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Peach Valley CSA
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Ken Kuhns Jr and his wife Gail, own and operate Peach Valley CSA Farm, located 17 miles west of Glenwood Springs in the Colorado River Valley. They helped establish the Saturday Farmers Market in Glenwood Springs in1985. For the last 20 years, they have operated their Community Supported Agriculture program, growing vegetable, fruit, greens, and egg shares for 100 + families through 40 weeks of the year. Their soil building program includes green manures, tillage, cold composting, rotations, animal manures, and fallowing, using organic and biodynamic methods.
Peach Valley CSA was established as a Community Farm in the early 1990's, was the first such farm on the Western Slope, and the second such farm in the State. We are Colorado's longest operating CSA farm.
Nestled along the I - 70 corridor, about 150 miles west of Denver, the region is popular for summer and winter recreation and light industry. Rich soils, abundant sunshine, excellent water, and a moderate climate also make it very productive for agriculture.
The area known as Peach Valley is an historic agricultural area, with numerous small farms, ranches and orchards. It lies about 15 miles west of Glenwood Springs, between the towns of New Castle and Silt. The area sits at about 5,500 feet in the Colorado River drainage of the central Rocky Mountains. Surrounded by majestic mountains, national forest lands, high desert plateaus and colorful mesas, the region carries the mark of ancient oceans and was the ancestral home of the Ute Mountain Indians.
Our homesteading and small farming venture began here in 1980. Garden and orchard areas have been farmed using organic techniques, without chemical inputs for at least 29 years. Soil health is accomplished through crop rotations, aged manures, and compost from flocks of chickens and fall turkeys.
CSA Details:
- Season: Year round
- Type: Multiple farm
- Since:1980
- No of Shares:100
- Full Share:$240 for spring-9week, $520 for summer and fall full share-18 weeks (vegetable and fruit shares sold separately), $385 for winter 7 week.
- 1/2 Share:$345 - available for summer shares only (vegetable and fruit shares sold separately) 18 weeks
- Work Req?No
Pick Up/Drop Off Points:
- Aspen Chapel
Thursday drop off and pick up.
- Freshies Natural Foods
Summer Season Only June-October
- Glenwood Mennonite Chirch
Thursday drop off and pick up.
- Peach Valley CSA
Contact:Ken and Gail Kuhns
Phone: 970-876-2850
Address:3465 Peach Valley Road , Silt, CO 81652
Ken Kuhns Jr and his wife Gail, own and operate Peach Valley CSA Farm, located 17 miles west of Glenwood Springs in the Colorado River Valley. They helped establish the Saturday Farmers Market in Glenwood Springs in1985. For the last 20 years, they have operated their Community Supported Agriculture program, growing vegetable, fruit, greens, and egg shares for 100 + families through 40 weeks of the year. Their soil building program includes green manures, tillage, cold composting, rotations, animal manures, and fallowing, using organic and biodynamic methods.
Peach Valley CSA was established as a Community Farm in the early 1990's, was the first such farm on the Western Slope, and the second such farm in the State. We are Colorado's longest operating CSA farm.
Nestled along the I - 70 corridor, about 150 miles west of Denver, the region is popular for summer and winter recreation and light industry. Rich soils, abundant sunshine, excellent water, and a moderate climate also make it very productive for agriculture.
The area known as Peach Valley is an historic agricultural area, with numerous small farms, ranches and orchards. It lies about 15 miles west of Glenwood Springs, between the towns of New Castle and Silt. The area sits at about 5,500 feet in the Colorado River drainage of the central Rocky Mountains. Surrounded by majestic mountains, national forest lands, high desert plateaus and colorful mesas, the region carries the mark of ancient oceans and was the ancestral home of the Ute Mountain Indians.
Our homesteading and small farming venture began here in 1980. Garden and orchard areas have been farmed using organic techniques, without chemical inputs for at least 29 years. Soil health is accomplished through crop rotations, aged manures, and compost from flocks of chickens and fall turkeys.
CSA Details:
- Season: Year round
- Type: Multiple farm
- Since:1980
- No of Shares:100
- Full Share:$240 for spring-9week, $520 for summer and fall full share-18 weeks (vegetable and fruit shares sold separately), $385 for winter 7 week.
- 1/2 Share:$345 - available for summer shares only (vegetable and fruit shares sold separately) 18 weeks
- Work Req?No
Pick Up/Drop Off Points:
- Aspen Chapel
Thursday drop off and pick up.
- Freshies Natural Foods
Summer Season Only June-October
- Glenwood Mennonite Chirch
Thursday drop off and pick up.
- Peach Valley CSA
Contact:Ken and Gail Kuhns
Phone: 970-876-2850
Address:3465 Peach Valley Road , Silt, CO 81652