Fresh Pickin's Produce Market

Farmers market or roadside stand. That's the question many produce growers ask themselves every season. However, for Roban Farms and St. Andrew Parish, their neighbors stepped up to help them make their decision. That's why community-supported agriculture has changed the way they market their produce, all with thrilling success. Roban Farms and Church Point. Food safety is critical. Just pick squash starts its day with a bath. Grant Roban and his wife Jamie have picked fresh peppers and zucchini on their 42-acre farm today as part of the couple's community-supported agriculture business. Customers can pick either a five- or ten-week program to buy 20-pound boxes of fresh produce right on the farm. Jamie says her CSA customers get first pick. I didn't eat breakfast. We have snap beans today, but all the CSA members will get the snap beans. We probably will not have enough for the table. If we have enough for the table, whatever is left over goes on the table when we sell it in the stand. It's in it. This is the first harvest I've ever seen. From shiny green squash to banana peppers or p We always give a little extra. For Roban Farms customer Leslie Peat, driving out to her favorite roadside stand as well Driving over here, you don't know what you're going to get in your box. It's just exciting. Everything is so fresh and they do always give you more than you expect. Brent Roban has been growing vegetables since he was a kid. The Robans have expanded their operation to year-round. Getting fresh tomatoes or green beans to your table all comes down to timing. The tomatoes that we're growing right now, one variety takes 72 days, another variety takes 74 days. We're on our, this was planted August the 10th and we're just starting to have some tomatoes come in right now. It's just a matter of just having a good feeling about what to put in the ground to win. Well thank you. Thanks. All right. The Robans have a simple philosophy. From our field to your table. Jamie says that growing fresh fruit for clients who are now considered family is what her farm is all about. It's very rewarding. Every year at the beginning of the season, whenever the parking lot is full, it brings tears to your eyes because they keep coming back every year. Brent and Jamie Roban plan to expand next year with the addition of a 10 acre crawfish pond. In addition, they've also brought agritourism to their operation. The couple hosts several schools throughout the year. For more information about Roban Farms, log on to our website at twilighttv. org.