Thriving on the moving pieces

Meet Trish Cirelli, our CSA administrator here at Alstede Farms. Trish adores being a part of our Community Supported Agriculture program as she just loves helping people enjoy all the benefits of eating farm fresh. Some of her best recipes she has learned from our culinary specialist or from CSA members themselves. It’s their interest in healthy eating that has inspired her to learn how to cook and deeply explore the wide variety of CSA produce. Coming from a background in farmers markets, Trish has seen the wonder and excitement in the eyes of a guest who takes home the odd looking kohlrabi and returns next week with accolades and smiles where she knows she helped make this introduction. Trish also served one full season as part of our production team, where she gained insights about growing healthy produce and expanded her wealth of knowledge to assist her CSA members.

Trish thrives on all of the moving pieces of managing a CSA program including the logistics. She is the heartbeat ensuring that all of our CSA members receive what they customized in their weekly produce box when they want it. She is the one coordinating all of the details with our production team along with our retail market to make sure everything comes together at the proper time for packing and delivery. She is also the creative inspiration for researching new and exciting ideas for our shares, like our new mushroom add-on. She has developed numerous innovative add-on subscriptions making CSA shares even more gourmet including these great one’s; an apple cider subscription, cheese of the week subscription, and a pickle of the week subscription.

We thank Trish for all of her hard work everyday!

Learn more about these add-on’s here.

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