Download the 2012 applications below:

Richmond

Anne Geyer

anne@agriberry.com

Williamsburg

Ellen Frackelton

ellen@agriberry.com

Annapolis

Susan Noyce

susan@agriberry.com

Our Seven CSA pick-up locations

http://www.agriberry.com/pick-up-locations

South of the James Market

Saturdays, 8:00 am-12:00 pm

Forest Hill Ave & 42nd Street, Richmond, VA 23225

sojmarket.com

Saint Stephens Market

Saturdays, 8:00 am-12:00 pm

6000 Grove Avenue, Richmond, VA 23226

http://saintstephensrichmond.net/farmersmarket

Manakin Market

Saturdays, 8:00 am-12:00 pm

68 Broad Street Road, Manakin-Sabot, VA 23103

804-314-9141

West End Farmers Market

Saturdays, 8:00 am-12:00 pm

12450 Gayton Road, Richmond, VA 23238

http://www.westendfarmersmarket.com/

Baltimore Farmers Market & Bazaar

Sundays, 7:00 am-12:00 pm

Holliday & Saratoga Streets,Baltimore,MD21202

http://www.localharvest.org/baltimore-farmers-market-bazaar-M2403

Farm 2 Family Market

2817 Mechanicsville Turnpike

Richmond, VA 23223

804-767-8570

Fall Line Foods Co-op

http://flf.luluslocalfood.com/

Local Roots Food Co-op

http://gfm.luluslocalfood.com/

Relay Foods

www.relayfoods.com

In addition to our agricultural goals and missions, Agriberry also has a social one: to be a premier agricultural training facility for motivated first-time workers. Through this mission, Agriberry aims to integrate young teens into the agricultural workforce, providing them with opportunities to pick our fruit during weekends and their summer break. The goal of the program is to empower a new generation with hands on farming skills; young workers, through this program, learn valuable job and social skills while simultaneously supporting community-based agriculture.

For a more detailed description of the position, click here.

The application for the 2012 Young Worker Training Program can be found here. Upon completing the application, please email work@agriberry.com for an appointment to submit your application in person.

Agriberry Farm is looking for an innovative, business-minded Human Resources intern for the 2012 harvest season. This paid HR Intern position offers an agricultural, hands-on farming experience for business majors looking to expand their horizons. This position is extremely interpersonal, and relies on the intern being organized, focused, and detail oriented, as it entails the management of our first-time worker training program (consisting of 35 young employees who make Agriberry’s harvest happen). Intern responsibilities include staff management and training, scheduling, harvest documentation, and a bi-weekly payroll preparation to be sent to ADP Payroll Services.

The site is located 30 minutes to the northeast of downtown Richmond. Transportation and housing are not provided for the position. Internship hours are 6:45 am to 2:45 pm Mondays through Fridays, starting in early May and ending in the middle of August. These dates are approximate due to the variability of every harvest season.

All in all, this internship with Agriberry Farm and CSA will provide a valuable, down-to-earth, hands-on experience in the many facets of running a locally-marketed specialty farm. Above all, we value energy, innovation, and initiative in our team members. If you’re looking for a learning experience and the details and requirements of this position interest you, please email your résumé to agriberry@gmail.com with the subject “HR Internship 2012.” Thanks for your interest in Agriberry Farm and CSA, Cultivating a Taste for Life!

For a more detailed description of the position, click here.

A Word From Ellen Frackelton: Williamsburg CSA Founder and Coordinator

    Welcome to the Williamsburg Agriberry CSA!  I am Ellen Frackelton and have been involved with my family's berry and fruit farm since middle school.  Starting in 2010, I was part of the Agriberry Team at the Williamsburg Farmers Market, and am excited to bring our CSA to Williamsburg. 

    Another exciting aspect of our Williamsburg CSA is our partnership with J. Blaine Blayton Elementary School, where I teach first grade.  Five percent of our Williamsburg CSA profits will go to the Blayton Garden Club to help start the amazing projects they have planned.  I'm thrilled about bringing Agriberry and Blayton together to help teach elementary students about agriculture and nutrition. 

    Thank you for your interest in the Williamsburg Agriberry CSA.  I look forward to seeing you on Friday evenings and bringing the best locally grown produce and service to you and your family.

