It’s 9:30 on an early May morning, already well into the day on Lindentree Farm in Lincoln. A crew of five is planting cauliflower and broccoli in the field, while in the barn basement Susan Viskin and Marilyn Hughes, both of Concord, are planting tomato seeds in small pots.

Supervising the work is farm owner Ari Kurtz, a tall, fit man with gray hair peeking out from under a North Face cap. “A lot of this is like baking,” he says of planting, and true to his analogy, the pots will be placed on heated mats to germinate.

First, though, the seeds are watered in an adjacent greenhouse, which is filled with neat rows of what will soon be tomatoes, summer squash, melons, and herbs like Genovese basil. The food will help feed the farm’s crew and 275 members, including Viskin and Hughes, who have paid for a portion of the farm’s harvest.

Lindentree Farm’s community-supported agriculture program, or CSA, is one of more than 80 such programs in Massachusetts, according to localharvest.org, an organic and local food website that maintains a directory of CSAs nationwide. For an annual fee ($650 for a small share or $800 for a large, which can be split) and a work commitment of four hours during the March-to-November season, members earn a weekly allotment of organically grown vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers. Members are vital to the farm’s success. In turn, they experience how food is produced.
By Ami Albernaz

Boston Globe Correspondent, May 22, 2008

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