What is CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a system in which both the benefits and the risks of agriculture production is shared by the shareholders within the community. Most often the consumers will purchase 'shares' from a local farm at the beginning of the growing season, thus ensuring the viability for the farmer. The consumer will then receive vegetables, fruit, grains, meat, wool, flowers etc. throughout the year according to what has been grown and what is in season. 

Farmed and Foraged Dye plant CSA

For further resources and support for the Natural Dye CSA participants check it out here.

This CSA is a dye kit that will feature natural dyes grown and foraged at Long Way Homestead and locally sourced wool. This will include 4 separate dye kits throughout the season with locally grown and harvest natural dye plants. The CSA will include:

• 4 individual skeins of undyed yarn (pre scoured)

• Yarn is our 2-ply Grassland sport weight (around 275m/100g)

• dye material (dried) grown at Long Way Homestead and harvested in 2024

• Alum mordant

• instructions for natural dyeing at home (stove top or solar dyed)

• information card about the dye used and information about the colours achieved, and information about the breed.

• Private page of online resources and support.
  

  You can expect your yarn:
  July, August, September, October

The yarn is vacuum packed to reduce shipping costs ($5 x 4 shipments)