Ellen Frackelton

ellen@agriberry.com

Download the Williamsburg CSA Application Here

What fruit and berries may be included in my share?

Strawberries, Sugar Snap Peas,
Asparagus, Blueberries, Cherries,
Raspberries: Red, Purple, and Black,
Blackberries, Blueberries, Peaches, Apples
Melons, Pears, Rhubarb, and Nectarines

  The preceding list is not a comprehensive one; members are not guaranteed to receive all of the aforementioned produce. It is intended to give you an idea about what could be coming, based on ideal weather and harvest conditions. Periodic updates via email or the Agriberry Facebook page will be provided throughout the season describing current crop conditions. In order to offer members the best variety, some of the items in the shares are sourced from regional farmers whom we personally know and trust. If we trust them, you can too!

A Word From Susan Noyce: Annapolis CSA Founder and Coordinator 

    Hi! I’m Susan Noyce, and welcome to Annapolis Agriberry. I have been working with my family at farmers markets and on the farm for more than a decade. This year we are excited to serve our neighbors and friends right here in Annapolis.

    When I am not training clients at the Annapolis Athletic Club, you can find me supporting Robert Noyce and Noyce Yachts in Galesville. As a personal trainer and volunteer for the local elementary schools’ Mighty Miler’s program (after school track and field), I bring a strong commitment to fostering an active lifestyle for all ages. I know the importance of good nutrition and its effect on wellbeing. Berries are among the very best “super foods” to feed your family.

    I will be bringing you a weekly delivery, primarily of seasonal berries, along with orchard fruit and vegetables picked, at times, the very same day they are delivered to your hands. Fresh! Local! Believe me, you can taste the difference! Join now--we look forward to serving you and your family every Wednesday from 4:00 to 7:00 pm in the Eastport Shopping Center parking lot. Look for the Agriberry canopy.

Susan Noyce

susan@agriberry.com

Download the Annapolis CSA Application Here

Freezing fruit

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AGRIBERRY'S MISSION is to establish community supported summer berry fields and be a premier training facility for motivated first time workers.

In 2008, Anne Geyer was awarded a USDA Specialty Crop Grant to start a business to inspire a new generation of specialty crop farmers. Anne, with the assistance of New Visions, New Ventures, wrote the Agriberry business plan and with support of Sprout Advisory of Richmond, launched a nine week pilot CSA. As this pilot quickly demonstrated Richmond’s eager demand for an assortment of fresh, local, seasonal berries and fruits, Agriberry premiered as one of the nation’s first berry and fruit CSAs.  Agriberry has now acquired land and infrastructure of its own, and supportive relationships with other trustworthy farmers have allowed Agriberry to supply fruits and knowledgeable service to our CSA community.

In 2009, Agriberry leased 10 acres of Hanover farm land for the production of raspberries and blackberries. Then, in 2011, the Geyers bought 25 acres also inHanover. This newly planted Agriberry acreage currently consists of red raspberries, black raspberries, purple raspberries, blackberries, peaches, nectarines, plums, and cherries.

Farming fruits involves multi-year investment for sustainability. While site selection and infrastructure for strawberries and blueberries continues, partnerships with other family farms allow us to provide this year’s fruit. Additional berry, fruit, and CSA items are sourced directly from other family farms, on geographic sites known to have better growing conditions for the best quality production.

The Geyer family has been involved in berry and fruit farming since 1980.  Anne and Chuck Geyer met at the University of Maryland Horticultural research farm while working on a USDA berry production study.  In 1982, as newly weds, they moved to Virginia and established a berry farm for partners of Westmoreland Land Company, where they gained over 25 years of experience growing and marketing 60 acres of assorted berries and tree fruits. Now, farming independently and on their own land, the Geyers maintain leadership involvement locally, regionally and nationally in the fruit industry to stay up to date in sustainable production practices, allowing Anne and Chuck to have key relationships with other farmers that grow the best of a wide variety of fruits.

Extended family participation has always been instrumental in Geyer farming history.  Agriberry now has satellite CSAs in Annapolis and Williamsburg, run by Anne’s sister Susan and niece Ellen, respectively. Now in their 20s and in college, Geyer children Pierson, Colleen and Mary Claire grew up with the joys and demands of family farming. All three still contribute to Agriberry with valuable leadership, abilities and interests in the field, working with CSA members and staffing the area’s farmers markets.