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Rosemattel CSA Farms, located on 72nd Avenue has expanded to include a second location in Felida and is offering 100 subscriptions for the harvest year of 2009.  Produce is picked up at the farm by the farm's subscribers.    Each week, herbs are included in all shares as is fruit when it is season. Rosemattel also offers other off-farm items such as eggs, honey, sauces, jams, soaps, and the opportunity for weekly bread shares on a pre-order basis so that families do not have to take more trips to get other farm products that Rosemattel's is not able to produce on site.

Owner Brenda Millar-Stanton started growing produce in Cowlitz County when she realized she was growing too much for her personal use.  She is passionate about responsibly and organically grown produce and practices crop rotation, cover cropping and strip tilling.  Her favorite time of year is March when she feels she is  emerging from the darkness of winter.  It is then when she sees her “babies” ready for the beginning of the growing season.  She laughingly relates her children call her “The Crazy Plant Lady.”

Rosemattel joined the ranks of community-supported-agriculture Farms in 2007 after three years of planning along with the help of Dr. Carol Miles.  She met Carol while she was working on her Associates Degree at Clark College.   2007 was her first  year of putting the CSA in to full operation.  She initially offered 10 shares and grew enough to offer 25 and has expanded her growing area each year, offering 60 shares in 2008.

Twice a year, Rosemattel holds an open house and plant sale where nursery stock and informal garden tours are available to the general public. Visit their web site for current information and a complete listing of vegetables, fruits, herbs, and plants available.

Contact Information

Rosemattel's CSA Farm

10311 N.E. 72nd Avenue
Vancouver, WA 98686

(360) 576-9767
http://RosemattelsCSA.com

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