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Austin 360 Community-supported agriculture programs, or CSAs, have been around for more than 30 years, but when the COVID-19 pandemic started, Central Texas farmers found themselves with CSA waiting lists for the first time. A year later, the February freeze and snow wiped out many farmers winter crops, and they have been scrambling to get the spring season started with less income from farmers markets and wholesale accounts. Many farmers are selling their future crops in the form of a CSA program. Now is the time to sign up for a spring or summer CSA, even if you might not get vegetables for a few more weeks. Many farmers offer newsletters, so you can find out when each season opens and what is going on in their fields.

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Texas winter storm devastated farms, crops | The Texas Tribune

Texas winter storm devastated farms, crops | The Texas Tribune
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Central Texas farmers are reeling after the winter freeze wiped out their crops Here is how you can help

“Rich, winter vegetables that would have now been in season, they’re all gone, and we won’t see them again until next year,” Chovanec said. “We re telling people to continue coming to our markets but not to expect too much produce for the next six to eight weeks because plants will need time to grow.” Impacts and losses The winter storm hit farmers after many had already adjusted practices due to the ongoing pandemic. Co-owner Finegan Ferreboeuf said Steelbow Farm which has a staff of six on a five-acre property near Manor was established to provide specialty crops and vegetables to local restaurants. When orders slowed during the pandemic, she said the farm pivoted to providing restaurant-quality vegetables to home cooks and built a new following of about 100 household deliveries each week.

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Supporting Local Farmers and Ranchers Helps Everyone

The Johnson’s Backyard Garden stand at the Texas Farmers’ Market on Sunday at Mueller (Photo by David Brendan Hall) After the devastating winter storm system that sustained freezing temperatures and knocked out power and water across Central Texas, regional farmers and ranchers experienced extraordinarily harsh conditions, which in turn affects our entire local food system. Nora Chovanec, deputy director of the Texas Farmers Market, explained, Being a farmer in general is really difficult, but in Central Texas we have two growing seasons, and our markets stay open year-round (unlike in the Northeast, for example). So our farmers don t necessarily take a lot of breaks. They are used to dealing with inclement weather – we have freeze cycles and drought cycles; it really runs the gamut – but this was an incredibly unprecedented event. Usually when there s a flood or a freeze, out of our ag producers, we ll see a couple of them who are affected by whichever

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Central Texas Farmers Share the Impact of the Texas Winter Storm

Central Texas Farmers Share the Impact of the Texas Winter Storm
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