Saturday, July 31, 2010

Break Down of CSA Shares

Herbal CSA Break Down

Two shares are going to be offered a small share $ 140 and a large share $240.

The small share will include:

· 1 oz Healing Salve

· 1 oz Calendula Cream

· Choice of 2 3-4 oz Tea blends

· Choice of 4 1oz Herbal Extract (herbal tincture)

· Choice of 2 1 oz Herbal Elixir

· Choice of 2 2 oz Herbal Oils

· Choice of 1 4 oz Herbal Vinegar

· Choice of 1 4 oz Herbal Syrup

· Choice of 1 Body Cream

· Choice of 1 Herbal Body Product or 1 Herbal Honey or 2 Flower Essences

· Choice of 1 small herbal plants (Fall Share only)

· 2 Eat Your Weeds Sticker

The large share will include:

· 1 oz Healing Salve

· 1 oz Calendula Cream

· Choice of 4 3-4 oz Tea Blends

· Choice of 8 1 oz Herbal Extract ( herbal tincture)

· Choice of 4 1 oz Herbal Elixir

· Choice of 4 2 oz Herbal Oil

· Choice of 2 4 oz Herbal Vinegars

· Choice of 2 4 oz Herbal Syrups

· Choice of 2 Body Creams

· Choice of 2 Herbal Body Products or 2 Herbal Honeys or 4 Flower Essences

· Choice of 2 small herbal plants (Fall Share only)

· 4 Eat Your Weeds Sticker

The shares can be paid half up front and then half at the time of pick-up.

Herbal CSA Category of Choices

Herbal Tea Blends:

· Spring Cleaning

· Love Your Lungs

· Daily Nourishment

· Sweet Dreams

· Lemon”tea”Ade

Herbal Extracts:

Combination Extracts:

· Nerve Soother

· Sweet Dreams

· Immune Support

· Deep Mushroom/ Root Chai (one per order)

· Ease My Pain

Single Herbal Extracts:

· Angelica * Motherwort * Chamomile

· Milky Oats * Echinacea * Astragulus

· Sacred Basil * Yarrow * Marshmallow

· Lemon Balm * Calendula * Chickwee

· Skullcap * St. John’s Wort * Dandelion

· Burdock Root * Nettles * Raspberry

· Chocolate mint * Plantain * Hyssop

· Goldenrod * Yellow Dock

Herbal Elixirs (Made with Raw and Unfiltered Maine Honey):

· Lavender

· Wild Rose

· Ginger

· Elderberry

· Blueberry

· Chocolate Love

· Lemon Balm and Sacred Basil

Herbal Oils:

· St. John’s Wort (one per share)

· Massage Blend

· Lavender

· Comfrey

· Plantain

· Sacred Basil

· Nettles

· Chickweed

· Calendula

· Yarrow

· Chocolate Mint

· Tender Love (Breast Health)

Herbal Syrups:

· Immune

· Iron and Mineral

· Elderberry

· Rosehip and Lemon Balm

· Ginger

· Ginger and Garlic

Herbal Vinegars:

· Nasturtium

· Lavender

· Basil

· Rosemary and Thyme

· Garlic

Herbal Body Creams:

· Luscious (Lavender and Rosewood)

· Chocolate Mint

· Amber –Rose

· Lemon and Eucalyptus

· Vanilla

· Ease My Pain

· Tender Love (Breast Health)

· Rose Lotion

· Eczema Relief

Herbal Body Products:

· Herbal Hair Rinse

· Herbal Face Scrub in Lavender or Chamomile Mint

· Rosemary and Mint Face Mask

· Coffee and Mint Sugar Body Scrub

· Rosemary and Mint Salt Body Scrub

· Lavender Salt Body Scrub

· Herbal Scalp Oil

· Bath Salts in Lavender, Calendula and Oatmeal or Rosemary, Mint

and Eucalyptus

Flower Essences:

· Dandelion

· Apple Blossom

· Forget-Me-Not

· Yarrow

· Chamomile

· Bee balm

· Hyssop

· Echinacea

· California Poppy

· Calendula

For those interested in buying a share you can email me at HerbalRevolution@hotmail.com

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

What is a CSA?

CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture.

I can’t exactly remember what year it was when I heard the term Community Supported Agriculture but I do remember it was instant love. Community Supported Agriculture is when an individual or a family makes an investment into a local farm by buying a share. All farms are different but generally a couple of share options are offered, such as an individual share or a family share.

When you buy a share you are buying into that seasons harvest receiving weekly amounts of produce, dairy, meat and or other farm products throughout the season. One of the reasons why I love CSA’s is the farmer gets to make a direct link with their neighbors and community along with gaining financial sustainability for the season.

Living in an area that is blessed with a bounty of small family farms. I have had the opportunity to work and live on a few of these amazing farms getting a chance to understand farming from an apprentice point of view and all of the hard work, long hours and time that goes into getting the food from the fields to our tables. I have always felt that it is important for people to understand where there food comes from and a CSA gives them the opportunity to see beyond their grocery store or refrigerator.

What is an Herbal CSA?

Based on the same concept as a CSA for produce we will be offering a wide range of local organic herbal medicine preparations and herbal infused body products.

We are in the beginning stages of the CSA and for this year will be offering a Fall share and two Winter shares. Each share offered is a complete share and all can be purchased separately. The exact dates are not down yet but roughly the pick-ups will be in the end of Sept. mid Dec and mid to late Feb.

We are also offering mail order with the additional cost of shipping.

You will have a choice of a ½ share or a full share. You will be able to choose from a wide variety of medicinal preparations such as tinctures, teas, elixirs, syrups, flower essences, skin care, vinegars and herbal honeys.

How to Join

If you would like more information on the price of shares and order forms I can be emailed at

HerbalRevolution@hotmail.com.

I will also be posting over the next week or two the information on prices and what each share consists of.

Friday, July 23, 2010

More to Come

Coming Soon! An Herbal CSA...within the next few weeks there will be
information on the different types of shares that will be offered by
Herbal Revolution. So stay tuned for more to come.