Menominee community. By posting fliers at Menominee Food Distribution, the
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