Tucson CSA

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NOW HIRING for 2024-2025 School Year!

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Extended Day Teacher positions - Part time
12:15 - 3:45
11:30 - 3:45

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Gardening Teacher - PART TIME

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Cover letter, resume, and 3 prof. references should be sent to [email protected]

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What a fun first day of celebration for our 20 year anniversary at Tucson CSA! 🎉. We are so grateful for all the love 💕 that went into making valentines messages for our farmers. Join us tomorrow for more music, memories and treats!

Happy Halloween 🎃

We’re loving the overlap and colors of sweet summer into fall flavors in this week’s share, how about you?! 😍

Picked fresh today at and for sale why supplies last in our CSA shop!

Like peeling back layers of an onion, your TCSA volunteers enjoyed learning more and even helping out on a visit to one of our wonderful longtime farms We gained even more appreciation for what our farmers do and more gratitude for helping to share it with you all. And we got to see some super cute pigs 🐖 too!! Ask us about it next time you pick up!

https://tucsoncsa.org/2023/04/celebration-of-life-for-paul-durham/

Our dear friend Paul Durham, and husband of our late founder Philippe, passed away earlier this year.

Those who knew Paul are invited to a Celebration of his Life at the Tucson Botanical Gardens this Sunday, April 23rd, 10:00 A.M.

The memorial will take place outdoors in the Reception Garden so dress for the weather. Entrance to the gardens will be free, enter to the far east. Refreshments following the memorial provided indoors in the Porter House.

Please rsvp to Daniela .org if you plan on attending.

Checked in with what’s coming up and into your shares! And we like what we see…don’t you?! 😍🥦🥬🌿😍.

We are kicking off this new year with a wonderful donation from one of our long-term volunteers, Toby Parks. Toby has donated CSA logo-ed kitchen (or whatever you want to use them for!) aprons available to the first 40 members that donate to our CS-Aid program. (Minimum $25 donation required). See our website news post for more info and come see us to give and get an apron!

A new week means a new pop-up market! This week we have and . Ashley from Spring and Vine will have handmade soaps as well as beautiful ceramics ranging from pottery to jewelry and a lot in between! Laurel is back with her gorgeous conifer wreaths that she adorns with dried flowers, dehydrated oranges or a bow. She will also have handmade ornaments filled with dried flowers and honey from the farm.

Come one come all to shop local and pick up some one of a kind goods. They will be set up from 4-7 during share pickup.

It’s the first week of our holiday pop-up markets! This week we have Shazieh with and . Shazieh has a lovely assortment including; caramels, chai spice, salts as well as ceramics and ornaments. Margarita brings her unique style with original paintings, felt ornaments, bandannas and greeting cards.

Everyone is welcome to stop by and check out the goods from 4-7 today (Tuesday) and tomorrow.

We are excited to add some items to the CSA shop this week! From now until the end of the year we will have 1 pound bags of coffee from Cafe sin Fronteras, a family owned Tucson business. And in addition to the chocolates and candies we had last week, we will have caramels from .

Follow the links in our stories or in our bio to read more about these vendors. We also have a new post on the website about holiday traditions of our volunteer, Stefanie. Check it out for recipe ideas and more!

Get them before they’re gone!

Check out these amazing altars in honor of Philippe, the Tucson CSA founder. ♥️

It’s a gorgeous fall day at the CSA! Be sure to grab a plant start with your share. And, when in need of recipe ideas, be sure to check our website! Link in bio.

We had the cutest visitors at the CSA tonight! These gals get our collected compost from share pickup up.

Did you hear? The pumpkins are coming! Be prepared to haul home pumpkins this week.
We have a link on our website to RSVP for a Celebration of Life for Philippe, please do so if you plan on attending.
There’s still time to put down a deposit for a Thanksgiving turkey!

This week at the CSA we have extra banana peppers and okra in the shop from .

Does anyone else find the long beans to be as amusing as I do? They remind me of Halloween.

Eggplant is still coming our way. Let us know how you’ve been using it up or if you needs ideas, feel free to ask!

Glorious bouquets from are available in the CSA shop this week. We will also be offering corn tortillas from our newbie vendor as well as okra for sale too! And, don’t forget to check out our website for recipe ideas!

This week at the CSA, we will have local corn tortillas for sale as well as extra okra from . And, our shares will be a tomato lovers delight!

Things are getting fruity at the CSA! This week we have Asian pears for sale from . Come prepared to haul a watermelon home as well! Pro-tip for picking out watermelons: look for a sugar scar.

Are you getting hungry 🤤?

🚨Watermelon’s have arrived🚨

Be prepared to bring home a watermelon from your share this week. You may need an extra hand…or two!

✨Next week - July 5&6 - we will be taking a summer break. Shares will start back up the following week - July 12&13✨

Thanks for the lovely write up on a beautiful soul, Arizona Daily Star Both Daniela Diamente and Sara Jones are honored to carry on what Philippe Waterinckx created through Tucson CSA.

Supporter of Tucson farming, improving healthy food access, dies Philippe Waterinckx, founder of Tucson Community Supported Agriculture, set up a service allowing community members to purchase from local farmers nearly 20 years ago.

Congratulations to ! James Beard winner! We are so fortunate to have the privilege to partake in his delicious creations weekly.

Philippe Waterinckx
August 15, 1959 ~ June 10, 2022

In February 2004, when Philippe founded Tucson Community Supported Agriculture, there were 15 members, and pickup was on his front porch.

Philippe opened his home because he believed so strongly in the CSA model. He not only was advocating for local food systems, but he was building what he knew would become strong, meaningful connections between the farmers and his neighbors.

As the CSA expanded, so did Philippe’s Tucson community. It grew from him and his wonderful husband, Paul, to include the volunteers you see every week, the small children who learn to count by choosing produce from the bins, and our members, who thank him, with all of their hearts, for bringing the CSA to their tables.

We are forever grateful to Philippe, his vision, his dedication, his friendship, and his enduring legacy - the beautiful CSA family that he cared about so deeply.

If you would like to know more of Philippe’s journey with cancer, in his own words, you can find that here
https://ringsofwater.wordpress.com/

In the coming days, we will announce a Community Celebration of Philippe’s life, where we can honor his legacy together.

Photo : Philippe Waterinckx in Winter 2014 (our favorite photograph, by Fotovitamina)

This week at the CSA, we have peaches for sale, cute babies and tomatoes in the share. The peaches are from and they just happen to be AMAZING! $4/lb at the CSA shop.

This week we will also be taking non perishable food donations. Donations will go to Tucson Food Share.

Blanrock microgreens will be available for sale during share pick up this week. Choose from pea, radish or sunflower or get one of each! See you in the courtyard!

Check out our news story about a free viewing of the Good Food Film series. A set of 12 shorts will be a great way to learn about the Arizona food system and pass your afternoons hiding inside in the AC. Link in bio and stories.

I like when I try a new recipe and love it. This quick and filling meal has caramelized cabbage, anchovies/sage infused bread crumbs and freshly grated Parmesan. Recipe link in stories.